1892 Drinks of the world

DRINKS.

172

ounce each; orris root, i^

galanga,^ mace, cloves, i

ounces

; spirits of wine, 60 o.p., 19 quarts ;

capillaire, 8

quarts

; water, 14 quarts.

Colour, red.

Eau Aerienne?

Figs, 1 2 ounces ;

cumin, 5 ounces ;

leaves of rose-

mary, fennel seed, 4 ounces each ; sage, sassafras, 2 ounces each ;

cinnamon, 5 ounces lavender flowers, cam-

omile flowers, orris root, 4 ounces each ; wine, 60 o.p., 19 quarts; capillaire, 8 quarts ; 14 quarts. Other Dantzig liqueurs mentioned are the Eau de vie de Dantzig, Eau Forcifere, Christophelety Eau Carminative, de Musettier, de Girofle, Persicot, Amer d' Angleterre, and Eau des Favorites, the ruby gold sprinkled Eau de Lisette, the yellow Krafubambuli^ the Eau de Baal, and the Liqueur des Eveques. spirits of water,

French Liqueurs.

Vespetro.^

Angelica seed, 3 ounces ;

coriander seed, 2 ounces ;

i

lemons sliced,

aniseed, ^ ounce each ;

fennel seed,

^ From Arabic

-S^ Khulajij, " a tree from which wooden bowls A dried rhizome brought from China, an

are made," Richardson.

The drug is mostly pro-

aromatic stimulant of the nature of ginger.

duced by Alpinia officinarum. 2 Also called Luft-Wasser. ^ Only an Italian, we are told, can make this liqueur. The composition is a dark secret, but, we are also told, it originated in Austria, and is a mixture of tea, wine and milk in unknown quantities. ^ Said, on account of its carminative properties, to be derived from the three words vesse, pet, and rot, which it is not incumbent upon us to translate.