1920s - “Spritz” - “Così ho imparato qual è la bevanda nazionale rumena. E’ lo spritz. È composto da un quarto di vino bianco, spesso aromatizzato con una specie di assenzio chiamato pelin, e tre quarti di acqua frizzante.”
1878 - “A bamboo is the slang term for a wine-glassful of sherry and vermouth in equal proportions.” - Herbert Allen Giles wrote in “A glossary of reference” of 1878. While the second reprint of the book dates back to 1886, the year of the first references to the Bamboo cocktail.
Trinidad West Indies in the 1930's
A crowded bar, cocktails being mixed and shaken and served to tables. A couple are handed swizzle sticks for stirring a cocktail jug. The woman shows the man how to use it. #swizzlestick
Trinidad West Indies in the 1930's
A crowded bar, cocktails being mixed and shaken and served to tables. A couple are handed swizzle sticks for stirring a cocktail jug. The woman shows the man how to use it. #swizzlestick
1930 - "CANCHANCHARA" que consiste en miel de abejas requemada, con agua y sumo de limón, llamando la atención de algunos de los insurrectos de nuevo cuño, aquella palabra para ellos desconocida hasta entonces. #chanchancara#cuba#havana
The books are by Paul E. Lowe. There is not much information about the author;some sources suggest that he was a Bartender.
Interesting is an edition of his book published for the first time in 1904, reprinted in the year 1907; a very rare edition.
#paulelowe#vintagecocktail