The following are the formulas:
I.—(To be used in the proportion of 4 ounces of extract to 1 gallon of syrup.)
| Jamaica ginger, in fine powder | 8 pounds |
| Capsicum, in fine powder | 6 ounces |
| Alcohol, a sufficient quantity. |
Mix the powders intimately, moisten them with a sufficient quantity of alcohol, and set aside for 4 hours. Pack in a cylindrical percolator and percolate with alcohol until 10 pints of percolate have resulted. Place the percolate in a bottle of the capacity of 16 pints, and add to it 2 fluidrachms of oleoresin of ginger; shake, add 2 1/2 pounds of finely powdered pumice stone, and agitate thoroughly at intervals of one-half hour for 12 hours. Then add 14 pints of water in quantities of 1 pint at each addition, shaking briskly meanwhile. This part of the operation is most important. Set the mixture aside for 24 hours, agitating it strongly every hour or so during that period. Then take
| Oil of lemon | 1 1/2 fluidounces |
| Oil of rose (or geranium) | 3 fluidrachms |
| Oil of bergamot | 2 fluidrachms |
| Oil of cinnamon | 3 fluidrachms |
| Magnesium carbonate | 3 fluidounces |
Rub the oils with the magnesia in a large mortar and add 9 ounces of the clear portion of the ginger mixture to which have been previously added 2 ounces of alcohol, and continue trituration, rinsing out the mortar with the ginger mixture. Pass the ginger mixture through a double filter and add through the filter the mixture of oils and magnesia; finally pass enough water through the filter to make the resulting product measure 24 pints, or 3 gallons. If the operator should desire an extract of more or less pungency, he may obtain his desired effect by increasing or decreasing the quantity of powdered capsicum in the formula.
II.—(To be used in the proportion of 1 ounce to 1 gallon of syrup.)
| Ginger, in moderately fine powder | 6 pounds |
| Capsicum, in fine powder | 2 1/2 pounds |
| Alcohol, a sufficient quantity. | |
Mix, moisten the powder with 3 pints of alcohol, and set aside in a suitable vessel for 4 hours. Then pack the powder firmly in a cylindrical percolator, and percolate until 6 pints of extract are obtained. Set this mixture aside and label Percolate No. 1, and continue the percolation with 1 1/2 pints of alcohol mixed with 1 1/2 pints of water. Set the resultant tincture aside, and label Percolate No. 2.
Take oleoresin ginger 5 fluid ounces and add to Percolate No. 1. Then take: