To Make Ratafia de Café
Take one-half pound of roasted coffee, ground, two quarts proof spirit, ten ounces sugar. Digest for a week.
Ratafia de Cassis
Take three pounds of ripe black currants, one-quarter dram cloves, one-quarter dram cinnamon, nine pints proof spirit, one and three-quarters pounds sugar. Digest for a fortnight.
Ratafia des Cerises
Take four pounds morello cherries, with their kernels bruised, four pints proof spirit. Digest for a month, strain with expression, and then add three-quarters pound of sugar.