Tract · Cocktails

Punch · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 3/5

Imperial Cup

Imperial Cup is a claret-and-soda cup with sugar, nutmeg, maraschino, and cucumber peel.

claret · maraschino · cucumber · refreshing

Served in Bowl or pitcher. Ice: About half a pound of ice.

Variants (2)

American and Other Drinks by Leo Engel (1878, p.24)

1 bottleclaret base
1 bottleSoda water dilution
4 sliceCucumber peel — three or four slicesgarnish
1 liqueur glassMaraschino liqueur — Maraschinomodifier
0.5 poundice other
0.25 teaspoonnutmeg — grated nutmegother
4 tablespoonsugar — powdered white sugarsweetener
  1. Put all the ingredients into a bowl or pitcher and mix well.

Ice: About half a pound of ice

Louis' Mixed Drinks with Hints for the Care & Serving of Wines by Louis Muckensturm (1906, p.84)

2 lemonslemon juice — Lemon juiceacid
1 tablespoonfulsugar — Sugarbase
0.5 pintsparkling mineral water — Apollinarisdilution
2 liqueur-glassesSwedish punsch — Swedish Punchmodifier
1 quartsparkling red wine — Sparkling red Burgundyother
  1. Put a good-sized piece of clear ice in a pitcher first, add the remaining ingredients, ornament, and serve.

Garnish: Fruit of season and mint

Ice: Ice

Sufficient for four people.