Tansy Tea

We realize that this is probably in poor taste, but we found some dried tansy at a medieval market a few weeks back, and just couldn’t help ourselves.

Full Disclaimer: Nobody should try this using this tea for its Westerosi uses. Nor should you drink it in any great quantity. To be safe, you probably just shouldn’t drink it at all…

Our Thoughts:

The taste of the tea on its own is light, with a faintly medicinal herbal quality that is not entirely unpleasant. However, a dash of honey banishes the tiny traces of a lurking bitterness. Given that there is no evidence of proper tea plants in either Westeros or Essos, it seems safe to say that the noble houses, such as, say, the Tullys, would have enjoyed herbal teas. In such a case, one heavily honeyed herbal brew might easily be substituted for another on the sly, if a noble daughter needed to be available to make a good match…