The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks (73 page)

birth of,
96
–
97

botany of a cane,
98
–
99

cultivars,
98

guide to spirits,
102

making rum,
99
–
103

naval spirit,
103
–
4

sugar primer,
100

sundew,
193
–
94

Sungold tomato,
347

Sunshine Flashback calendula,
328

Suntory distillery,
48

“supercassis,”
263
–
64

superfine sugar,
100

Suro-Piñera, David,
13
–
14

Sutherland Gold elderflower,
328

Suze wine,
163
,
164

swamp whiskey,
92

Swanston, Stuart,
34
,
37
,
39

sweet almond,
307

sweet apple,
21

sweet briar rose,
222

sweet cicely,
184

sweet corn,
46

sweet fennel,
180
,
322

sweet flag,
148

sweet kernel apricot,
260

sweet orange,
286
,
295
,
301

sweet orange oil,
291

“sweet paan,”
145

sweet potato,
73

Sweet Success cucumber,
346

sweet violet,
226
,
329

sweet woodruff,
194

sweetgrass,
146

SweetHeart apricot,
334

Sylva
(Evelyn),
234

Sylvius, Franciscus de la Boë,
169

Synsepalum dulcificum,
346

Syzygium aromaticum,
152
–
53

T

Tagetes erecta,
328

Tahiti lime,
298

tahona,
9

Tamarind,
133

Tamarindus indica,
133

Tamborine Mountain Distillery,
246
,
280

Tamiflu,
183

tangerine,
300

tannins,
53

Tantalus,
300

tapai,
81
–
82

Tapaus distillery,
295

tapuy,
81

Tarahumara tribe,
43

taxonomy,
6

tea,
146
,
310

teff,
89

tejate,
49

tej
(
t'edj
),
117

tejuino,
49

teosinte,
43

tequila,
8
–
10
,
15
,
133

field guide to,
11

garden cocktails with,
348

protecting the plants,
13
–
14

tasting,
14

Tequila Sunrise,
339

terpineol,
144

tesgüino,
49

Teucrium chamaedrys,
165

Theobroma beer,
269

Theobroma cacao,
268
–
69

Thevet, André,
113

thistle,
143

Thorpe, George,
42

thujone,
203

thyme,
323

thymol,
156

Thymus vulgaris,
323

tiswin,
49

Tito's Handmade Vodka,
49

tobacco,
195
–
96
,
197
,
236

tobacco liqueur,
195
,
196

Toma Verde tomatillo,
347

tomatillo,
347

tomato,
6
,
347

Toni-Kola,
313

tonic water,
xvii

tonka bean,
197
,
242

Top Hat blueberry,
342

torchwood,
249

toxicity,
27
–
28
,
71
,
87
,
88
,
91
,
115
,
140
,
144
,
145
,
148
,
158
,
163
,
173
,
183
,
187
,
192
,
194
,
195
,
197
,
208
,
223
,
233
,
256
,
307
,
309
,
327
,
330

trademarks,
228
–
33

Traminer,
64

trees,
227
,
332
–
39

see also specific trees

Trigonella foenum-graecum,
160
–
61

triple sec,
106
,
287
,
305

triploid,
223

tristeza,
296

Triticum aestivum,
107
–
10

Tropaeolum majus,
329

true cinnamon,
241
–
42

Tudor, William,
101

Tungi,
126

turbinado,
100

turmeric,
146

Turnera diffusa,
158

tussock,
92

Tuthilltown Spirits,
50

“twining handedness,”
215

tyloses,
53

U

UCLA,
60

ulanzi,
130

ultraviolet light,
240

Umbellularia californica,
144

umeshu,
279

umqombothi,
49

U.S. Department of Agriculture,
239
,
296

U.S. Department of State,
252

U.S. Patent Office,
92

University of California, Davis,
64

University of Kentucky,
47

University of Minnesota,
39
,
67

University of North Carolina,
212

University of Pennsylvania,
32

urak,
114

urushiol,
113

V

Vaccinium,
342

Valencia orange,
301

Valenzuela-Zapata, Ana,
6

Van Wees Tonka Bean Spirit,
197

Vance, Zebulon,
92

vanilla,
53
,
151
,
153
,
198
–
99

Vaughan, Benjamin,
257

Vavilov, Nikolai,
25

Vecchio Amaro del Capo liqueur,
314

vegetables,
345
–
54

see also specific vegetables

velum,
61

Velvet Falernum liqueur,
102
,
137
,
298

Veratrum album,
163

verbena,
175
–
77

Vermont White vodka,
258

Vermont Spirits distillery,
258

vermouth,
63
,
65
,
140
,
153
,
173
,
205

Vermouth Cocktail,
61

Verveine du Velay liqueur,
177

Vin Mariani wine,
154
–
55

vines,
340
–
44

vinho d'batata,
73

vins doux naturels,
62

viola,
329

Viola adorata,
225
–
26
,
329

violet,
225
–
26
,
329

Violette de Bordeaux fig,
334

Virgil,
293

Virginia Land Law,
45

vitamin B,
89

vitamin C,
255
,
256
,
264

Vitis riparia,
67

vinifera,
57
–
69

vodka,
70
,
85
,
102
,
167
,
172

artisanal potatoes and,
74
–
75

corn,
49

garden cocktails with,
348

infused,
343

invention of,
72

Vogelbeerschnaps,
281

von Humboldt, Alexander,
228
,
232

Voodoo Tiki distillery,
126

W

Wall Street Journal,
199

Waller, Edmund,
172

walnut,
315
–
17

Wapsie Valley corn,
50

Wari people,
190

Washington, George,
23
–
24
,
84
–
85

water,
21

bourbon and,
47

watermelon,
347

waxy corn,
46

Weber, Franz,
12

Weber, Frédéric Albert Constantin,
12

Weber Blue agave,
10
,
11
,
12
,
15

Wells & Young's Brewing Company,
112

Wells Banana Bread Beer,
112

West Indian lime,
298
,
334

West Indian Medical Journal,
248

wheat,
83
,
84
,
107
–
10

lemon wedge and,
109

nitrogen, protein and,
107
–
8
,
110

a touch of,
108
–
10

varieties of,
110

whiskey

“American-style,”
54

best way to drink,
40

bugs in booze,
41

color of,
33

“common,”
84
–
85

malting,
37
,
39

or whisky,
35

rye,
85
–
86

Scotch whisky,
37
–
40

White, E. B.,
165

white currants,
266
,
342

white dog,
49

white pine blister rust,
264
–
65
,
342

white spruce,
256

“white whiskey,”
23

wild bird pepper,
352

wild spinach,
105

wine,
57
–
69

American experiment,
63
–
67

aromatized,
63
,
65

brandy,
60
–
63

first,
60

fortified,
60
–
63

witchweed,
95

Wonderful pomegranate,
335

Woodford Reserve distillery,
50

wormwood,
66
,
200
–
203

species used in liqueurs,
203

Wucher, Marc,
xiii

X

xanthones,
164

xylitol,
235

Y

yam,
73
,
191

Yamada Nishiki rice,
78

yaws,
41

yeast,
26
–
28
,
59
,
63
,
106
,
211

Yellow Field Corn,
50

Yellow Pear tomato,
347

yew,
256

yucheong,
302

yuzu,
302

Z

Zanzibar cloves,
153

Zea mays,
42
–
51

Zefa Fino fennel,
322

zester,
293

Zingiber officinale,
166
–
67

Zirbenz Stone Pine Liqueur,
250

Zoco liqueur,
284

żubrówka,
146
,
147

zuppa inglese,
56

Zymomonas mobilis,
3
–
4

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