Black Lotus Tea

Sipdown (1523)!

Critical Role’s third campaign started last Thursday so I decided to steep up a Critical Role themed tea blend while watching the livestream that night on Twitch! It was a late night since the stream started at 10PM and ended around 2PM, so I’m glad I opted for something with caffeine…

Ultimately, this is a fun and colourful blend with a really gorgeous distinct blue colour to it. It feels right for Mollymauk’s tea so be so colourful and vibrant – but it makes me sad that the flavour doesn’t really match. It’s not unpleasant, but it’s just very soft and floral without a clear direction to the few vague fruity elements. I see, in the ingredients, mango flavouring but I don’t taste it at all along with any of the other flavourings used. I just wanted more punch from this blend.

So, for that reason, I’m glad it’s a sipdown. Still, it was so much fun to be drinking a Critical Role blend while watching the campaign premiere! I can’t wait to see what other kinds of teas the new player characters inspire.

Cold Brew!

I absolutely have a Critical Role obsession problem right now, so you best bet that I went and ordered myself a bunch of Critical Role inspired teas. This one takes inspiration from the ever colorful and flamboyant tiefling Mollymauk Tealeaf.

I think it’s just wayyyyy too perfect for a Molly inspired tea to used something colourful like Butterfly Pea Flower. As such, this tea steeps up a brilliant blue colour. However, the taste is very soft – just a gentle berry and apple note alongside the more off putting taste of the butterfly pea flower itself. It’s nice visually, but just doesn’t have the right punch of flavour for this character.

I think my version of a Mollymauk tea would have some similarities – like I would keep the vibrant colour. However, I would probably do a really punchy and flavourful Blueberry Lemonade taste profile – combined with the pea flower the acid of the lemon would result in a purple liquor colour, which is just perfect for this purple tiefling. I’d probably add just a bit of lavender as well, as a nod to the lavender perfume that Molly wore.

Yup – that sounds right.