Modern American Drinks: How to Mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks

Excerpt: "e;Dripped Absinthe. (Use Absinthe Drip-glass.) Pour one pony of absinthe into the bottom glass, fill the upper (drip) glass full of ice-water. When two-thirds of the water has dripped into the absinthe it is ready to be drunk. A few drops of anisette will improve this drink. Absinthe, Italian Style. Put into a thin eight-ounce glass containing a few lumps of clear ice one pony of absinthe, two dashes maraschino, four dashes anisette. Slowly fill the glass with ice-water, stir well with long bar-spoon. Serve. Absinthe, Swiss Style. Fill a mixing-glass half-full of fine ice, pour into it one pony of absinthe, one pony of water, one dash of gum-syrup. Shake with shaker until very cold, strain into champagne-tumbler, fill up with siphon seltzer."e;