Hotbrown Morning Potion

Also Known as Donttalktomeuntillivehadmy-Potion

Hotbrown Morning Potion is a dark, steaming, and near-sacred beverage made from roasted Kola Nuts, ground to powder, and steeped in scalding water. Its signature traits are its bitter aroma, smoky aftertaste, and its immediate jolt to the nervous system. It is the Oligarchy’s most widely consumed stimulant among nobles, merchants, artisans, and bleary eyed scribes alike.

Nobles drink it in delicate rituals involving ceramic cups and overdramatic sighs, Commoners drink it out of metal mugs and curse the price, and Serfs mainly only get to smell it when nobles pass.

House Bottlin and House Still have started infusing their liquors with trace amounts for added effect, Bottlin Lightnin being a key example

Hotbrown Nerr, an eccentric herbalist of House Nerr, famously claimed to have brewed it by accident after falling asleep face-first into a pot of boiled kola nuts and herbs. Upon waking, he allegedly declared, "By Jover, I have seen tomorrow and it tastes bitter!"

Hotbrown Nerr passed away at the ripe age of 92 after vibrating to death, allegedly having consumed no fewer than six cups of his potion daily since its invention. His grave marker reads: "He kept us awake, now let him sleep."

Hotbrown Morning Potion remains one of Moonband’s most prized exports and one of the few things all nobles agree is worth more than gold before noon.