Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.178) — Terrington 1869
| 1 bottle | sauterne | base |
| 1 bottle | Seltzer water — Add when ready to serve. | dilution |
| 1 slice | Cucumber | garnish |
| 1 wine-glass | Amontillado sherry — Amontillado | modifier |
| 1 drop | ambergris essence on sugar — ambergris on sugar | sweetener |
| 1 oz | sugar candy — white bruised sugar-candy | sweetener |
- Mix the sugar, Amontillado, and ambergris together.
- Add the cucumber and Sauterne and ice the mixture up.
- Add the seltzer water when ready to serve.
Garnish: Slice of cucumber.
Ice: Iced
The ambergris note makes this one of the more perfumed numbered wine cups in the book.
The aromatic sugar base is the key structural move here.