#i actually looked to Moroccan Mint Tea for inspiration- historically a gunpowder tea where /fresh/ mint leaves/saffron strings are added*

[canisfuria]

{ ♙ } someone’s cup of tea || Accepting || @reigningsniper​​ { ♙ }

           [ The clear, glass teapot had been a gift, given to Mustang by a recently impressed diplomat. In fact, it was part of a set; Xingese crystal, very expensive glassware. Which is why the team had been so surprised when he’d bestowed it unto his office ( “There are six teacups, aren’t there?”, he had explained, answering none of their queries ).

             Three days later, and Lieutenant Hawkeye had stepped forward to christen it with a little loose leaf. As it steeps, Fuery immediately catches something minty wafting his way, but it’s coupled with something else. Something he doesn’t recognize, reminiscent of green tea, if not... grassier. It isn’t until she pours his small cupful, brought to his mouth with both hands, that he detects the underlying saffron. Sharp, smoky, and crisp- like a cool morning’s first dew. ]

      ❝ Very refreshing, sir, thank you. ❞

               [ It isn’t until Falman ambles in late, a little frazzled- greeted with a freshly brewed cup of his own- that Fuery learns the name: “Atay Bi Na’na”, he calls it, impressing Hawkeye in his midst. A morning spearmint, saffron, gunpowder tea blend, that Kain learns, tapping a sprinkle of sugar into his cup, is native to northern Ishval. ]