- "Haneli flowers can be used to brew a potent tea that's great for calmin' even the most frayed of nerves. I used to keep a kettle of it in my kitchen at all times, but the price of those little red flowers skyrocketed when a severe drought hit Haneli years ago."
- ―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook
Haneli Flower Tea, or simply Haneli Tea, was a type of potent red tea brewed from the haneli flower that calmed the nerves. Supreme Chancellor Orlen Mollo drank the tea every day as part of his morning routine, including when he traveled on the Alif-class Longbeam Paxion in 382 BBY. An academy professor on the world Eroudac later worked out how to brew a very potent version of the tea, hiring the student Izal Garsea to smuggle her some of the flowers when drought caused their price to increase.
Prior to the price rise, the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs always kept a kettle of the tea in his kitchen, and he later collected the flowers for free and brewed the beverage when visiting the flower's homeworld, Haneli, during a culinary tour of the galaxy that he took between 34 ABY and 35 ABY. He then included a recipe for the tea in The Ultimate Cookbook.
Description[]
Haneli Flower Tea, also known as just Haneli Tea, was a type of potent red tea brewed from haneli flowers and served in a glass with ice and a dark red leaf garnish. The beverage had a calming effect that could sooth even the most frayed of nerves and was potable to the Artiodac[1] and Quarren species.[2]
History[]
Potent potable[]
- "The reason I dropped out and the day I took my first job were connected. My genetic science professor was always frazzled but had figured out a way to make a very potent tea from the haneli flower. But a drought on Haneli had made them nearly impossible to buy on her salary."
- ―Izal Garsea
Orlen Mollo drank Haneli Flower Tea every morning.
During the High Republic Era[2] in 382 BBY,[4] the Quarren Supreme Chancellor Orlen Mollo followed a morning routine every day that consisted of drinking Haneli Flower Tea, taking a long and scalding shower, and then lathering himself with moruga nut oil due to the lack of humidity in most locations he visited.[2] In that year,[4] he followed this routine while traveling from the planet Eiram to the planet E'ronoh on board the Alif-class Longbeam Paxion.[2]
A genetic science professor at an academy on the world Eroudac later worked out how to brew a very potent version of Haneli Flower Tea,[3] and the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs always kept a kettle of it in his kitchen until a severe drought on Haneli, the homeworld of the haneli flower, caused the price of the flowers to rise to a level that Tuggs was not willing to pay.[1]
Post-drought return[]
- "Now that the drought has passed and the flowers are bloomin' again, you can land your ship on Haneli and pick as many as you want for free. That's the kinda deal I couldn't dare pass up. I had a kettle of Haneli Tea on the burner the second I was back on my ship. No better way to take the edge off as I set course for the Mid Rim…"
- ―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook
Strono Tuggs brewed Haneli Flower Tea on board his food freighter.
The professor could also nearly no longer afford the flowers on her salary and so,[3] at some point no earlier than 21 ABY,[5] she hired the academy student Izal Garsea to smuggle some to her; however, Garsea was caught and dropped the cargo.[3] In 34 ABY,[5] Garsea told her friend Julen Rakab about smuggling the tea, leading Rakab to wonder if the professor had conned Garsea since there were other uses for haneli flowers besides making the tea.[3]
By the time Tuggs made a culinary tour of the galaxy[1] between 34 ABY and 35 ABY,[6] the drought had ended, and the flowers could be picked for free on Haneli. The Artiodac stopped on Haneli as the final part of the Expansion Region portion of this tour and gathered some that he then used to brew a kettle of Haneli Flower Tea on the burner on board his food freighter as he set course for the Mid Rim. He later included a recipe for the tea in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook, which was published[1] in 35 ABY.[6]
Behind the scenes[]
Haneli Flower Tea was first indirectly mentioned in Zoraida Córdova's 2019 novel, A Crash of Fate,[3] and then received a name when a recipe for it was included in the 2023 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook, a recipe book written by Jenn Fujikawa and Marc Sumerak. The out-of-universe recipe for the tea makes use of water, granulated sugar, dried hibiscus flowers, iced green tea, lemon juice, ice, and edible flowers.[1]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: Convergence (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Convergence audiobook (Indirect mention only)
- A Crash of Fate (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook) (Indirect mention only)
- A Crash of Fate audiobook (Indirect mention only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook (First identified as Haneli Flower Tea and Haneli Tea)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The High Republic: Convergence
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 A Crash of Fate
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of The High Republic: Convergence to 382 BBY.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Crash of Fate establishes that Izal Garsea left Batuu thirteen years prior to the events of the book, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY. As Garsea's trip to Haneli is established to take place after she left Batuu, it therefore must take place at some point in or after 21 ABY.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook establishes that the publishing of the in-universe The Ultimate Cookbook and the culinary tour that preceded it occurred following the publishing of The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook and prior to the destruction of Kijimi. It also establishes that The Ultimate Cookbook was published following the Festival of the Ancestors that occurred during that time period. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook further establishes that The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook was published concurrently with the First Order's search for the Resistance base on Batuu, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY. In addition, Timelines dates the Festival of the Ancestors and the destruction of Kijimi to 35 ABY, meaning the tour must have taken place between 34 ABY and 35 ABY and The Ultimate Cookbook must have been published in 35 ABY.