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Amplifier 5: Lemon Ginger tea

I’ve updated the list of teas (and ginger snaps) featured in the Amplifier series (click the previous link), but here is the tea featured in Instincts and Impostors (Amplifier 5)!

MCD personal note: I drink this tea every morning. And really believe it helps with my stomach/digestion issues.

Lemon Ginger. Lemongrass, Ginger, Licorice Root, Orange Peel, and Black Pepper.

*Note: this excerpt has been EDITED to avoid possible spoilers, so it won’t match the scene in the book exactly*

Aiden returned with coffee for himself and Christopher, and hot water for me. I looked at him questioningly. He tugged a reusable tea bag out of his pocket and slid it across the table to me.

I shook my head at him. But willing myself to accept the offered distraction, I raised the loose-weaved bag to my nose and inhaled. Lemongrass, ginger, orange peel, and a hint of licorice and black pepper.

“Lemon ginger,” I said, lips twisted into a smile despite my resolve to remain in an utterly pissy mood until [redacted]. Aiden had packed me tea from home and tucked it away in the safe in his study, just so he could pull it out of his pocket at the perfect time.

“One of your favorites in the morning.” The dark-haired sorcerer pinned me with one of his soul-searing looks. “I’d offer you sugar …”

“But I don’t add it to this tea.” I dropped the tea bag into my hot water. My heart was hurting, even as I tried to smile at my dark sorcerer. If I was being completely rational, it was actually the muscles of my chest, and therefore my breathing, that were constricted due to a chemical reaction to Aiden’s sweet gesture. It felt like pain, though. [redacted]

“Why don’t you ever smolder like that in my direction, sorcerer?” Christopher complained teasingly.

Aiden huffed a laugh.

– excerpt from Instincts and Impostors (Amplifier 5)

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Amplifier Series: tea and ginger snaps

Emma (aka Socks aka Amp5) from the Amplifier Series has a bit of a thing for ginger snaps and tea.

The ginger snap obsession comes from her first Christmas party (see The Amplifier Protocol) and she has two go-to recipes: hand-rolled and sliced. I’ve also added the hand-rolled Chewy Ginger Snaps recipe to the Adept Universe cookbook.

Emma’s tea obsession comes from her third obsession, Downton Abbey. A TV show that the amplifier relates to because of, among other things, the stricter structure of society it portrays, specifically the rules of relationships. Emma likes rules. She doesn’t necessarily follow them, but she likes to understand that they exist, including the ritual of ‘afternoon’ tea.

If you want to sip tea (etc) while you read the Amplifier books here are the types Emma drinks/serves in the books (I’ll try to keep this list updated). There are some repeats, for example, Emma defaults to the Iced Tea Fruit Blend when making … you guessed it … iced tea.

Close to Home (Amplifier 0.5): Tea:

Tanzania Estate – finer cut black tea
Quanzhou milk oolong – bright and buttery

Demons and DNA (Amplifier 1): Tea:

Mim Darjeeling (second flush).
Iced Tea Fruit Blend (cold brewed). Pineapple, orange, lemon, strawberry, cranberries, currants, apple pieces, and hibiscus.

Bonds and Broken Dreams (Amplifier 2): Tea:

Darjeeling Castleton (first flush). A high-grade premium tea with thin, whole leaf and high bud content.
Orchid Oolong – grown among orchids and harvested when the flowers are in bloom.
Lavender Mint (not currently available on Granville Island Tea?)

Mystics and Mental Blocks (Amplifier 3): Tea:

Organic Bangladesh black tea. Medium bodied.

Idols and Enemies (Amplifier 4): Tea:

Organic Doke Black Fusion, first flush 2019. Very limited edition and not currently available

Instincts and Impostors (Amplifier 5): Tea:

Lemon Ginger. Lemongrass, Ginger, Licorice Root, Orange Peel, and Black Pepper.

FYI – all the tea links lead to the Granville Island Tea Company because that is where I buy my tea. But this post is not sponsored in any way, nor are the books. I’m simply having fun with Emma’s obsessive tendencies aka ‘doing research’.