The Recipe Box
Cordials & Liqueurs
Forty-three cordials sorted by flavour - pre-1700 originals alongside modern working versions - plus the base formulas they all lean on.
Flavour families
- Base Formulas & Technique Start here. The ratios every other cordial on this page assumes you know.
- Flower
- Cinnamon
- Spice & Herb
- Citrus
- Doctor Stevens Water
- Herbal
- Rosemary
- Water of Life
- Ros Solis
- Spice
- Aqua Vitae / Usquebaugh
- Aqua Mariae
- Angelica
- Lavender
- Strawberry
- Cherry
- Plague Water
- Berry
- Pear
- Pomegranate