Drinks
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL SLAVES:
Please be sure to read this information carefully. Much work has been put forth to list the drinks accurately from the books written by John Norman. For the purposes of Kataii, slaves will note the underlined text. This will give you important information on how the drink is stored and how the drink is served.
"Temione had now filled her paga vessel. She picked up a goblet from a
rack near the vat. The shelving on the rack was of narrow wooden rods. The
goblets are kept upside down on the rods. In this way, washed, they can
drain and dry. This also affords them some protection from dust. I watched
her carefully wipe the goblet. Woe to the slave who would dare to serve
paga or wine in a dirty goblet! ""Vagabonds Of Gor" page 20.
Those familiar with the books of John Norman will probably wonder where all the bottles went to or the paga vats. Unfortunately, much raping of the books has happened in regards to chat rooms of Gor, and people have become comfortable with the use of botas. Kataii is now Returning to the traditional forms of bottling, packaging and serving of drinks or as suitable for the Master or Mistress.
The very best Ka-La-Na came in bottles and carries the seal of Ar. A second quality type of wine used for Kal-da, the drink of the poor, was normally delivered in botas.
Bota: A verr-skin pouch, which is well insulated with animal fat and wax to hold liquid.
Ale: True Gorean ale is closer to a honey lager than to ale or beer of Earth, a deep gold in color, and brewed from the grains and hops grown on Gor.
Serve in a tankard or drinking horn; the ale is kept in wooden kegs in chilling room.
"The Forkbeard himself now, from a wooden keg, poured a great tankard of ale, which must have been the measure of five gallons." "Marauders of Gor" page 82
Bazi tea: "An herbal beverage served hot and heavily sugared; traditionally drunk three tiny cups at a time, in rapid succession." Second, Bazi tea is also drank informally, in regular-sized cups, with or without sugars and milks.
Alas, there is no "Bazi Tea Ceremony" as I have seen demonstrated in
Other cities and camps. Beautiful as they are, no such ceremony is ever
Mentioned in any of the 25 books of Gor written by John Norman.
It is made in a small copper pot, using two measured ounces of the tealeaves. Bazi tea is extremely expensive, and should be handled as such.
Once brewed, the pot will be set upon the silver tray, with three small
glass teacups. The tea will then be poured at the Master's feet. You will
also need small bowls of white and yellow sugars, a spoon for each. The
tea is then served one cup at a time; when the Master has drank one cup,
the next is then offered until all three cups have been served and drank.
Then the slave will return the tray, along with its contents, to the
servery.
These items are all kept stored in the main part of the servery or storeroom.
"Tea is extremely important to the nomads. It is served hot and highly sugared. It gives 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.

"Is it ready?" I asked. I looked at the tiny copper kettle on the small Stand. A tiny kailla 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." "Tribesmen of Gor" page 139.
Black wine: This is simply coffee of Earth, however, the beans were long ago introduced on Gor and the black wine bean crop a standard of Gor, grown on the slopes of Thentis. Black wine is extremely Expensive and far bitterer than Earth coffee.
This drink traditionally served with sugar (yellow and white) and bosk milk, and in small cups, although in most taverns it is served in mugs.
"With a tiny spoon, its tip no more than a tenth of a 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." "Tribesmen of Gor" page 89.
serve it in a heavy mug. Although in the books, I have yet to read where anyone drank black wine "second slave", such term is mentioned in the books (see below). If asked to serve it "second slave", the kajira serves it black, while "first slave" refers to the drink being served with bosk milk and sugar. The drink will be found brewing in small heavy kettles at the cooking fires.
� Origin of Terms First Slave and Second Slave:
The origin of "first slave" and "second slave" is derived as to how the
Beverage is normally served, and often these terms amongst river towns and
Cities, especially of the north. Black wine is normally served by two
Slaves; the "first slave" being the girl that puts down the cups, takes
The orders and sees that the beverage is prepared according to the
Preferences of the one being served and the "second slave" being the girl
Who carries the vessel of black wine and pours into the cups. The term
"Second slave" is used even if only one slave is serving to indicate that
It is to be served black. (From "Guardsman of Gor" page 245)
Breeding wine: A beverage made from the extract of the teslik plant, counteracts the contraceptive effects of slave wine, making a slave girl fertile; also called second wine. This would be served to a Girl by her Master in the event she is to be bred with a handsome male slave. Such breeding is done with both male and female slaves hooded so that they may not see each other. From "Blood Brothers of Gor" page 319-320
Chocolate: This drink, very expensive and very rarely served, is made from beans of the cacao tree from the tropics brought back on one of the early Voyages of Acquisition; this is the same as the chocolate of Earth. Generally, it is Served in higher-class establishments.
Serve hot in a heavy mug or cold in a goblet. Bosk milk is kept stored in the cooling pit.
"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. It is not improbable that the beans from which the first cacao trees on this World were grown were brought from Earth.""Do the trees grown near here?" I asked."No Mistress," she said, "we obtain the beans from the Cosian Merchants, who in turn, obtain them in the tropics. ""Kajira of Gor" page 61.
Cho: A drink that is made by mixing paga with chocolate
Ok First of all take a pan and put it on the small fire bowl on the prep counter then use paga from the storeroom pour into pot and heat in mean time get chocolate and shave off a good amount and add to paga so as it heats the chocolate melts... stir occasionally when it's hot pour into a heavy Mug top with whipped cream and garnish can use few bits of chocolate or sprinkle little cinnamon or use imagination
Cosian wine: A sweet red wine, made from fruit imported. Mentioned in "Rogue of Gor," however no description of the wine given, page 257.
This wine is stored in bottles and served warm or chilled in goblets.
Juice: Made from Gorean fruits (larma, redfruit, tospit).
Ka-La-na:
Made fresh daily, and stored in pitchers in the coolery, served in a goblet. A nice touch is to garnish with fresh fruit slices and/or mint
"...Which might not inappropriately be described as an almost incandescent wine, bright, dry and powerful. I learned later it was called Ka-La-Na. ""Tarnsman of Gor" pages 26-27. The wine is a
reddish-gold in color, thus the controversy on ka-la-na color. It is also known as the drink of romance.
NOTE: A slave never argues with a Free, thus, should a Free ask
for red ka-la-na, a slave will serve as requested; same if a Free asks for golden (also known as "white") ka-la-na.
This drink is served hot, warm or chilled. Warmed or hot Ka-La-Na is
served in the Gorean enameled trimmed clay bowl, called a "crater;"
chilled Ka-La-Na served in a goblet. Ka-la-na is stored in bottles in the
coolery; Ka-La-Na to be heated is stored in the servery or storeroom, and is to be heated by pouring into a small copper pot and placed over the fires
before serving in the bowl.
"I turned and among the furnishings of the tent, found a bottle of Ka-la-na, of good vintage, from the vineyards of Ar, the loot of a caravan raid. I then took the wine, with a small copper bowl, and a black, red-rimmed wine crater, to the side of the fire." "Captive of Gor" page 331
Kal-da: This drink is made of cheap Ka-la-na, mulling spices and citrus juice.
Kal-da is not mixed during the serve. Brewing pots filled with Kal-da are kept over the fires, and then ladled into pots or bowls. Refill the brewing pots as needed with the botas of Kal-da kept stored in the servery or storeroom.
"Kal-da is a hot drink, almost scalding, made of diluted ka-la-na wine, mixed with citrus juices and stinging spices. I did not care much for this mouth-burning 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." "Outlaw of Gor" page 76.

"Even the proprietor slept, his head across his folded arms on the counter, behind which stood the great Kal-da brewing pots, at last empty and cold." "Outlaw of Gor" page 80.
Liqueurs: (see Turian Liqueurs)
Mead: A beverage of fermented honey water and often spices, thick, sweet and very
potent. Common drink of the northern parts of Gor.
Served in a drinking horn or a cup, you will find these stored in
the servery or storeroom on shelves. The mead is stored in botas.
"In the north generally, mead, a drink made with fermented honey, water, and often spices and such, tends to be favored over paga." "Vagabonds of Gor" page 16

"Here Jarl," said Thyri, again handing me the horn. It was filled with the mead of Torvaldsland, brewed from fermented honey, thick 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 of Gor" page 78.
Milk: Usually this is bosk milk, but can be verr or kailla milk.
Served in goblets or mugs; milk is stored in flagons in the chilling room.
NOTE: Also, Sand Kailla milk is a staple among the tribes of the Tahari; reddish and salty and high in ferrous sulfate. "Tribesmen of Gor" page 72.

"When the meat was ready, Kamchak ate his fill, and drank down, too, a flagon of bosk milk." "Nomads of Gor" page 139.
Milk curds, fermented: Traditional alcoholic beverage of the Wagon Peoples, made from bosk milk and very potent.
Stored in the coolery, served in goblets.
"By one fire I could see a squat Tuchuk; hands on his hips, dancing and stamping about by himself, drunk on fermented milk curds, dancing, according to Kamchak, to please the sky." "Nomads of Gor" page 28.
Paga: (Shortened from Pagar-Sa-Tarna, meaning "Pleasure of the Life-Daughter"): A grain-based, lumpy, distilled hard liquor; sometimes served warm, this is the drink most often served in taverns.
Serve in goblets, cups, kalanthros (footed bowl) or straight from
the bota or bottle, chilled, warm or heated. Paga is stored in botas and bottles in the coolery. In the event of feasts, parties and such, vats may be
hauled out from supply huts and filled with paga, serving by using a
high-handled bronze-serving vessel, similar to the hydria for water. To
heat paga, pour into a kettle and heat over the fires.
"I may have drunk too much of that fermented brew, concocted with fiendish skill from the yellow grain, 'Sa-Tarna,' and called 'Pagar-Sa-Tarna,' 'Pleasure of the Life-Daughter,' but almost always 'Paga' for short." "Tarnsman of Gor" page 59.

"In most taverns no bottle is brought to the table but the paga is brought to the table, by the paga slave, a cup at a time, the cups normally being filled from a vat behind the counter. "Explorers of Gor" page 158.

". . .And took in return one of the huge bottles of paga, of the sort you put in a pouring sling." "Raiders of Gor" page 111

"Paga! Called the standing man. Paga! A blonde girl, nude, with a string of pearls wound about her steel collar, ran to the table and, from the bronze vessel, on its strap, about her shoulder, poured paga into the goblet before the seated man." "Rogue of Gor" page 78.

"Samos put down a cup of paga." "Raiders of Gor" page 306.

"She knelt near the table...and put the paga, in a small kantharos." "Renegades of Gor" page 71.

"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...Some Cosians tend to be fond of hot paga."
"Vagabonds of Gor" page 16
Palm wine: A popular export of Schendi, a wine made of the palm of the inland rainforests.
Served in a goblet; stored in bottles.
"One of her most delicious exports is palm wine." "Explorers of
Gor," pages 115.
Rence beer: Brewed from the pith of the rence plant, it is a drink of the rence growers of the Delta of the Vosk.
"At such times there is drinking of rence beer, steeped, boiled and fermented from the crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the plant." "Raiders of Gor" page 18.

"I had carried about 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: Developed long ago by the caste of physicians, and the formula perfected per the insistence of Masters and slavers, a concentrated form of the very bitter sip root, it serves as a contraceptive and one drink lasts almost indefinitely. In order for her to conceive, a releaser called the "breeding wine" or "second wine" is required for remission of the contraceptive qualities of the slave wine. Physicians need not administer slave wine; it is readily available to purchase in markets. Traditionally, the slave wine is given to a slave by her Master. The sip root can instead, be consumed by a slave within the moon (her ovulation period), and this lasts 3 to 4 moons, rather than indefinitely as in the concentrated slave wine. In the matter of bitterness of taste there is little to choose from between the raw sip root and slave wine, the emulsive qualities of the slave wine being offset to some extent by its strength of the concentrations involved. from "Blood Brothers of Gor" pages 319-320 "Its effect is indefinite, but it is normally renewed annually, primarily for symbolic purposes." An excerpt from "Kajira of Gor" pages 130-131
Slave wine (2nd definition): Any wine served to a slave by her Master, diluted with water, generally done as an act of kindness or endearment, or should a Master wish His slave to join Him in a drink. Usually, it is a cheap wine so as not to waste expensive wines on a lowly slave.
Sul paga: An alcoholic beverage distilled, clear and made from the sul; (an Earth equivalent may be vodka.) it is the drink of peasants.
Serve in a footed bowl usually at room temperature. The drink is stored in botas.
"Excellent," said my master, sipping the Sul Paga. He could have been commenting only on the potency of the drink, for Sul Paga is almost tasteless. One does not guzzle Sul Paga. Last night one of the men held my head back and forced me to swallow a mouthful. In moments things had gone black, and I had fallen unconscious. I had awakened only this morning, ill, miserable, with a splitting headache. "Slave Girl of Gor" page 134.

"Sul paga is, when distilled, though the sul itself is yellow, is as clear as water." "Slave Girl of Gor" page 134.
Ta wine: Wines made from the Ta grapes of Cos. Ta grapes also grow in areas outside of Cos and wine can also be made from those grapes.
stored in bottles, and served at room temperature. If a girl is asked to serve
Cosian wine, this is actually Ta-wine.
"One girl held our head back, and others, from goblets, gave us of
wines, Turian wine, sweet and thick, Ta wine, from the famed Ta grapes, from the terraces of Cos, wines even, Ka-la-nas, sweet and dry, from distant Ar." "Tribesmen of Gor" page 213.
Turian liqueur: A thick, sweet liqueur from Turia, Turian wines are sweet, syrupy, flavored and sugared heavily. Their wines are made specifically so that you can add various spices and sugars to it. They are an acquired taste. The liqueurs of Turia are regarded as the best on Gor.
served in tiny glasses.
These liqueurs are considered the best on Gor. Mentioned in
"Guardsmen of Gor" page 237and 259.
Turian wine: Sweet, syrupy wines of Turia, flavored and sugared to the point where could leave a mark on the surface.
"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 fingerprints on their surface." "Nomads of Gor" page 94."Nomads of Gor" page 83-84
Water: Obtained fresh from the river.
Serve in a goblet. Water from the river is stored in wooden casks
and barrels; spring water is stored in the cooling pit in botas.
NOTE: Often there is mention of water obtained from the liana, which is a vine plant of the Ushindi, or "inland region." Also, the amount of water extracted from the liana is very minimal, just enough to quench a thirst. The fan palm, also found in the jungles of the Ushindi, are an excellent source of water, often a liter of water can be extracted from one fan palm leaf. But again,  this tree is found only in the jungles
White wine: Light in color and taste, note that it is not referred to as Ka-la-na, simply wine, thus showing us there are more wines available than just Ka-la-na or Turian wines.
"In the hall was a open circle of small tables, at which a handful of guests, on cushions and mats, reclined. There were four men and two women at these tables, other than the Lady Florence, the hostess, and her guest of the past several days, the Lady Metpomene. The tables were covered with cloths of glistening white and a service of gold. Before each guest there were tiny slices of tospit and larma, small pastries, and in a tiny golden cup, with a small golden spoon, the clustered, black, tiny eggs of the white grunt. The first wine, a light white wine, was being deferentially served by Pamela and Bonnie." "Fighting Slave of Gor" pages 275-276.
Wine, incidentally, is often mixed with water in Gorean homes. This is
primarily because of the potency of many Gorean wines. "Guardsman of
Gor" page 235.
Drinking Vessels
Krater- A wine krater, a mixing bowl, is used to mix the wine and water. Many Gorean wines are very strong, 80 to 100 proof. Most Earth wines in comparison are only about 12 proof. Thus, wine may commonly be cut with water.
Goblets- Made of various materials, is the most common vessel in taverns. Some goblets have rings, maybe four or five, around the cup area and a patron may ask for his cup to be filled to a certain ring.
kylix- Sometimes bowl-like vessels are also used. A kylix, an ancient Greek term, is a footed, two-handled cup.
kantharos- A kantharos is a deep drinking cup with a high-footed part and upraised handles to grip it.
Drinking horn- The Wagon Peoples and Torvaldslanders both use such horns.
Bota- A bota is a leather flask commonly used for paga and wine. Most botas are made of verrskin. A bota is squeezed to release a stream of liquid. Botas are commonly carried by travelers, as they are portable and not subject to breakage. A bota would not be served within a paga tavern.
Bottles- Wine and paga may also be sold in bottles of various sizes.
Hydria- A hydria, is a high-handled, water vessel.
Amphora- A two-handled, narrow-necked vessel with a narrow, usually pointed base. It is a storage container for liquids and is commonly put into a storage hole in the ground at night to keep it cool.
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