Drinks of the World

[Illustration: “DRINKS”]




                                 DRINKS
                                 OF THE
                                  WORLD

                                   BY
                               JAMES MEW,
             Author of “Types from Spanish Story,” &c., &c.,
                                   AND
                              JOHN ASHTON,
      Author of “Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne,” &c., &c.

                      _ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS._

                                  1892.

                                _LONDON:_
           _The Leadenhall Press, 50, Leadenhall Street, E.C.
             Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd._

                     _NEW YORK: Scribner & Welford._

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“Ingeniosa Sitis.”—_Martial, Epig._ xiv. 117.

“J’y ai songé comme un autre, et je suis tenté de mettre l’appétence
des liqueurs fermentées, qui n’est pas connue des animaux, à côté de
l’inquiétude de l’avenir, qui leur est étrangère, et de les regarder
l’une et l’autre comme des attributs distinctifs du chef-d’œuvre de la
dernière révolution sublunaire.”—_Brillat-Savarin, Physiologie du Goût,
Medit._ 9.

“Ac si quis diligenter reputet, in nulla parte operosior vita est, ceu
non saluberrimum ad potum aquæ liquorem natura dederit, quo cætera omnia
animantia utuntur.”—_Pliny, Nat. Hist._ xiv. 28.

“Wine that maketh glad the heart of man.”—_Ps._ civ. 15.




INDEX.


  Absinthe, 162-166

  Adulteration of Beer, 199

  Aërated Drinks, 324
    Waters, Introduction of, 332

  African Beers, 200
    Wines, 58

  Aix-la-Chapelle Council Decree, 158

  Aizen, 355

  Alcohol in Wine, 53
    Effects on different Races, 51
    Origin of the word, 116

  Alcoholic strength of Gin, 140

  Ale Conners, 200-220
    Syllabub, 335
    and Wine drinkers, social difference in, 93
    Early mention of, 39
    Origin of the word, 196
    Various, 226

  American Beers, 201
    Drinks, 180
    Terms, explanation of, 180-181
    Wines, 59

  Aminean Wine, 26

  Analysis of Tea, 246

  Anglo-Saxon Liquors, 44

  Animals’ Blood, 355

  Anisette, 165

  Aqua Vite Composita recipe, 120
    Early esteem of, 117

  Arrack, 113, 343

  Araffer, 359

  Artificial Wines, 157

  Assur-ba-ni-pal’s List of Wines, 19

  Assyrian Wines, 18

  Athenæus on Egyptian Wines, 15

  Athol-brose, 148

  Auld Man’s Milk, 185

  Augustus’ favourite Drink, 30

  Australian Wines, 60

  Austrian Beers, 202


  Bacon’s value of Cider, 111

  Baga Wine, 17

  Ballston Waters, 353

  Barbot’s description of Kola, 296

  Barley Wine, 198

  Bastard Wine, 48

  Bavarian Beers, 202

  Beer, 49
    Adulteration of, 199
    Antiquity of, 197
    Belgian, 202
    English, The Metropolis of, 219
    English, Popularity of, 207
    Egyptian, 16
    Manufacture of, 195-196
    Origin of the word, 196
    The Inventor of, 197
    Various, 226

  Beowulf, 37, 38, 45

  Besdon, 360

  Biliousness, Liqueur Specific for, 176

  Black Jack Jug, 213

  Bon Gaultier Ballads, 149

  Bordeaux Wines, 69

  Borneo Beers, 203

  Bottled Beer, origin of, 219

  Bottling, Italian mode of, 97

  Brandy, 115
    German Legend, 115
    Origin of the name, 123
    and Port, 361

  Braket, 352

  Brewers’ Company, 220

  Brick Tea, 243

  Bull, 359

  Burgundy, 80

  Burns, Robert, 148

  Burton (Robert) and Coffee, 306

  Burton-on-Trent, 219

  Burton Brewery, early mention of, 209


  Cæcuban Wine, 30

  Caffeine, 317

  Capnian Wine, 26

  Canaries Wines, 62

  Caravan Tea, 243

  Cassis, 166, 175

  Catherine de Medicis, 164

  Cattia Edulis, 298

  Ceylon Tea, 243

  Champagne Country, The, 64

  Champagne Cyder, 328

  Champagne Manufacture, 65

  Chemicals used in non-alcoholic Drinks, 329

  Chinese Beers, 204
    Tea, Substitutes for, 298
    Tea Trade, 243
    Natural Beverage, 237

  Chocolate, 323

  Cider, 45, 110
    The finest, where made, 113

  Claret, 69

  Clergy Drinking, 46

  Cobbler, The, 180, 181

  Coca, 279
    Cultivation of, 291
    Early mention of, 280
    Leaf, Medicinal qualities, 294

  Cocaine, 295

  Cocks’ Wines of Bordeaux, 75

  Cocktail, 181

  Cocoa, 320
    Substitute, 323
    Tax, 322

  Cocoa, Its Manufacture, 321
    Where grown, 320

  Coffee, 303
    Adulteration, 319
    Legend about, 304, 305
    Species of, 316, 319
    Prosecution for the Sale of, 309
    Value of different Species, 316
    Its Growth, 303, 304
    Its Medicinal qualities, 308
    How to make, 318
    Where most drunk, 303

  Coffee-Leaf Tea, 300

  Coffee and Liqueur, 159

  Coffee Houses, a Poem on, 312
    Rules and Orders of, 311
    Popularity of, 309
    The first, 306

  Columella’s Wine Receipt, 31

  Continental Liqueurs