Hippocras

Hippocras
Hippocrates's sleeve being used to make hippocras wine
TypeWine mixed with sugar and spices
Country of origin Roman Empire
IngredientsWine, spices, sugar

Hippocras 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.

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