DRINKS of Gor

Ale (tankard)
"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(three tiny cups or three heavy glasses for ceremonial serve, otherwise cup)_
"Tea is extremely important to the nomads. It is served hot and heavily sugared. It gives them strength then, in virtue of the sugar, and cools them, by making them sweat as well as stimulating them. It is drunk three small cups at a time, carefully measured."
(Tribesmen of Gor, page 38)

"I feared, when first I saw you," said the girl, measuring the tea from a tiny tin box, "that you had come to carry me off.
(Tribesmen of Gor, page 139)

"Hot Bazi Tea I wanted. This is an important trade item in the north. I know knew why. The southern sugars are also popular. I had originally supposed this was because of their sweetness, there being few sweet items, save some berries, in the north. I know began to suspect that the calories of the sugars also played their role in their popularity."
(Beasts of Gor, page 206)

Make me tea,' I said." "...'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. She did not make herself tea, of course."...... "She lifted the kettle from the fire and, carefully, poured me a tiny glass of tea. I took the glass." "
(Tribesman of Gor, page 139)


Blackwine(small cups or bowls)
"What is that I smell?" I asked.
"Black wine," said she, "from the Mountains of Thentis."
I had heard of black wine, but had never had any. It is drunk in Thentis, but I had never heard of it being much drunk in any of the other cities.
Bring two bowls," I said."
(Assassin of Gor, page 106)

"Actually," I said to Elizabeth, "this is very rare. Thentis does not trade the beans for black wine. I have heard of a cup of black wine in Ar, some years ago, selling for a silver eighty-piece. Even in Thentis black wine is used commonly only in High Caste homes."
(Assassin of Gor, page 107)

"On the tray, too was the metal vessel which had contained the black wine, steaming and bitter, from far Thentis, famed for its tarn flocks, the small yellow-enameled cups from which we had drunk the black wine, its spoons and sugars, a tiny bowl of mint sticks and the softened, dampened cloths on which we had wiped our fingers."
(Explorers of Gor, page 10)

"From one side a slave girl, barefoot, bangled, in sashed, diaphanous, trousered chalwar, gathered at the ankles, in tight, red silk vest, with bare midriff, fled to Him, with the tall, gracefull, silvered pot containing the black wine. She was veiled. She knelt, replenishing the drink. Beneath the veil I saw the metal of her collar. I had not thought to have such fortune. She did not look at me. She returned to her place with the pot of black wine. Ibn Saran lifted another finger. From the side there hastened to him another girl, a fair skinned, red haired girl. She, too, wore veil, vest, chalwar, bangles, collar. She carried a tray, on which were various spoons and sugars. She knelt, placing her tray on the table. With a tiny spoon, its tip no more than a tenth of hort in diameter, she placed four measures of white sugar, and six of yellow, in the cup; with two stirring spoons, one for the white sugar, another for the yellow, she stirred the beverage after each measure. She then held the cup to the side of her cheek, testing its temperature; Ibn Saran glanced at her; she, looking at him, timidly kissed the side of the cup and placed it before him. Then, her head down, she withdrew."
(Tribesman of Gor, page 88 and 89)

IRC hint: The expression "second slave," incidentally, serves to indicate that one does not wish creams or sugars with one's blackwine, even if only one girl is serving.

"I lifted the tiny silver cup to my lips and took a drop of the black wine. It's strength and bitterness are such that it is normally drunk in such a manner, usually only a drop or a few drops at a time. Commonly, too, it is mollified with creams and sugars. I drank it without creams and sugars, perhaps, for I had been accustomed, on Earth, to drinking coffee in such a manner, and the black wine of Gor is clearly coffee, or closely akin to coffee. Considering its bitterness, however, if I had not been drinking such a tiny amount, and so slowly, scarcely wetting my lips, I, too, would surely have had recourse to the tasty, gentling additives with which it is almost invariably served."
(Guardsman of Gor", page 247)


Chocolate -warmed(cup)
"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, ultimately have an Earth origin."
(Kajira of Gor, page 61)


Falarian Wine(goblet)
"Among these petitioners came one fellow bringing 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. She , though only a slave, would choose to sip it."
(Mercenaries of Gor pg 158)


Fermented milk curds(wooden bowl most likely, unspecified)
"By one fire I could see a quat Tuchuk, hands on hips, dancing and staming about by himself, drunk on fermented milk curds, dancing, according to Kamchak, to please the sky."
(Nomads of Gor, page 28)



Ka-la-na(goblet or cup if mulled & heated)
"Yes! It would be the one that would be red with Ka-la-na..."
(Tarnsman of Gor, page 79)

"I went to his locker near the mat and got out his Ka-la-na flask, taking a long draught myself and then shoving it into his hands. He drained the flask in one drink and wiped his hand across his beard, stained with the red juice of the fermented drink."
(Tarnsman of Gor, page 168)

IRC hint:
*Ka-la-na a potent red wine, made from the fruit of ka-la-na; the white wine is usually served chilled, the red at room temperature goblet and a bottle of ka-la-na (sometimes served in botas - skins) fill the goblet at the Masters feet, then offer it up .

*Mulled ka-la-na and Heated ka-la-na, with mulling spices. Usually garnished with a piece of ka-la-na fruit or tospit, served in a goblet. goblet kept warm in a pot at the firepit, ladle it into the pottery or pewter goblet, add a garnish and take to the one you are serving .


"Little pock-face," called Relius. "I would be served."
Virginia Kent, with her pitcher of Ka-la-na, ran lightfootedly to Relius, guard in the House of Cernus.
"Let Lana serve Relius wine." said another girl, a Red Silk Girl, first to the guard, leaning towards him, lips parted. Relius put out his cup but before the girl could pour the wine she seemed suddenly to fly off the back of the dias, the seat of her tunic firmly gripped in the small hand of Virginia Kent, Lana landed with a considerable bump on the stones of the hall, the wine flying backward.
"Relius guards Virginia," the young slave girl from Earth informed collared, Red Silk Lana.
(Assassins of GOR, page 238)


Kal-da(pottery or wooden bowl or "pot")
"Kal-da is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted Ka-la-na wine, mixed with citrus juices and stinging spices."
(Outlaw of Gor, page 76)

Kalda is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted kalana wine, mixed with citrus juices and stinging spices. I did not care much for the mouth warming 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, page 76)

I had hardly settled myself behind the table when the proprietor had placed a large, fat pot of steaming Kal-da before me. It almost burned my hands to lift the pot. I took a long, burning swig of the brew and though, on another occasion, I might have thought it foul, tonight it sang through my body like the bubbling fire it was, a sizzling, brutal irritant that tasted so bad and yet charmed me so much I had to laugh.
(Outlaw of Gor, pg. 79)



Larma, juice(glass)
I purchased some larma juice for a tarsk bit. "Is it cool," I asked. "Yes," she said.
(Mercenaries of Gor, pg 257)


Mead(horn or tankard)
"Here Jarl," said Thyri, again handing me the horn. It was filled with the mead of Torvaldsland, brewed from fremented honey, think and sweet.
(Marauders of Gor, page 90)

"Bera went to the next man , to fill his cup with the mead, from the heavy hot tankard, gripped with cloth, which she carried. "
(Marauders, page 278)


Merlot, wine(goblet)
Merlot wine is the only burgundy wine found on Gor. It is made from merlot grapes, served at room temperture in a goblet. It is stored in bottles.


Milk, Various:(glass or bowl, as preferred)

Bosk
"Not only does the flesh of the bosk and the milk of its cows furnish the Wagon Peoples with food and drink, but its hides cover the domelike wagons in which they dwell; its tanned and dewn skins cover their bodies; the leather of its hump is used for their shields; its sinews forms their thread; its bones and horns are split and tooled into implements of a hundred sorts, fromw awls, punches and spoons to drinking flagons and eapon tips; its hoofs are used for glues; its oils are used to grease their bodies against the cold."
(Nomads of Gor, page 5)

Kaiila
"Kaiila milk, which is used, like verr milk, by the people of the Tahari, is reddish, and has a strong salty taste, it contains much ferrous sulfate.."
(Tribesmen of Gor, page 71)

Verr
"The smell of fruit and vegetables, and verr milk, was strong."
(Savages of Gor, page 60)



Paga(cup or "pot")
"Does Master desire ought?" asked a black girl, kneeling before me, a paga slave of the establishment. "Paga" I said to her. She rose to her feet and went to the vat behind the counter. I sat down, cross legged, behind a low table, from which vantage point I could see the girl lying on the floor, she covered in the beggar's aba. "
(Explorers of Gor, page 132)

"I ordered another cup of paga. I played a game of kaissa with another guest of the tavern. The Paga tasted a bit strange, but it was a local paga and there is variation in such pagas, generally a function of the brewers choice of herbs and grains. "
(Explorers of Gor, page 132)

"I then gave my attention to the paga, and to my thoughts. In time I sent her back for another cup, in the tavern of Pembe, was only a tarsk bit. I paid it to the paga attendant, who collected it at the table. The girls in Pembe`s tavern, as in many taverns, are not permitted to touch coins. Evelyn, of course, who had come with the higher price of the first cup, was mine until I chose to leave the tavern or in some way release her. "
(Explorers of Gor, page 173)

"I decided , if worse came to worst, that I could always go to a simple paga tavern where, if those of Tharna resembled those of Ko-ro-ba and Ar, one might , curled in a rug behind the low tables, unobtrusively spend the night for the price of a pot of paga, a strong, fermented drink brewed from the yellow grains of Gors staple crop, Sa-Tarna, or Life Daughter. The expression is related to Sa-Thassna, the expression for meat, or 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, pages 74, 75)

"This is not unusual at an inn. The proportions, then, would be one part paga to five parts water. Commonly, at a paga tavern, the paga would be cut less, or not cut at all. When wine is drunk with Gorean meals, at home, incidentally, it is almost always diluted, mixed with water in a krater. At a party of convivial supper the host, or elected feast master, usually determines the proportions of water to wine. Unmixed wine, of course, may be drunk, for example, at the parties of young men, at which might appear dancers, flute slaves and such. Many Gorean wines, it might be mentioned, if only by way of explanation, are very strong, often having an alcohol content by volume of forty to fifty percent. "
(Renegades of Gor, page 70)

"There were perhaps, a hundred men, within the enclosure, and some fifteen of twenty girls. 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. I usually do not like my paga heated, except sometimes on cold nights. this night was not cold , but warm. It was now late spring. Some Cosians tend to fond of hot paga so, too, are some of the folks in the more northern islands, interestingly, such as Hunjer and Skjern, west of Torvaldsland. this probably represents an influence from Cos, transmitted through merchants and seamen. In the north generally, mead, a drink made with fermented honey and water, and often spices and such, tends to be favored over paga. "
(Vagabonds of Gor, page 16)



Palm wine(goblet)
"Schendi's most significant exports are doubtless spice and hides, with kailiauk horn and horn products also being of great importance. One of her most delicious exports is palm wine."
(Explorers of Gor, page 115)

"He is a trained fighter, Kisu," I said. "Do not fight him."
"What am I to do?" asked Kisu.
"My recommendation," said Ayari, "would be to stab him when he is not looking, or perhaps to poison his palm wine."
(Explorers of Gor, page 429)



Rence beer(tankard, "gourd flagon")
"At such times there is drinking of rence beer, steeped, boiled and fermented from crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the plant"
(Raiders of Gor, page 18)

"I had carried bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays of roasted tarsk meat, and roasted gants, threaded on sticks, and rence cakes and porridges, and gourd flagons, many times replenished, of rence beer."
(Raiders of Gor, page 44)



Slave wine(glass or goblet)
"Slave wine is bitter, intentionally so ... its effect lasts more than a Gorean month. I did not wish the females to conceive. A female slaves is taken off slave wine ony when it is her Master's intention to breed her."
(Marauders of Gor,pages 23-24)



Sul Paga(small glass)
"Sul paga is, when distilled, though the Sul itself is yellow, as clear as water. The Sul is a tuberous root of the Sul plant; it is a Gorean staple. He could have been commenting only on the potentcy of the drink, for Sul paga is almost tasteless. One does not guzzle Sul paga."
(Slave Girl of Gor, page 134)



Ta wine(goblet)
"It was Ta wine, from the Ta grapes of the terraces of Cos...In the last year heavy import duties had been levied by the high council of Vonda against the wines of certain other cities, in particular against the Ka-la-nas of Ar."
(Fighting Slave of Gor, page 306)



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

"The liqueurs of Turia are usually regarded as the best..."
(Kajira of Gor, page 406)

"Publius, to my surprise, selected a liqueur of Turia. 'Those of Turia are the best,' he said to Drusus Rencius, smiling, almost apologetically."
(Kajira of Gor, page 407)



Turian wine(goblet)
"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, pages 83-84)



Wine(goblet)
"In a Gorean supper in a house of wealth, in the course of the supper, with varied courses, eight to ten wines might be served, each suitably and congruously matched with respect to texture and bouquet not only to one another but to the accompanying portions of food."
(Fighting Slave of Gor, page 277)

"The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served..."
(Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276)