A well know bitters from the 1800s that was used in some cocktails.
Boker’s Bitters Recipe:
- Bitter Orange Peel
- 45 g
- Quassia
- 30 g
- Calamus
- 30 g
- Catechu
- 15 g
- Cardamom
- 10 g
- Alcohol 90%
- 300 ml
- Water
- 180 ml
Instructions
Mix the solids, reduce to a fine powder and extract by slow percolation with the alcohol.
To prepare the bitters, mix 1 ounce of the above extract with 18 ounces of water and 12 ounces of alcohol.