Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.218) — Terrington 1869

2 lemonslemon juice acid
1 dropcinnamon essence — essence of cinnamonbase
1 gillrum — Digest the sugar in the rum.base
water — Add as desired.dilution
1 pintsherry modifier
1 dropclove essence — essence of clovesother
1 dropginger essence — essence of gingerother
1 dropneroli essence — essence of neroliother
1 dropnutmeg essence — essence of nutmegother
1 droppimento essence — essence of pimentoother
1 pintport wine — portother
1 piecesugar — Use a piece of sugar.sweetener
sugar — Additional sugar to taste.sweetener
  1. Drop the essences of cinnamon, pimento, cloves, ginger, neroli, and nutmeg onto the piece of sugar.
  2. Digest the sugar in the rum.
  3. Add the sherry, port, and juice of two lemons, then add sugar to taste and as much water as desired.

This is another excellent example of the book's taste for perfume-like punch seasoning.

The essence-charged sugar is the conceptual center of the recipe.

See also: Yankee Punch, Guy's Punch, Orange Punch

The essences are cinnamon, pimento, cloves, ginger, neroli, and nutmeg.