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

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SODA POWDERS.

Blue paper, carbonate of !!Oda, thirty grains. White paper, tartaric .acid, twenty-fiTe ~ns.. . . . . - . Dissolve the cont.ants . or. each paper, sepe.– rately, in one-third of a tumbler of water, mix the solutions, a.nd drink. · • .. · '. · . · The soda water produced }jy these po~ders is a solution of tartra.te of sod& ; the effenes– cence .is owing to the , escape .of the ca.rbonio acid, previously combined with the soda. The bottled soda water of. the. sbope is a solution o£ carbonic acid in plain water; or in a dilut& so– lution of soda. Th" soda powders jield a cooling saline beverage Tery slightly laxative. •; GINGER BEER POWDERS. Blue paper, carbonate. of soda, thirty grains ; powdered ginger, five grains ; powdered sugar,