1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition

GLOSSARY

flavouring agent the Citrus Aurantium Curas- suviensis, a bitter orange first discovered in Curasao, a Dutch West India Island. Colours, red, white, blue, green and orange. DAIQUIRI. —A Cuban Rum of very high quality and special flavour. DAMSON GIN. —An English liqueur, dark red colour, flavoured with damson. D.O.M. —See Benedictine. DRAMBUIE. —A Scotch liqueur, golden in colour with the flavour of whisky and honey. DUBONNET. —A French tonic or medicated wine, with a bitter quinine after taste. An aperitif . EAU-DE-VIE.— " Water of Life," potable alcohol or spirit not necessarily distilled from wine. The two most usual forms of Eau-deiVie are Eau-de-Vie de Grain and Eau-de-Vie de Vin; grain spirit and wine spirit. Eau-de-Vie de Marc is the spirit obtained from the distillation of the husks of grapes after they have been pressed and the wine made. Eau-de-Vie de Cidre is distilled cider. EAU DE VIE DE DANTZICK.— An imitation of Danzig Goldwater. ELIXIR D'ANVERS. —A sweet liqueur, yellow in colour, with taste in the same line as Yellow Chartreuse. ELIXIR DE ROTTERDAM.— A Dutch liqueur. FERNET BRANCA.— An Italian bitter. FORBIDDEN FRUIT.— An American liqueur. The flavour is a mixture of grapefruit and orange. Colour, a red flame. Sweet, with a bitter after- taste. High alcoholic strength. FRAISIA. —A red French liqueur, flavoured with straw- berries. FRAPPE.— French for iced. FREEZOMINT.— See Creme de Menthe. R l