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date: 07 February 2025

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Source:
The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets
Author(s):
Elizabeth GabayElizabeth Gabay

which generally refers to a blended drink of sweetened alcohol flavored with fruit and spices, has its origins in Persia and India. Nonalcoholic, iced sherbets made with sugar, lemon juice, and water and flavored with flower waters had been discovered by Europeans. One apocryphal story has Saladin serving sherbets to King Richard during the Crusades. ... ...

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