Cups And Their Customs

“As in this age of progress most things are raised to the position of a science we see no reason why Bacchanology (if the term please our readers) should not hold a respectable place and be entitled to its due mead of praise; so by way of introduction we have ventured to take a cursory glance at the customs which have been attached to drinking from the earliest periods to the present time...” — Henry Porter and George Edwin Roberts 1863 Cups and Their Customs originally published in 1863 is a tantalizing collection of drinking lore and legend with several dozen recipes for cups and other tasty beverages as they were served in the mid-nineteenth century. It is part of the Classic Cocktail Guides and Retro Bartender Books.• Digitized illustrations (tablet-friendly). I have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images so they represent accurately the original.• A neat table of contents for quicker navigation• Fonts have been optimized and tested for display on Kindle and other e-readers• This is the complete unabridged edition