1859 The Book of one Hundred Beverages - BERNHARD (William) -

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. LEMON.ADES, ETC.

LEMONS furnis.a two important products for the formation \:f beverages : an acid juice, and an aromatic str..machic oil, contained in the rind. Lemon juice is a slightly turbid, very sour liquid, having a pleasant flavor, when di1uted ; it contains a considerable quantity of gummy mucilage, which ca\18e8 it to become mouldy on ex_:posure to the air ; it is cap&ble of · furniahing a Jarge number of acidulated drinks, which are exceedingly useful in allaying thirst, aad are most valUa.ble for their anti-scorbutic proper– ties. The plan generalll: adopted for preserv- - ing lemon juice during long vo1ages, is, sim– , ply, to bottle it, with the fi4dition of a small quantity of spirit. The soumees of the juice is owing to the presence of an acid termed the citric, which is -Obtained separate in a pure crystallized forni ; this acid may be employed as a substitute for lemons in preparin~ beverages, or it may be used according to t.lle following recipe :-