1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition

GLOSSARY

Borderies. The name Cognac has a strictly geographical meaning; it cannot be given to any other brandy than the brandy distilled from wine made from the vineyards of the district of Cognac. Furthermore, the names of Grande Champagne, Fine Champagne, Petite Champagne are also geographical expressions corresponding to the peculiar chalky soil formation of a small and very distinct area, within the Cognac district, where the best Cognac Brandies are made. COINTREAU.—The trebly distilled colourless orange liqueur. CORDIAL M&DOC.—A dark red French liqueur. Something in the nature of a distilled claret. CORDIAL RfiBY.—A liqueur with a Cognac basis, brown in colour. CRfiME DE BANANES.—A liqueur flavoured with banana. CRfiME DE CACAO.—A French liqueur, chocolate in colour, with the flavour of cocoa and very sweet. CRfiME DE CACAO CHOUAO.—A sweeter quality of the Cr£me de Cacao. CRfiME DE CASSIS.—A sweeter heavier edition of Cassis. CRfiME DE CHOCOLAT.—A variant of the Cr&me de Cacao Chouao. CRfiME DE CIEL.—A Dutch liqueur, after the style of Curasao, light blue in colour. CRfcME DE CUMIN.—A Kummel. Has a considerable quantity of sugar crystals in it. Strong in alcohol. CR£ME DE FRAISES.—A sweet French liqueur flavoured with strawberry. Strawberry in colour. CR&ME DE FRAMBOISES.—A sweet French liqueur, flavoured with raspberry. Raspberry in colour.