1891 Cocktail Botthby's American Bar-Tender

VALUABLE SECRETS FOR LIQUOR DEALERS.

SYRUPS. 361. Syrups are made by using loaf or crushed sugar, 8 pounds; pure water, 1 gallon; 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, lil ounces dissolved in hot water; to flavor, use extract of lemon, orange, rose, pine-apple, peach, sarsaparilla, strawberry, etc., i ounce to each bottle, or to your taste.