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Kino

gent quality or flavor so necessary to a perfect imitation of Cognac. Mix 1 ounce tannin powder with sufficient alcohol, and use for flavor to 40 gals. brandy. Tannin powder may be procured of any respectable wholesale druggist (as indeed may all the ingredients recommended by us). Tannin should not be allowed to come in contact with any metallic substance, as it will deteriorate the color.

Catechu.

Catechu is an extract from the inner wood of a species of acacia tree, which is a native of the East Indies. Catechu, as it comes to us, is in masses of different shapes. The color is externally of a rusty brown, internally varying from a pale yellowish brown to a dark liver color. Catechu is inodorous, with an astringent and bitter taste, followed by a sense of sweetness. It is almost entirely soluble in a large quantity of water, to which it imparts a brown color, but when used as a brandy flavor it should be dissolved in alcohol 95°. The dark-colored catechu is the best for a flavor. Use 4 oz. for 100 gals. brandy.

Kino.

Kino is the juice from incisions in the bark of a tree which grows in the East Indies and the western coast of Africa. It is without odor, and has a bitterish, astringent taste, with a somewhat sweetish after taste. Dissolve 1½ oz. in clear cold water; this will be enough to give the astringent quality of tannin to 40 gals. brandy. All other flavors mentioned in our recipes for brandy such as wines of different varieties, rum, apple-brandy rum essence, etc., will be fully described under their various heads in other parts of this work.