Sep 24

“It’s cloudberry and sage tea,” he informed her.

She studied the tea closer. “That’s awfully brave of you,” she said.

“Don’t know about that. I just wanted something classy, so I went for the one containing things I hadn’t heard of.”

She snorted at that and blew carefully into the cup, so as to cool its contents. Then she put her lips to the brim and sipped.

“How was it?” he asked. She stared at him, with an “Honestly, Ron” look on her face.

“You mean you’ve never tried it yourself?”

“You kidding? As if I’d ever taste anything out of a bag labelled ‘Cloudberry and sage’. They sound like the main ingredients of some evil sleeping draught.”