Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.173) — Terrington 1869

1 liqueur-glassbrandy — pale brandybase
1 bottlechampagne — sparkling champagnebase
2 bottlespotash water dilution
1 thin sliceCucumber garnish
1 liqueur-glassCuraçao or Maraschino modifier
1 sprigVerbena other
  1. Combine the iced champagne, chosen liqueur, pale brandy, verbena, cucumber, and potash water.
  2. Ice as directed in the cup chapter and serve.

Garnish: Verbena and cucumber.

Ice: Iced as before stated

This is one of the cleaner spirit-seasoned champagne cups in the numbered series.

The botanical garnish layer does a lot of the aromatic work here.

See also: Champagne Cup a la Tanfield, Champagne Cup No. 8, Champagne Cup a la Ariadne