1900 Cocktail BOOTHBY'S American Bartender ( 2nd edition )

VALUABLE SECRETS FOR LIQUOR DEALERS,

SYRUPS. 361. Syrups are made by using loaf or crushed sugar, 8 pounds; pure water, 1 gaiion; gum arabic, 2 ounces; mix in a brass or copper kettle; boil until the gum is dissolved, then skim and strain through white flannel, after which add tartaric acid, ounces dissolved in hot water; to flavor, use extract of lemon,orange,rose, pine-apple, peach, saraaparilla,strawberry, etc., J ounce to each bottle, or to your taste.

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