Raistlin’s Tea

Join me as I make Raistlin’s Tea – From Tika’s Cookbook for the first time! This is a recipe from Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home sourcebook, originally released in 1987. The recipes are compiled by Tika Waylan Majere. You can buy Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home here: https://amzn.to/3FOuL2J

From Tika’s Cookbook

“Par Salian gave the recipe to him after… after the
Test, when he was so sick… it smells awful and must
taste worse… but it will help him.”

— Caramon

This tea works as an expectorant and soothes
coughs and bronchial trouble. A warming tea, it
Raises the body temperature as well.

¼ ounce dried lemon peel
½ ounce mullein
½ ounce angelica
¼ ounce dried orange peel
½ ounce burdock
½ ounce coltsfoot

Place the above herbs in a jar; shake until well
Mixed. Put 2 teaspoons of mix in mug, and add
Boiling water. Let steep for 10 minutes before
drinking.

Transcript

Cold Open

I am fortunate to have an herb store near me for this recipe.

Intro

Today I am making Raistlin’s Tea from Tika’s Cookbook in Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home. If you have made this recipe, share your thoughts in the comments below!

Discussion

After an interesting trip to the local herb store, I came home with the minimum of one ounce per ingredient, so I will have a lot of this mixture for making tea in the future. I began by measuring out each of the ingredients on a scale. One-fourth dried lemon peel, one-half ounce mullein, I had to substitute one-half ounce Dong Quai Root with angelica as they were out. I was told it tasted very similar. One-fourth ounce dried orange peel, one-half ounce burdock and one-half ounce coltsfoot. Some of these are very light and airy, so it looks like it is much more than described, but I did my level best to weigh them correctly.

I added them all into a clean mason jar, and mixed them until I was confident they were fully mixed together. One point that I was concerned about was that because some of the herbs were so fluffy that I wouldn’t get each ingredient in a given cup of tea. In order to allay this concern, I mixed it much longer than I would have otherwise. Then I scooped out two -teaspoons of the herbal mixture and added it to my mug. I also put some water in the kettle. I have a loose leaf tea container, I just forgot about it, so my wife is using it instead and I am spitting out the ingredients as they enter my mouth… with every sip. (sigh)

When the water came to boil, I poured it into my mug and let the tea steep for ten minutes. I did end up transferring the tea to another mug, trying to filter out as much of the tea material as possible. It was a valiant but unrealistic endeavor in the end. The tea tastes very vegitive, and just a tiny bit minty. The lemon and orange peel are nice to add texture and brighten the otherwise dense flavors. I have a ton of this mixture left over, and I am not sure I will ever make it again. But for tea, it’s alright.