Tomes then states that Champagne was released into the mixture and calls the result a perfected Champagne cock-tail. The sequence documents commercial ice supply and an explicit iced mixed-drink method in 1855.
Aspinwall, New Granada. Tomes asks what to drink; a companion offers to make a Champagne cock-tail and performs the preparation. The passage is firsthand travel writing, not a recipe manual.
“a refreshing plateful of crystal ice, fresh from Rockland by the last steamer” … “pounded the crystal ice” … “pattered it into the tumblers” … “dropped in the bitters” … “dashed in the sugar”
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Chapter II, “Aspinwall” — “Champagne Cock-Tail”
Checked against the complete attached scan. OCR rendered Rockland as Kockland, but the scan reads Rockland. Ellipses join exact phrases across the preparation sequence.
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The exact phrases in Excerpt Text match printed62, physical PDF64, including Rockland rather than the OCR error Kockland. Printed61–63 / PDF63–65 supply the surrounding confession, preparation and quinine distinction. Champagne follows pounded ice, bitters and sugar; measures, garnish and bitters brand are absent. Tomes drinks the Champagne preparation but declines the separately discussed quinine drinks/pills. This supports the narrow Aspinwall attestation, not invention or nationwide routine adoption.
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