Stengah

Stengah
Type Mixed drink
Served On the rocks; poured over ice
Commonly used ingredients

Whisky, Soda Water, Ice.

Preparation Build over ice; stir.

A stengah is a drink made from an equal measure of whisky and soda water, served over ice.[1] It was a popular drink with British subjects in the early 20th century, in areas of the British Empire in Asia.[2] In W. Somerset Maugham's short story The Book-Bag, he writes, "I told the amah to fetch the whiskey and syphon and I mixed her a good strong stengah and made her drink a little." [3] The term derives from the Malay word for "half".[4]

Bibliography

Allen, Charles. Plain Tales from the British Empire, Abacus, 2008. Maugham, W. Somerset. Collected Short Stories Volume 4, Penguin, 1985.

References

  1. Allen, p. 785
  2. Allen, p. 619
  3. Maugham, p. 30
  4. King of Cocktail Website, Accessed 13-10-08.
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