Tea and Me

Yesterday afternoon I was binge drinking the rather lovely Draught of Peace , which is a specialist blend made by Robert Pirlot for Adagio in their ‘ Fandom ’ blends range called Magic Potions .  I couldn’t really talk about this tea without mentioning the other blends in the set at the same time so this is a review of the Magic Potions sampler, with separate reviews attached for each of the teas. Doing this has given me a chance to revisit the other teas in the set as well – which I can honestly say has been a real pleasure. Adagio UK's banner for Magic Potions I originally came across Adagio when I was searching for Harry Potter merchandise. You really can buy anything under the sun to do with the boy wizard these days, and tea is no exception. On the US site , which I discovered first (which is absolutely amazing but the shipping costs are prohibitively expensive alas, otherwise I would be the owner of great quantities of Chestnut tea amongst other t...

The Draught of Peace is a potion which relieves anxiety and agitation. Its ingredients are powdered moonstone, syrup of hellebore, powdered porcupine quills, Valerian root, and powdered unicorn horn. It should be a turquoise blue when finished and simmered before being drunk. It is ironically a difficult potion to make, requiring that the brewer follow the directions carefully because making a mistake can have drastic consequences. Adding too much of the ingredients, for instance, will put the drinker of the potion into a deep — and possibly irreversible — sleep. Ingredients: black tea, apple pieces, natural apricot flavour, natural creme flavour, marigold flowers, apricots, natural vanilla flavour The teas used to create this blend are: apricot , cream and vanilla , accented with marigold flowers. Draught of Peace is one of the blends in the Magic Potions sampler box by Adagio Teas . It is chock full of apricots and tastes every bit as good as it smells. Bright and bo...