Drink Making Lesson

“No no no I mean you can’t do it like that.“ Hops quickly went to go grab the glass and whiskey out from Emi’s hooves. “You can’t just go randomly mixing drinks together, it won’t taste good that way silly!“

Emi scratched her head, still a little unsure about what she was doing. She didn’t really know that much about alcohol after all, but she thought she was trying her best. “Is that so? Aw geez, sorry Hops. I don’t really drink so I don’t actually know what anything would taste like at all, hahaha…” She said. Oh no, it sounded a lot more silly when she said it out loud. Emi lowered her head in shame. “Maybe I’m just not good at this…”

Hops quickly shook her head and placed a hoof on Emi’s shoulder to give her a little pat. “It’s ok Emi. How about you just watch me do it first? We can do it a few times until you understand the gist of it, and then it should be no problem! I’ll even let you try a few while we’re at it so you know what they’re supposed to generally be like. How’s that sound?” The bun smiled to reassure her.

Emi blinked a few times and eventually gave Hops a firm nod, now even more determined than before. She didn’t think it would be this difficult when she first asked Hops to give her a few pointers about her drinks, but Emi was sure that this kind of challenge was something she would be able to get over if she tried just a little bit harder! She saw how other buns always loved Hops’ drinks, and thought that maybe if she learned how to make some she would be able to make them for her friends some day. Maybe that was a little bit cheesy but she was glad that Hops took her request seriously anyways.

She took a quick breath and began to focus on Hops again. “Ok! I’ll just watch and learn!”

Hops laughed. “That’s the spirit, Emi. Now, could you hand over the cinnamon?”

“Cinnamon?” Emi looked around.
“Yeah, it should be in a small container.”

“Oh!” She quickly grabbed it from the shelf nearby, but still looked confused. “What’s it for though, Hops? Isn’t cinnamon usually for baking?”

“Well, yes, but it also gives a nice little kick in drinks as well. People seem to like it though, and a little extra heat down here never hurts.”

“Hmmm, I see!” Emi nodded. She would’ve never thought about putting cinnamon in drinks, but it did have a sort of aromatic quality to it.

After a few moments of Hops walking around to grab the required components and glasses—along with her special secret ingredient—she finally mixed up and presented Emi with the final product: A Sinnamon Whiskey.

“Ta-da! That’s it! Simple right?” The purple-ish pink bun smiled yet again. She always seemed like she was having fun making drinks, maybe because she liked to drink them so much.

“Woooow!” Emi nodded again. “I see now! Thanks for showing me Hops!”

“Of course, anytime Emi. Now do you want to try it?”

“Uuuh…” She glanced at the sort of flaming whiskey.  “Maybe next time?”

Hops took the glass with a shrug. “Your loss!”