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Post 4 Kat had listed all the herbs found in the Ravenclaw tea on her parchment so that she could think of the relations to the characteristics of the other house people. The Hufflepuff one was okay... maybe accurate in some ways, she could say. She wrote notes on her parchment as she sipped on her tea. It tasted okay too. Did tea even taste bad? Kat had never tried tea that wasn’t even good. Not that she wanted to know how it tasted, you know? She wasn’t giving ideas away. So Ravenclaw tea has Earl Grey black tea? She didn’t know what that was, so probably the textbook held answers. It had lavender too, and as well as gingko and and peppermint. That probably explained the little minty flavor, then? And a bit more of sipping from her tea cup. At least it was still warm... She then turned back to her textbook and flipped the pages in search for these certain herbs. Then she wrote the relations on her parchment. Pretty interesting stuff she got from the Ravenclaw tea, yes. Text Cut: Parchment Sipsipsip. What house tea next? |
Post Five. Vesper was looking forward to tasting the Slytherin tea for various reasons. One being all the friends she'd made in that house, including West, Theodore, and Ascanius...among others. Maybe she would finally understand Ascanius after trying this tea. You know, the 'vain' thing. He was a prideful boy; something that had always struck Ves as extremely odd. There was so much insecurity in that house that simply didn't need to be. People were wonderful how they were...but some couldn't just hear those words and take it as facts. Insight would've been nice because watching didn't tell her much. Slytherins were good at hiding things she'd learned...and really, she could only stalk them so much. Right...so pulling the box up, it also got a thorough inspection. 'Nettles' and 'hibiscus' stood out at her among the ingredients and Ves smiled, Interesting, indeed. Pulling the Slytherin cup closer towards her, she got some leaves out and placed them in it's bottom. Scolding water joined them a moment later and it was left to stew itself for several moments. Because that's what tea leafs did...Stewed. More doodling happened while Vesper waited... |
Post 5 Kat pretty much finished the whole cup with the Ravenclaw tea. Well, what can she do? It did taste okay and possible a bit better than the Hufflepuff one. That was her opinion anyway. With those two house teas done, Kat was ready to choose another one. Well, she didn’t have to actually CHOOSE anymore because it was, for sure, the Gryffindor tea coming up next. She was saving the Slytherin one for last. And Merlin, she already knew what to expect from the Gryffindor tea. They’ve definitely got the heart of a lion. Kat had done a nonverbal Tergeo and as well as a Scourgify on her tea cup, just making sure. She didn’t want the teas to mix and all because the taste would be different than what she was supposed to expect. “Aguamenti,” she said and filled her cup with water and then followed with a “Chaudensis." Was she supposed to enjoy the Gryffindor tea, by the way? She took a sip from her tea. A small sip and then she had to swallow what had entered her mouth and coughed a bit. COUGHCOUGHCOUGH. That was pretty bitter and gross. Merlin, she was never never trying that again. She could definitely tell how strong it was too. Definitely Gryffindor, no doubt. Kat cringed a bit and then set her tea cup aside. Nope, she wasn’t going to try any more of the Gryffindor tea. She then scribbled on her parchment. Plus, she might need water. Like right now. |
Post Six. It was time for Slytherin teeeeea. Pulling the stylish cup closer, she looked down at it first, STILL loving the design of these cups. They were so pretty. Really, she wanted a set....What would she need to do to convince her mother and father? Whatever it would take, really, is what she'd be prepared to do. Kinda like convincing them to pack up and leave France... Grinning to herself...she lifted the cup and smelled, just as she had with the previous house teas. It was important to get a handle on the fragrance before one could appreciate the flavor; something her mother used to say...or still said. Not past tense. She wasn't dead. Heh! There was an edge to this smell, probably coming from the hibiscus. The smell was so telling, too...Edgy, cool, with bursts of mint...Shrugging, Ves took the first few experimental sips, allowing the flavor to kinda wash over her taste buds. Hmm. It was definitely a different kind of flavor...and there was also something kinda sophisticated about it. Not outright...but underlying. Like, you almost couldn't even tell it was there. The mint was still present, giving it a chilling aftertaste. Tartness, too...Vesper liked the tea. It was probably her favorite thus far. Taking several more sips, she continued to hold it in one hand and jot notes with the other. SPOILER!!: Notebook! |
Post 6 Her not-so pleasant experience with the Gryffindor tea made Kat wish that the Slytherin tea didn't taste so bad. They didn't taste bad. SHE didn't taste bad either, right? If she was a tea, you know, she'd want to actually seem pretty good and taste bud-friendly. Who didn't, anyway? But yeah, whatever. Kat had to identify the herbs in the Gryffindor tea, so she took another look at the herbs and then listed them all down on her parchment. Dandelion leaf was an ingredient. And then borage too. So was basil and... what? What was that? Kat squinted at tea bag. ... Sars-what? Sarspanilla? NO. That was sarsparilla. Someone had to make the text a bit bigger, you know? Just saying. And yeah, sarsparilla was another herb in the Gryffindor tea. Remind Kat never to drink any tea with those herbs. Text Cut: Parchment Just one more tea. SLYTHERIN TEA. And then she would be done. Fingers crossed that the Slytherin tea tasted good. |
Post Seven. Regretfully setting that cup to the side, Vesper grabbed for the last and grinned. It was Ravenclaw time! Placing it front and center in front of her, the Ravenclaw grabbed for the last tea box and took a gander at the ingredients. Mostly because she was curious about them...and how they'd relate to her house. Made sense, yea?...to be curious about ones own house... Ooooh. Earl grey black tea! Oddly enough, Ves's favorite. It was also her mother's favorite. Did that mean her mum would've been a Ravenclaw, too? Maybe? The other ingredients included lavender, ginkgo, and peppermint....She was already in love. Perfect tea was perfect. Getting it ready, she went ahead and opened up the box, selecting leaves to fill the bottom of the cup. After finishing with that, the water was added...and she was left, once again, waiting for it to stew. That basically meant more doodle time... Waiting...waiting...waiting.... |
Post 7 Kat was, deep inside, really glad that this would be the last tea she'd be drinking. After drinking three teas with different taste and flavors, she just couldn't wait to leave. Also, she was starting to feel like she might excuse herself so she could take a visit to the Prefects' Bathroom. Bladder was starting to fill up after all the drinking she had done. Though she still had one more tea to drink, she could still manage it. She'd willing drink the Slytherin tea in order to take the bitter taste of the Gryffindor tea off her tongue. "Tergeo," she pointed her wand inside her tea cup and all of the leftover tea was gone. No more Gryffindor tea for her. It tasted a bit... meh. "Scourgify." Now her cup was clean and free of tea and dirt. That was how it was supposed to be anyway. She then took a Slytherin tea bag and placed it in her cup. Last one. That thought wouldn't leave her mind. She was just filled of relief. "Aguamenti..." And water came out of the tip of her wand, which then stopped with her nonverbal Finite. "Chaudensis." Warm tea. Last one. She could handle this last one. Taking a sip, Kat blinked a few times. Tasted good. Kat liked it, but her tummy couldn't handle more so she placed the cup down. She'd take small sips again after writing notes about the herbs. |
Post 3 Alright! That's enough of that Ravenclaw blend. Megh! "Aquamenti!" He said pointing his wand into the cups of Gryffindor, the house into which he was almost sorted and Slytherin. He followed this up with a "Chaudensis!" spell times two, which sounded incredibly French to him and not entirely unlike a spell he'd seen his father work in the kitchen a time or two before. While the Gryffindor and Slytherin teas steeped, he decided to have a looksie at Hufflepuff's tea. One by one, the boy's skinny fingers plucked out the different looking components of the tea. Until he had an assortment of five. He picked up ones that looked remarkably like tiny dried bananas and dragged it against his tongue. Al-karawya. Yup. He plopped into his mouth and chewed releasing the flavour and liking that one quite a bit. The next thing he picked up was something dark-coloured and not very distinguishable from, say a wood chip or twig. He brought up the little speck to his nose and smelled it...a bit too hard. And the light-weight little object went up one nostril and traveled to the back of Cutty's throat before he could do more than make a worried face. Please be mundane! Please be mundane! Please be mundane! He coughed a little and registered the familiar scent. Licorice roots! The last two things which he'd picked out looked as different as night and day; dried white blossoms and multi-lobed leaves. Their scent was even different, although there was some hint of similarity. Time to consult the book again, as Cutty plainly had no idea what he was dealing with. He stopped when he saw an image of a small tree, or maybe it was a shrub with dainty white blossoms upon it. Closer inspection revealed that the leaves were lobed, but maybe not in the same way. It was very hard to tell. He ventured a guess. Text Cut: Cutty's Parchment |
Post Eight. Vesper let this one sit a bit longer than she had the others...but that was just because she was excited about tasting it...and wanted to make sure all the flavors had time to diffuse throughout the water. Tea lover, okay? It was a good thing this was the topic of today's lesson...because otherwise, she was ultimately terrible at Herbology. Plants didn't normally like her as a rule. Mean plants. Anyway, once it was finished sitting, Ves plucked the cup up and SNIFFED deeply. Oh, it smelled classic and equally sweet; something clearly coming from the black tea leaves, lavender, and ginkgo...There was also a minty-tone that was immediately relaxing to her senses. Kinda like when someone was baking apple pie...and before you even took a bite, you knew it was going to be satisfying and utterly delicious. This was similar to that. Feeling her mouth water just a little bit, she didn't torture herself too much and went ahead, diving in to the taste. Her sips were deeper with this one. It was so goooood. She'd actually drained the cup before setting it back down, a quietly embarrassed look in place. No one was looking at her, right? As casual as possible, Ves pulled out more leaves and put them in the cup...and then poured more water. While that sat a moment, she'd reflect. The Ravenclaw tea was sweet and minty also in taste; the smells matching up in that way and giving away hints. It also tasted a bit timeless...if 'timeless' had a flavor. She assumed this would match up with her house in individuality...but it also paired perfectly with her artistic nature. Not necessarily in any medium...but with the mind. Heh, she wasn't making much sense to herself...but Ves knew the gist of what she was trying to get across. It made her think about Dora and Blue...and Marcus and Nigel; about how individual they were and different in their ways of thinking, classic, and brilliant. She was not confident that it really applied to her that much with the smartness...since she struggled with things...but she'd always have her artistic thing. SPOILER!!: Notebook! There. She'd even finished up her notes while waiting for her tea to fully settle. Smiling down at the cup, Ves lifted it back to her lips and continued to enjoy her house tea. Sip, sip, sip, siiiiiiiiiip. |
Post 8 Kat took her quill once more and dipped it inside her inkwell. This was the last one and then she'd be over with this. She could then sit for a bit and maybe try to finish her cup of tea, if only her tummy could manage. But for now, it was all about the herbs and the relations to Slytherin. Kat took a look at the herbs again and then listed them down on her parchment. Horsetail, nettle, lemon balm, and hibiscus. At least nothing gross and for the brave at hearts and bitter. Nothing like the Gryffindor one that was proooobably the not so good one. No wonder Kat couldn't be a Gryffindor. Text Cut: Parchment AND SHE WAS DONE. Everyone, she was done. Kat rewarded herself with a few sips of her Slytherin tea and an instant ticket to the bathroom... after the lesson. |
Post #6 Sophie smiled to herself as she looked down and re-read the three notes she'd taken so far. She'd done an awesome job. She just knew it. She turned her gaze toward the professor to see if it looked like she might call time soon. Sophie couldn't really tell, but it didn't look like anything new was going to happen anytime soon. So with that, she took another sip of her tea. Hibiscus. Sophie wrote the word on her parchment then stopped to think about what she knew about it. Finally, she began adding a few thoughts to her already-growing list of notes. Quote:
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Post 7 Going through each tea and finding its ingredients' properties was obviously going to be taking some time and some amount of being thorough. She was kinda wishing she hadn't drank all her tea before getting started because now she had nothing better to do but pay attention to the text she was reading. A class full of reading...it wasn't that bad considering the tea and all but now there was none left. Of course...the Professor didn't say they had to limit themselves to four cups, did she? No? Well then! Alexa reached for her cup, filled it with Gryffindor tea again, let it cool for a bit then went back to ingredient property searching. This time she was sipping her tea at a more leisurely pace. No rush. It had to last her through the reading. Mmk, first up, Earl Grey Black Tea. Lex was VERY tempted to simply jot down that it had the word grey in it and so did the Grey Lady but she forced herself through the reading. Good for fevers...relaxant...nothing very useful, heh, what'd you know, it was like most Ravvies she'd known. Maybe the next one would look better on them. Lavender. It had properties like purification...happiness and peace?? Okay, someone remind her why the Ravvies got this again? Oh wait here we go! The Ravvies' saving grace, Ginko. It fit and she got scribbling. She read through Peppermint as well...but felt she had something better to write down and so did. SPOILER!!: Lex's Parchment SPOILER!!: Normal Text |
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Post #7 Sophie really needed to get a move on. Class was probably coming to an end soon, and she still had three more types of tea to taste. Ewww. She really didn't want to drink anymore tea, but ehhh...she guessed she could for class credit. Seeing as she was through with her Slytherin tea now, she needed to make a glass of another house's tea. Ravenclaw. That's the one she'd do. It was random, but she had to choose some house, so Ravenclaw it would be. She began the process of preparing another cup--Aguamenti, Chaudensis...all the steps she'd done before. The only difference was that this time, she added in the Ravenclaw blend instead of the Slytherin blend. Once she'd made the tea, she blew on it a bit then took a few sips. Text Cut: Slytherin Notes Quote:
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Post 6: Meaning of Hufflepuff The Hufflepuff meanings being slightly more obscure than the others gave Tora a bit of trouble. Caraway was the most obvious as it was a companion plant. In other words, Hufflepuffs helped protect their friends. They were loyal. Check, done, next. Chickweed was a bit harder, and Tora sat for a couple minutes thinking hard. She decided to skip that one and come back, maybe after she finished the others she would be able to think of a meaning for that one. Licorice could represent the love Hufflepuffs have for things, but it also raises blood pressure. Maybe Hufflepuffs need a bit more excitement in their lives. Hawthorn was another protective meaning, or so Tora discerned. It was used as a hedge and was thorny. She went back to thinking about Chickweed. If something was everywhere, then wouldn't you be able to get it when you need it? Finally she had it! The plant was dependable and so were Hufflepuffs! She scribbled down the last Hufflepuff note and sipped the now cooled tea. Quote:
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Post 8 Kace was relieved that he finished all the tea's. He didn't mind tasting all, some of them he preferred better than others. But maybe his parents should try this sometime since they are tea lover possibly Belle too.... Anyways! He got out his notebook and saw all his notes so far. SPOILER!!: Kace's Notebook Alright it seemed all good all together. Now he needed to make the connections to the houses. He wrote them down separately so he wouldn't get confused. SPOILER!!: Even more notes There now he was done with the assignment and waited for more directions. |
Post 6 With a clean cup now, Adi added in the Ravenclaw tea. He wondered how this would taste. The previous two had been absolutely delicious and he hoped this would be the same. "Aguamenti!'' Water streamed into the cup. "Finite!'' Now to try this newly learnt spell again. "Chaudensis!" Oh yaaaay! It worked! Awesomeeee! Adi raised the cup to his lips and sipped. What did it taste like? |
post 8 With all this done, Sarah had time to drink her tea in piece. She chose her favourite blend and added water to her cup that had the tea bag already in it. It wpuld be weaker then if she had taken another tea bag, yet she would have to ask permission to take another teabag, or else it would be stealing. People did think that she took this stealing thing too seriously, their logic being 'what difference will it make? She never specified one tea bag? She would not even notice. Maybe they are cheap anyway?' But Sarah did not think that it would be right to take such calls on it. She had to do what was right ALWAYS! It was good to have moral standing.. one of the reasons that she was a Gryffindor was that she stuck to her principles through thick and thin, even if it was unpopular.Maybe she should add that to her partchment? Now that she realised that she had time, she decided to add a bit more to her partchment. After somre writing and moving around, her partchment looked like this: SPOILER!!: Completed notes With that behind her, Sarah refilled her tea cups and had more of each, well except the Hufflepuff one. Whose Idea was it to put in Licorice? She did not drink the Ravenclaw one either, no more caffeine for her, or else she would not sleep. She looked around, and smiled at Lexa across the table. "What is your favourite kind of tea?" she asked her friend. |
Post 7: uses and meanings of Ravenclaw Finally she was on to her own House tea, Ravenclaw. She had waited for this for quite a while now, having been busy with the other teas and so she eagerly poured some hot water into the Ravenclaw cut with the Ravenclaw teabag she had placed in there at the beginning of the activity. She now went to go look up information about the herbs, not yet trying the tea because it was too hot. Quote:
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Post 8 Oh lookit, she was on to the Slythering tea now in her note taking. They were the ones with the tea that tasted different but not in a bad way. Wonder what they're tea would say about them. For starters she didn't know what any of these herbs were, like she'd seen hibicus before but...horsetail was new. Very new. Good thing she wasn't one to take things too literally or that wouldnt' have ended all that well. Actually, come to think of it, she'd heard of nettles before as well. So in the end the tea wasn't all that strange it just tasted strange but again, not in a bad way, just a different way. Horsetail seemed like it did just about EVERYTHING, she simply stopped reading and moved on after awhile. This one seemed to show a lot of promise for curing this ridiculously long list of things. She got. It had potential, could she keep moving now? Oh oh oh, a little interesting fact about lemon balm among all it's information. It grows readily, even in cracks along the pavement. Good stuff. The last one, hibiscus, was all kinds of confusing. You know what we do with confusing herbs? We ramble nonesense about them, obviously. Lex glanced over when Sarah spoke. She gave a small shrug. [b]"I don't really like tea so I don't have a favourite. SPOILER!!: Lex's Parchment SPOILER!!: Normal Text And now onto the puffers... These shouldn't have been so hard. She took another sip of her tea, now on the last leg of this note taking thing. She scanned through the book making little juttings here and there, took more sips of her drink, you know, the usually when taking notes. She'd be finished any minute now and by the looks of it, so would her tea. SPOILER!!: Lex's Parchment SPOILER!!: Normal Text |
Post 9 Now that she had gotten the Gryffindor tea and was ready to start drinking it, Min gathered her notes so far looking over them. Making sure they were all there. Well it seemed they were at least. Now it was time to do the last one. Sipping the lion's brand of tea Min started flipping through the pages once more. Starting to get a little bored with the activity her mind started going other places, but she forced focus. Maybe she needed more Ravenclaw tea. Finding Dandelion in her book she began to right her notes. Well lion was in the word so why not put it in the tea. Next she looked up basil. This one was a common one she actually knew well from cooking different things. Finding it in the book she thought about the ways it could be used for Gryffindor. SPOILER!!: Gryffindor Letting out a small yawn Min flipped through the book to find the final ingredients of the tea. |
Post 7 Ugggh! It tasted horrible! Adi did not like the flavour and he knew why instantly. He could taste the lavender. And he hated lavender with a passion. Resisting the urge to spit out the tea, he swallowed and cautiously sipped some more. He needed to taste the other herbs after all. But he quickly began to write: SPOILER!!: Adi's Notes Great! He was done with the Claw's tea! |
Post #8 Text Cut: Sophie's parchment So things were coming along pretty good by now. Looking around, Sophie noted that it didn't look like class would be ending or they'd be moving on anytime soon. GOOD, because that meant Sophie didn't have to chug down two cups of tea in record time just to get finished. Again, she wasn't the greatest fan of tea. Maybe when she was a little older, but no, not now. There were only two types of tea to try now, and that was the Gryffindor blend and the Hufflepuff blend. Knowing it really didn't matter which one she did first, Sophie randomly reached for a bag and chose the Gryffindor blend. Now, note taking time... Quote:
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Post 4 The Hufflepuff blend was next up for brewing, which Cutty hoped tasted as good as it smelled. He used the, by now familiar water-conjuring spell to fill the cup and with his wand, following it with the heating spell. "Chaudensis!", he said taking aim and warming the tea cup. The chinaware clinked as Cutty pulled the Slyherin tea in closer to him to taste it and double check the ingredients. Was this going to make him a Supa-Slyth? He. The slight sweet heat of the hibiscus hit him after the lemonbalm and he learned to associate that with Supa-Slyth tea. It was followed by the nettles and horsetail, which Cutty thought didn't do much and had a much more subtle flavour when brewed. He still had this and the remaining tea from the Ravenclaw blend left to contend with and again with clinking he pushed the two afore-sipped cups to the upper left corner of his workspace. Cutty took his cup of Gryffindor tea that he'd earlier brewed and took a whiff. This one had a definite medicinal scent to it and he decided that this was NOT going to be a pleasant experience. One sip in confirmed his presumption, though it was more of a reaction based on his preconceived notion. A domineering bitter-sweet flavour and something Cutty thought reminded him of a spaghetti he'd had at La Strega Cucina before. Maybe it was the green stuff he tried to pick out. Basil. He noted his two guesses before taking another reluctant sip. Another green note which he thought was a little spinachy. Was it spinach? Was that even allowed in tea blending?!! Maybe it was another type of green? Cutty swallowed what he had in his mouth and rather than taking another sip looked down into the cup and saw a likely culprit in a ragged edged green. He'd seen these before. A field of them near the city park. Cutty went back to work again dipping his finger in the pinkish-coloured blend to drag out what looked like a pressed blue star flower. Not spotting any other different bits in the tea as he peered down into the cup, Cutty pushed the Gryffindor tea aside as well and set to the work of finding meanings for each of the plants he'd identified while sipping the Hufflepuff blend. Text Cut: Cutty's Parchment |
Post #9 Okay, by this time, Sophie was sure of two things. One, she had to go to the bathroom after drinking all this tea; and two, she was really, really tired of note taking. Her hand hurt, and it was almost unbearable to think about having to take this very last set of notes. Just one more, though. Just the Hufflepuff tea, and she'd be DONE. She pushed away the first three cups of tea (she really needed to get a cleaning spell from one of the others at her table) and quickly used the Hufflepuff blend to make one last cup of tea. She was done in no time, especially considering she'd just made three other cups of tea, and then she tested the product. Okay, one last set of notes. She could do this. Quote:
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