American and Other Drinks by Leo Engel (1878, p.89) — Raspberry / Strawberry / Currant / Orange
| 1 quart | fruit juice — raspberry, strawberry, currant, or orange | base |
| 0.75 half-pint tumbler | water — three parts full | dilution |
| 1 small teaspoon | Carbonate of soda | other |
| 1.5 ounce | Tartaric acid | other |
| 2 tablespoon | fruit syrup — prepared syrup | sweetener |
| 1 pound | sugar — powdered loaf sugar | sweetener |
- Boil the fruit juice into a syrup with sugar and tartaric acid, then for service stir two tablespoons of syrup into water and briskly add carbonate of soda.