ginger cordial

Warming sweet beverage

Ginger cordial is a sweet, concentrated syrup flavored with ginger, typically diluted with water or mixed into drinks.

In British usage, cordials are non-alcoholic syrups; elsewhere the term may suggest a sweetened liqueur.

The drink appears in period fiction—Anne Shirley accidentally serves it to Diana Barry in *Anne of Green Gables*: She poured out a tumblerful of the ginger cordial.

Related
  • gingeradeGinger-flavored carbonated beverage
  • drinkConsumable liquid
  • sweetTasting of sugar
  • tasteFlavor perception ability
  • grogDiluted spirits, often rum

hot toddy · mulled wine · root · Anne of Green Gables · sugar · honey · cinnamon · herbal remedies · cardamom · folk medicine · shrub · cloves · nutmeg · diluting · steeping · boiling · British traditions · Victorian era

Opposites
carbonation

ginger cordialginger beer

Fermented soft drink

ginger ale · fizzy drink · sparkling water · champagne · soda water

sweetness and concentration

ginger cordialplain water

Unadorned drinking liquid

ginger tea · unsweetened tea · black coffee · bitters · tonic water

production method

ginger cordialCoca-Cola

Iconic American cola brand

Pepsi

Family

ginger, cordial, gingers, gingery, gingered, gingering, cordials, cordially, cordiality

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G