It is of a pale color when steeped and of delicate flavor, being used as an after-dinner beverage in Russia, as we employ coffee.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
They declare Shakespeare and Milton fit beverage for man and boy.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Coffee poured into cream and afterward weakened with boiling water is an entirely different beverage from that which results when the process is reversed.
"The Myrtle Reed Cook Book"
Myrtle Reed