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 Hippocrates's sleeve being used to make hippocras wine | |
| Type | Wine mixed with sugar and spices |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Roman Empire |
| Ingredients | Wine, spices, sugar |
Hippocras[1][2] sometimes spelled hipocras or hypocras, is a drink made from wine mixed with sugar and spices, usually including cinnamon, and possibly heated. After steeping the spices in the sweetened wine for a day, the spices are strained out through a conical cloth filter bag called a manicum hippocraticum or Hippocratic sleeve (originally devised by the 5th century BC Greek physician Hippocrates to filter water), from which the name of the drink is derived.[3]
- ^ "hippocras". Merriam-Webster.
- ^ "hippocras definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 2009-04-26.
- ^ Goldstein, Darra (2015). The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. Oxford University Press. p. 333. ISBN 9780199313617.