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Possets

Possets

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  •   Key Element: Thick
  •   Lead Element: Thick
  •   Pivotal Element: Thick

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Traditional Possets

Traditional Possets are thickened with milk or cream.

TRADITIONAL POSSETS

Flips

Flips are Possets thickened with eggs.

FLIPS

Eggnogs

Eggnogs are Possets thickened with both eggs, and milk or cream.

EGGNOGS

Blows

Blows are Possets containing fruit.

BLOWS

Posset Description

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  •   Key Element: Thick
  •   Lead Element: Thick
  •   Pivotal Element: Thick

Possets are mixed drinks in which alcoholic products are thickened, sweetened, and often aromatized.

The elemental nature of Possets can be expressed as: .

Possets can also contain accents of aromatic ingredients as the fourth element.

When made using the modern 'shake' method with ice to mix and chill, water will also be added.

Posset History

The terminus post quem for Possets is currently in the year 1425.

Possets are one of the genres of mixed drinks with heavy Anglophone history on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Drinks like Rum Eggnog and Tom & Jerry are considered just as organic to American culture as Cider Posset and Egged Nog‡ were once to English cutlure.

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