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Tataru Taru ([personal profile] seemstressed) wrote in [community profile] aefenglom2020-05-15 12:51 am

Taste Testers Wanted

Name: un: taru
Date: 05/14
Format: video

Hullo again! I hope everyone is well!

[Yes that's right Aefenglom...your favourite Lalafellian entrepreneur is back and has clearly been...busy? She seems to be in her kitchen, a set of distilling equipment behind her, various metal and glass containers connected with piping and tubing to create an apparatus that's purpose soon becomes clear. The confident little lady is proud of herself as she stands on a chair in all her three feet of glory, large glass bottles grasped in each hand. The one on the left sports a liquid with a light blue hue to it and what seems to be golden flecks that shimmer as they float about. The other bottle though holds a liquid that looks like a rosé in color, seemingly innocent enough, until one notices the small but very apparent wormlike larvae whose bio-luminescent skin gives off a faint green glow.

She gives each of the bottles a shake, the flakes and larvae floating about respectively.]


I've been attempting to recreate a few of the most popular spirits one can find in Ul'dah and I've almost managed to get the recipe juuust right! Of course it isn't perfect, as ingredients here are a bit different to what's available in Eorzea...but so far I'm happy with the result! The blue one here is said to make the drinker see stars if they have too much of it and this one [Yeah, the worm one...] well they say if you can down a whole bottle you'll be strong enough to take down a rampaging goobbue with your bare fists!

[She sets the two bottles down on the table so she can talk with her hands, as one does.]

While these spirits suit my own palette just fine, I wanted to survey how other Mirrorbound might find them, so I'm looking for willing taste testers, if you will! The more the merrier. If you like what you taste I'll give you a bottle of it to take with you. If you don't, then I'll buy you a drink of your choosing.

[What's there to lose, right?]

And speaking of brews...does anyone have a particular favourite drink from where they hail from? If so, what is it? I'd love to hear about it, alcoholic or otherwise!

[For science, naturally.]

((ooc: 4th wallers welcome!))
unsundered: (★069)

[personal profile] unsundered 2020-05-17 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
On that much, we can agree.

[Given sufficient cause or motivation, what limits could there be?]

And you could say as such... I've attempted a range of experiences in my life, though I can't claim to make a habit of complete inebriation. Though 'tis tempting to try, some things cannot be drowned.

[Said matter-of-factly, with a faint shrug.]
stopfen: (Then I'll always be by your side)

[personal profile] stopfen 2020-05-17 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I have done, but not very often... Once before coming here, and once after. [She had proper alcohol twice. 10/10 perfect taste tester.] Would that be good enough?
redeemed: (consider.)

video; un: morgan

[personal profile] redeemed 2020-05-17 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Whiskey, I suppose.

[ He scratches at his stubble. ]

Heard of alcohol with worms in it before. Never had any, though.
lonewanderer: (✫ listen.)

video; un: 101

[personal profile] lonewanderer 2020-05-17 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Purified water is definitely my favorite.

[ But she's focused on the... glowing. ]

Is it radioactive?
needsteaplz: (A smile for the customers)

video; un: chazuke

[personal profile] needsteaplz 2020-05-18 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'd like to sample both if there's still any left. Perhaps it could inspire a new dish for me to pair them with.

As for my favorite drinks from my homeworld? I do enjoy a glass of umeshu from time to time. It's made by steeping rock sugar and Japanese plums in shouchu liquor for several months. Though I won't say no to a glass or two of sake either.
weiward: (Default)

video, un: wwxwashere

[personal profile] weiward 2020-05-18 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[how, how, how could he miss this?]

So...you're looking for someone to drink for you?

[it sounds too good to be true.]
unsundered: (★079)

[personal profile] unsundered 2020-05-18 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Though he sighs, he also has no reason to outright refuse. Tataru had apparently tried them herself and was still alive enough to seek out volunteers, so she probably wasn't about to poison him accidentally. Probably not even deliberately.]

Both. I assume they're distinct enough in character to be worth my time.
unsundered: (★073)

[personal profile] unsundered 2020-05-18 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
If all adventure requires is to sample a few drinks, then I've sorely overestimated the difficulty of such endeavors.

[He'll try not to judge them against the only-Zodiark-knows-how-many liquors he's undoubtedly had over the course of his life.]
unsundered: (★015)

[personal profile] unsundered 2020-05-18 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
And many a fellowship has been ended over a few as well.

[Truly, alcohol is a land of contrasts.]
finesseblade: (92.)

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[personal profile] finesseblade 2020-05-18 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
is that a worm
unsundered: (★078)

[personal profile] unsundered 2020-05-18 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps not... I suppose it would take a bit more than that.
weiward: (pic#13635802)

[personal profile] weiward 2020-05-18 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Say no more. I, Wei Wuxian, am dedicated to your cause.
whydogs: (13)

[personal profile] whydogs 2020-05-19 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
My day just really isn't complete without it.

And I don't really get drunk easily, so... may as well.

What about you?
needsteaplz: (Smile/lol)

[personal profile] needsteaplz 2020-05-19 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, excellent! I look forward to them both!

[She perks up a bit more after hearing other worlds have sake as well.]

Really now? Now you're making me wish I could sample that as well. I have some knowledge in sake making but obtaining the koji starter from scratch maybe a challenge.
crestfallenfor: (《104》)

video; un: gautier

[personal profile] crestfallenfor 2020-05-19 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, Sylvain hadn't... paid that close of attention to the video feed itself - he's studying, and when he'd seen that Tataru had made a post, he tapped into it and... well, used her bright, cheery voice as background noise. It's useful for getting used to splitting his attention between casting this world's magic and paying attention to something else entirely.

That said? He's agreeing before he quite understands what he's getting into - and that much should be pretty obvious with how he's not looking at the camera, and with how the lighting shifts and changes just offscreen.]


I'll give them a try. Couldn't hurt, right?

[Quick, casual wink to the feed-]

I'm not terribly picky with my own drinks, though I do prefer wine and mead to ale, if I have a choice, and liquor if the taste doesn't matter.

[It's... stronger...]

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