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East India No.1
A splash of floral red curaçao, raspberry syrup and the merest touch of maraschino delicately flavour and slightly sweeten this spirit-forward, brandy-based...
Joshua Perez
27th June 2025 at 10:06
Appreciate all the history you publish on your site. I was wondering why my recipe didn't include raspberry syrup, and I realized I had referenced Harry Johnson's 1888 edition of The New & Improved Illustrated Bartender's Manual, in which he replaced the raspberry syrup with pineapple and changed the aromatic bitters from Angostura to Boker's. It sounds better with the raspberry syrup.