Drinks

Ale:
Ale on Gor seems very similar to ale on Earth. It is stored in kegs in the cooling room and served in chilled frosted tankards or horns. It is a deep golden color and brewed from grains and hops which were brought to Gor during the acquisition voyages.

"The Forkbeard himself now, from a wooden keg, poured a great tankard of ale, which must have been of the measure of five gallons. Over this he then closed his fist. It was the sign of the hammer, the sign of Thor. The tankard then, with two great bronze handles, was passed from hands to hands among the rowers. The men threw back their heads and, the liquid spilling down their bodies, drank ale. It was the victory ale."
Marauders of Gor, page 82

Bazi Tea:
An herbal beverage served hot and heavily sugared; traditionally drunk three tiny cups at a time, in rapid succession. Online Gor has made a intricate ceremony for the serving of Bazi Tea. However this ceremony is not found in the books.

"...'Is it ready?' I asked. I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small stand. A tiny kaiila-dung fire burned under it. A small, heavy curved glass was nearby, on a flat box, which would hold some two ounces of the tea. Bazi tea is drunk in tiny glasses, usually three at a time, carefully measured."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 139

Blackwine:
Black wine is earth coffee and sometimes served in clay bowls. On Gor, it is commonly grown only in Thentis and is quite expensive. The beans were undoubtedly brought from earth. It is served from silver pots often kept warm on braziers. Many times, because it is so strong, it is served in tiny cups; usually with added cream and sugars. If it is served without the cream and sugar, or black it is called 'second slave' because, traditionally, the first slave girl prepares the cups with the creams and sugars and the second slave pours the black wine. Second slave means that the first slave need not add the cream and sugar. Blackwyne can also be served in a heavy clay mug. A kettle of blackwyne is always kept over the fire, made fresh daily. Beans are kept in the storage cabinet in the servery. tiny "bags" (made from cloth, stitched together to make little pouches) are then filled with crushed beans, put into a pot of hot water to brew over the fire.

"I grinned, and washed down the eggs with a swig of hot black wine, prepared from the beans grown upon the slopes of the Thentis mountains. This black wine is quite expensive. Men have been slain on Gor for attempting to smuggle the beans out of the Thentian territories."
Beasts of Gor, page 21

Chocolate:
Similar to "hot chocolate" found on Earth. The beans for making chocolate were no doubt originally brought from Earth. The cacao tree now grows in the tropics of Gor and the beans can be purchased.

"This is warmed chocolate," I said, pleased. It was very rich and creamy. "Yes, Mistress," said the girl. "It is very good," I said. "Thank you, Mistress," she said. "Is it from Earth?" I asked. "Not directly," she said. "Many things here, of course, ulitmately have an Earth origin. It is not improbable that the beans from which the first cacao trees on this world were grown were brought from Earth." "Do the trees grow near here?" I asked. "No Mistress," she said, "we obtain the beans from which the chocolate is made, from Cosian merchants, who in turn, obtain them in the tropics."
Kajira of Gor, page 61

Fermented Milk Curds:
UGH!! but exactly as it states.

"By one fire I could see a squat Tuchuk, hands on his hips, dancing and stamping about by himself, drunk on fermented milk curds, dancing, according to Kamchak, to please the sky."
Nomads of Gor, page 28

Falarian Wine:
This is an extremely rare wine that is only rumored to exist. It would Cost enough to buy a city. Despite the legend, there are references in the books to show that it actually does exist. It is the type of product though that only Ubars or very wealthy Merchants might be able to possess.

"Among these petitioners came one fellow bring with him the promise of a gift of wine, a wine supposedly secret, the rare Falarian, a wine only rumored among collectors to exist, a wine supposedly so rare and precious that its cost might purchase a city."
Mecenaries of Go, p 159

Kalana:
This is the red rich wine made from the fruit of the yellow Ka-la-na tree. A dry, potent wine thought to be a symbol of romantic love. Ar is famous for it's Ka-la-na bottlers. Ka-la-na is a plentiful, heady wine served in goblets served either room temperature or chilled or even heated. If served hot, warm the ka-la-na in a small kettle (found over the fireplace) over the fire, poured into a bowl.

"...a small bottle of Ka-la-na wine, in a wicker basket...I had never tasted so rich and delicate a wine on Earth, and yet here, on this world, it costs only a copper tarn disk and was so cheap, and plentiful, that it might be given even to a female slave...It was the first Gorean fermented beverage which I had tasted. It is said that Ka-la-na has an unusual effect on a female."
Mecenaries of Go, p 159

Kalda:
A hot beverage made of lower grade ka-la-na, and the juices of citrus fruits, such as tospit and larma, and strong spices. This is a very strong, spicey drink. When served it is poured from a kettle that is over the fire into a 3 footed bowlor a mug (found on the shelves) and can be garnished with pieces of tospit and larma.

"Kal-da is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted Ka-la-na wine, mixed with citrus juices and stinging spices. I did not care much for this mouth-burning concoction, but it was popular with some of the lower castes, particularly those who performed strenuous manual labor. I expected its popularity was due more to its capacity to warm a man and stick to his ribs, and to its cheapness (a poor grade of Ka-la-na wine being used in its brewing) than to any gustatory excellence. Moreover, where there was Kal-da there should be bread and meat. I thought of the yellow Gorean bread, baked in the shape of round, flat loaves, fresh and hot; My mouth watered for a tabuk steak or, perhaps, if I were lucky, a slice of roast tarsk, the formidable six tusked wild boar of Gor`s temperate forests."
Outlaw of Gor, p 76

Larma Juice:
A light, sweet juice made from larma fruit. When serving, it is found in a pitcher in the coolery and poured into a crystal goblet or cups that are stored on the shelves.

"I purchased some larma juice for a tarsk bit. "Is it cool?"
I asked. "Yes," she said."
Mercenaries of Gor, p 257

Palm Wine:
No description is given, only references made to it.

"One of her most delicious exports is palm wine."
Explorers of Gor, P 115 "My recommendation," said Ayari, "would be to stab him, when he is not looking, or perhaps to poison his palm wine"
Explorers of Gor, p 429

Rence Beer:
A fermented drink found only on the rence islands. Steeped and fermented from the pith and crushed seeds of the rence plant.

"At such times there is drinking of rence beer, steeped, boiled and fermented from the crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the plant."
Raiders of Gor, p 18

Sa-paga:
commonly referred to as Paga. Formally named, Pagar-Sa-Tarna, which translates to "pleasure of the life-daughter" Made from sa-tarna grain, an amber liquid similar to whiskey. Botas are filled from a barrel of paga kept near the fire place and are then hung from pegs of the warming rack, near the fire, or hanging in cold storage. When serving Sa-paga is poured into a 3 footed bowl. However, it was also shown served in cups, mugs and tankards throughout the books.

Quote: yellow grains of Gor's staple crop, Sa-Tarna, or Life- Daughter. The expression is related to Sa-Tassna, the expression for meat, or for food in general, which means Life-Mother. Paga is a corruption of Pagar-Sa-Tarna, which means Pleasure of the Life-Daughter."
Outlaw of Gor Pg. 74

"`Your paga,' said the nude slave girl, who served me, her wrists chained. `It is warmed as you wished.' I took it from her, not even glancing upon her, and drained the goblet... I liked paga warm. One felt is so much the sooner that way."
Raiders of Gor, p 100

"The girls filled their vessels, which, like the hydria, or water vessel, are high-handled, for dipping, in a large kettle hung simmering over a fire near the entrance to the enclosure. Warm paga makes one drunk quicker, it is thought... Some Cosians tend to be fond of hot paga."
Vagabonds of Gor, p 16

Sul-paga:
A distilled alcohol, made from suls. Similar to vodka, clear and strong. Stored in botas hanging near the fire, or in the cold storage. Served in small bowls found on the shelves. Botas are filled from a barrel of paga kept near the fire place and are then hung from pegs of the warming rack, near the fire, or hanging in cold storage. When serving Sa-paga is poured into a 3 footed bowl. However, it was also shown served in cups, mugs and tankards throughout the books.

"Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, is as clear as water"
Slave Girl of Gor, p 134

"Sul paga, as anyone knew, is seldom available outside of a peasant village, where it is brewed. Sul paga would slow a thalarion. To stay on your feet after a mouthful of Sul paga it is said one must be of the peasants, and then for several generations. And even then, it is said, it is difficult to manage. There is a joke about the baby of a peasant father being born drunk nine months later."
Slave Girl of Gor, p 414

Ta-Wine:
A dry wine made from the Ta-grapes grown on Cos. They are served chilled or warmed in tankards or goblets found on the shelves and stored in bottles on the rack near the fire.

"One girl held our head back, and others, from goblets, gave us of wines, Turian wine, sweet and thick, Ta wine, from the famed Ta grapes, from the terraces of Cos, wines even, Ka-la-nas, sweets and dry, from distant AR"
Tribesmen of Gor, p 213

Turian Liquor:
A thick, sweet liquor that is stored in bottles on the rack near the fire. This drink is served in small glasses or cups found on the shelving.

"She picked up the small tray from the stand near the table. On it was the small vessel containing a thick, sweet liquor from distant Turia, the Ar of the south, and the two tiny glasses from which we had sipped it."
Explorers of Gor, p 10

Turian Wine:
A thick syrupy wine so sweet and thick that is it said one can see a thumbprint on its surface. Stored in bottles on the rack near the fire. When serving they are then poured into goblets or cups found on the shelving.

"I did not much care for the sweet, syrupy wines of Turia, flavored and sugared to the point where one could almost leave one's fingerprint on their surface." Nomads of Gor, p 84

Water:
Spring water from the mountains or from the liana vine or fan palm from the rain forest area inland of Shendi. Water is stored at room temp water kept in a barrell in the servery (for filling pots and cleaning purposes); drinking water kept in jugs or bottles in the cold room and a pot of hot water should always be kept full in the fireplace. If serving it is poured into goblets or cups found on the shelving.

"One type of palm, the fan palm, more than twenty feet high, which spreads its leaves in the form of an opened fan, is an excellent source of pure water, as much as a liter of such water being found, almost as though cupped, at the base of each leaf's stem. Another useful source of water is the liana vine. One makes the first cut high, over one's head, to keep the water from being withdrawn by contraction and surface adhesion up the vine. The second cut, made a foot or so from the ground, gives a vine tube which, drained, yields in the neighborhood of a liter of water."
Explorers of Gor Pg. 310

White Wine:
No real details are given, just that a "light white wine" was served. This wine is served chilled or room temp in goblets found on the shelving and is stored in bottles kept near the fireplace and in the cold room.

"In the hall was a open circle of small tables, at which a handful of guests, on cushions and mats, reclined. There were four men and two women at these tables, other than the Lady Florence, the hostess, and her guest of the past several days, the Lady Metpomene. The tables were covered with cloths of glistening white and a service of gold. Before each guest there were tiny slices of tospit and larma, small pastries, and in a tiny golden cup, with a small golden spoon, the clustered, black, tiny eggs of the white grunt. The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served by Pamela and Bonnie."
Fighting Slave of Gor, pp 275-276



**NOTE**

*To check the warmth of a drink, the vessel is commonly held to the slaves cheek or other tender parts of her body.

*Most drinks can be garnished with a slice of fruit on the rim of the glass.

*Never assume a drink is to be sweetened, ask the Master/Mistress if they wish their drink sweetened
if they haven't already specified.

 

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