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Punch · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Ambrosia

Cheerio's Ambrosia is a tea-and-orange temperance pitcher sweetened with sugar and orange marmalade.

tea · orange · marmalade · temperance · temperance · party

Served in Pitcher. Ice: Iced water.

Variants (2)

Cheerio! A Book of Punches and Cocktails by Charles (1928, p.28)

iced water — Pitcher full.base
1 small bagtea — Dip until water is slightly flavored.dilution
1 orangeOrange — Cut into small pieces and allowed to float.garnish
3 spoonfulsorange marmalade sweetener
4 spoonfulssugar sweetener
  1. Dip a small bag of tea in a pitcher of iced water until it is slightly flavored.
  2. Add sugar, float cut orange pieces in the drink, stir in orange marmalade, and serve cold.

Garnish: Pieces of orange floating in the drink.

Ice: Iced water

Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em by Stanley Clisby Arthur (1938, p.77)

1 lemonlemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
1 jiggerApplejack — Applejackbase
1 jiggerCognac brandy base
champagne — Top to the brim.other
1 dashCointreau other
  1. Mix everything except the champagne and pour into a thin 6-ounce glass so it half-fills.
  2. Top with champagne to the brim and drink while sparkling.

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Purple Nectar, Lemonade