A New Day in Valinor by Lferion

Cocktail Party

Written for the SWG August challenge Roaring Twenties, Bingo card Jazz Age, O4: Prohibition -- image of a Mary Pickford cocktail. A single drabble.

Posted on AO3 here.

Many thanks to Zhie for the numbers, and Runa for cocktail enthusiasm.

Oxymel, also called sekanjabin is a refreshing vinegar-honey (or sugar) drink of ancient origin.

It was a very Noldor conceit -- a party with mixed drinks, each drink coming in pairs, one alcoholic, the other not, with presentation an important element. Exquisite examples of the glass-blower's art -- glasses, decanters, fanciful dispensers -- vied with the art of the stone-cutters: crystal, gemstone, figured stone shaped and carved to set off the drinks. The vintners, brewers, distillers and alchemists, herbalists and apothecaries were out in force with their crafted spirits, mixers, liqueurs and garnishes. The unstated competition was fierce, the drinks all very well-made. Fingon found himself nibbling candied fruit, wishing for simple oxymel or watered Hithlum mead.