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...

Felix Felicis is also known as Liquid Luck. It is a magical potion that makes the drinker lucky for a period of time, depending on how much is taken, during which everything they attempt will be successful. It is meant to be used sparingly, however, as it causes giddiness, recklessness and dangerous overconfidence if taken in excess. Felix is highly toxic in large quantities and is also a banned substance in all organised competitions such as Quidditch, along with all other methods of cheating. It is very difficult to make, disastrous to get wrong, and requires six months to stew before it’s ready to be consumed.  Ingredients: rooibos tea, honeybush tea, natural almond flavour, natural hazelnut flavour, natural caramel flavour The teas used to create this blend are: rooibos almond , rooibos caramel and honeybush hazelnut . Felix Felicis is one of the blends in the Magic Potions sampler box by Adagio Teas and is probably one of my favourites despite all th...