Claret cup (drink)

Riffs on the basic recipe added a broad range of other flavors including Kirschwasser, rhubarb wine, violet syrup, or ginger beer (one at a time, not all together).

Strain the mixture and serve with ice.The various "wine cups," as they were called, are best when "fresh and sparkling" and thus it was recommended that they be prepared immediately before the opening of a party.

[11] One guide to fancy beverages recommends preparing and consuming claret cup in the summer months, "regulating the proportion of ice to the weather.

[14] Soda water, sugar, ice and "burrage" for preparing a claret cup are referenced in the lyrics of Thespis (1871), the first comic-opera collaboration of Gilbert & Sullivan.

[16] Clericó [es], a popular beverage in South America with a similar formula, is a direct borrowing into Spanish from the English-language claret cup.