Bazi Tea
An herbal beverage made from the
bazi leaves steeping in hot water, it is served very hot and heavely sugared.
It's served consecutively in 3 bazi cups.Drank in rapid succession. "Tribesmen
of Gor " p.38
Items needed: A tray, teapot, 3
small bazi tea cups, and small bowls of white yellow sugar. Note:
there is no "Red " sugar on gor, Salt is Red.
How to Serve: steep the tea, then
pour out a small amount testing it before going to the Master, kneeling
and adding the sugars to each cup, and offer each cup up one at a time.
There is a prayer said with each cup " First is for the Past, Second for
the Present, Third
is for the Future".
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retrieve a fine clay teapot, 3 cups,
a tray and the jar of bazi leaves.
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move to the hearth and fill the teapot
with boiling water.
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fetch small bowls of yellow and white
sweetrocks.
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bring the tray to the Master.... nadu
and set the tray before you.
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three pinches of bazi tea leaves are
placed in each tea cup.
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add 6 yellow sweet rocks to the first
cup (to signify the bitter first fruits of life)
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add 4 white sweet rocks to the second
cup (to signify contentment)
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add 6 yellow and 4 white sweetrocks
to the third cup (to signify the enlightenment that comes with experience
and old age)
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add hot water from the pot. swirl the
water to blend and froth the tea into a herbal bouquetlet, then set aside
the tea making supplies. Heart and kiss holding up the first cup in offer
to the Master, versing a silent prayer of 'the Paster: bitter sweet
youth.... of all whom have passed through gor.'
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add hot water from the pot. let the
water dissolve the sugars. Heart and kiss.Offer the second cup to Master.
versing a silent prayer for 'the present: adulthood the joy and life that
we live.... and for all whom live it with us this day on Gor.'
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pour the last cup, Heart and kiss,
and offer the third cup to Master, silently whispering a prayer to 'the
future: and all the wisdom.... that ye shall hold...as you age with your
family....of Gor.'
