Drinks and how to make them : Yeatman's Calisayine cocktail bitters, the prince of pick-me-ups : a delicious liqueur bitters : an appetiser, an exhilarant, and a constitutional renovator / Yeatman & Co.

  • Yeatman & Co.
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[1879]
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Credit: Drinks and how to make them : Yeatman's Calisayine cocktail bitters, the prince of pick-me-ups : a delicious liqueur bitters : an appetiser, an exhilarant, and a constitutional renovator / Yeatman & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    One tablespoonful of Orgeat syrup, a teaspoonful of Calisayine Bitters, wine-glass of brandy, a couple of pieces of lemon-peel; fill tumbler one-third with ice, and stir well with a spoon. No. 6.—Jersey Cocktail. (Use a tumbler.) “And when she drinks, against her lips I bob.”— Midsummer Night’s Dream, ii. i. One teaspoonful Calisayine Bitters, fill tumbler with ice and cyder, mix well, and place on top lemon peel. No. 7.—Brandy Crusta. “ Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?”—Twelfth Night, ii. 3. A crusta is made in the same way as a fancy cocktail, and may be formed of gin, whiskey, or any kind of spirit, with a little lemon juice and a small lump of ice added. Mix all in a tumbler, take a fancy coloured wine-glass, pare half a lemon in one long narrow strip, fit it into wine-glass, and pour crusta in, having previously moist¬ ened edge of glass with lemon juice, and dipped in sugar. . No. 8.—Whiskey Cocktail. (Use a tumbler.) “ Three times they breath’d, and three times did they drink.”—King Henry IV., i. 3. Half a teaspoonful or more Calisayine Bitters, wine-glass Irish or Scotch whiskey, a piece of lemon peel, fill one- third full of ice, shake all well together, and strain into a wine-glass. A squeeze of lemon juice may be added, and at times, by way of variety, a little of any kind of liqueur.