Brewer's: French Cream

Brandy. In France it is extremely general to drink after dinner a cup of coffee with a glass of brandy in it instead of cream. This “patent digester” is called a Gloria.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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