The Mixicologist by C. F. Lawlor (1895, p.61) — C. F. Lawlor 1895
| 0.5 whole | milk — sweet milk | base |
| 0.5 whole | sparkling mineral water — Imperial or seltzer water | dilution |
- Take a large thin glass half filled with sweet milk.
- Fill up with Imperial or Seltzer water.
- Both ingredients must be cold.
- Nose
- Cold milk and a faint mineral fizz give a gentle aroma.
- Palate
- It is soft, strange, and much milder than its neighbouring spirit drinks, showing the bar book's openness to quasi-temperance refreshers.
- Finish
- The finish is creamy, light, and softly sparkling.
- Summary
- A mild milk-and-seltzer refresher from the edge of the bar repertoire.
Snow Flake is important because it sits in the blurry space between temperance drink, restorative, and bar curiosity. That blurred border is part of the real historical landscape.
Cold temperature is explicitly part of the recipe. Without it, the drink would feel slack and unpleasant.
Compared with White Plush, this is non-spirituous and gentler. Compared with Snow Ball, it is much less elaborate.