Cordial

Cordials were a type of strong liquor of some medicinal properties.
==Availability==
On the Sword Coast North, medicines, wines, and cordials were produced by the monks of Goldenfields in the Dessarin Valley. Bhephel's Bottles in the North Ward of Waterdeep dealt in exotic wines and cordials. In the city of Baldur's Gate, The Blade and Stars inn served a sweet and thick cordial – a mixture of cherries liquified in dessert red wine. In Sundabar, firestar wine from The Firestar Chariot, was a concoction of amber sherry and ruby cordial.
Cordials and brandies were available from Toss Your Tankard in Harrowdale and from I Shot an Arrow in Arrowmark of the Dalelands.
In the kingdom of Cormyr, namely in Arabel, Marsember, and Suzail, producers of medicinal cordials and physics were taxed same as producers of other alcoholic beverages, or "strong drinks." One such producer was the House of Morning in the town of Eveningstar that fermented, distilled, and bottled their own herbal cordials and physics that were sold to traveling merchants.
People of Sembia preferred to consume their coffee mixed with melted chocolate and flavored with cordials or liquors.
The Purple Lady of Westgate and its Lady of the House Ambra Indreth were known to serve teas and cordials to their guests.
In the city of Ravens Bluff, medicinal fiery cordials were sold by Rare and Fine Seashell Remedies of the Seaglimpse Neighborhood. The Sword Tables Dining Lounge, Rose's Tea Room, The Black Lotus, and the Fruits & More establishments in Ravens Bluff also offered a variety of cordials. The so-called Essence of Dryad drink claimed to be made using a pulp of a tree and a dryad who inhabited it, but in reality was a dryad-made cordial. And as of the late 14 century DR, the drink known as the Moonmint Cordial created by Rapheira Skyhawk was gaining popularity in the Living City.
In West Faerûn, cordials were popular in the nation of Tethyr. The Yardarm in Velen had a wide variety of cordial on offer, as well at the Stag Triumphant in Mosstone.
Ruby-red brissberry cordials were a popular libation in the land of Halruaa in the Shining South and in the town of Ashtarahh.
Drow of the Underdark distilled strong cordials from various fermented subterranean mushrooms. Some drow cordials were exported out of the drow lands to the surface nations. Similarly, elves of the ancient city of Myth Drannor consumed dawnberry cordials.
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