Moogan Tea

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Moogan Tea was a beverage that was popular throughout the Outer Rim. It was brewed daily at drinking establishments using a spiced syrup or tea concentrate. The drink was sweet, spicy, and frothy. When the Commerce Guild took control of its planet of origin, Mooga, they trademarked the recipe and gave it the name Ardees Beverage. Various businesses defied the legal claim that Moogan Tea was a proprietary recipe and continued to brew and serve it, albeit more discreetly.

In 19 BBY, during the Clone Wars, a cantina in Black Spire Outpost on Batuu, later known as Oga's Cantina, offered alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions of the tea. That same year, a cantina on the Core Worlds planet Coruscant served the tea. Oga's Cantina still served the non-alcoholic version in 34 ABY when the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs published his recipes for Moogan Spice Syrup and the drink made from it in his cookbook The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook.

Description

The original Moogan Tea was a beverage that originated on the planet Mooga, but its recipe was widely known across the Outer Rim. It was brewed using a spiced syrup or tea concentrate; the resulting beverage was beige-colored, frothy, and served cold.^[1]

Many drinking establishments prepared fresh batches of the sweet and spicy tea every day,^[1] sometimes with added alcohol.^[6] Some merchants on^[4] the desert planet^[1] Tatooine sold small tea bags at their market stalls.^[4] The drink shared its name with Moogan iced tea, a beverage served at the Day Star Hotel.^[7]

History

Around 233 BBY,^[8] while on the snowy planet Andraven, the pilot Nash Durango eagerly anticipated drinking the tea, which she had been told would be available. Later that day, she drank a cup of it.^[9]

By the time of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems,^[10] the Commerce Guild had taken control of Mooga and declared Moogan Tea their trademarked beverage with a proprietary recipe. The Commerce Guild created the Ardees Beverage Company to manufacture the bottled beverage with the brand name Ardees Beverage. The guild utilized corporate surveillance droids to identify establishments that attempted to sell their own homebrewed Moogan Tea. Despite the threat of being issued cease and desist transmissions, many businesses defiantly but discreetly continued to serve their brews.^[1] In 19 BBY,^[11] while the human Senator Padmé Amidala was on the Outer Rim planet Batuu for a personal mission later during the Clone Wars, she visited a cantina in Black Spire Outpost. She was offered alcoholic and non-alcoholic Moogan Tea by the bartender, Janott.^[6] Later that year,^[12] the human female Jesha Cour drank some of the beverage while at a cantina on^[3] the Core Worlds^[13] planet Coruscant.^[3] In 3 ABY,^[14] the casino cruiser Morenia sold Moogan Tea for eleven credits.^[5]

By 34 ABY,^[15] that location had been named Oga's Cantina after its owner, Oga Garra, and it continued to serve the beverage during breakfast hours.^[2] In his Traveler's Guide to Batuu,^[13] released in the same year,^[16] the author Eloc Throno described the Moogan Tea served at Oga's Cantina as "well-garnished."^[13] The Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs claimed that any respectable barkeep would know how to make real Moogan Tea from the original recipe, and believed it was likely worth risking legal ramifications to have a taste.^[1] In 34 ABY,^[17] he took a risk himself with his cookbook The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook; it included his recipes for Moogan Tea made with his personal blend of Moogan Spice Syrup and a Christophsian sugar topping.^[1]

Behind the scenes

Development

The manufactured Ardees Beverage version of Moogan Tea was introduced in "Corruption," the fifth episode of the third season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars,^[10] when it first aired on October 8, 2010. The StarWars.com episode guide included concept art with the asset name "Mooga tea bottle and logo."^[18]

The Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge multimedia project introduced a new version of Moogan Tea^[19] that was first mentioned in the second installment of Star Wars: The Imperial Trilogy, Thrawn: Alliances, which was written by Timothy Zahn^[6] and published on July 24, 2018.^[20] In the reference book Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo^[21] and published on October 23 of that year,^[22] a section describing the events of "Corruption" referred to Ardees Beverage as Moogan tea.^[21]

Galaxy's Edge and cookbook recipe

Moogan Tea appeared at the out-of-universe Oga's Cantina bar in the themed land Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. It was announced to the public on February 27, 2019,^[19] and it debuted for guests to purchase when the land opened in Disneyland Park on May 31 and Disney's Hollywood Studios on August 29 of that year.^[23] The menu's description reads, "Gold Peak® Unsweetened Tea, Chocolate Milk, Vanilla, and Cinnamon, topped with Vanilla Whipped Cream, Cinnamon & Sugar-dusted Cereal."^[24]

A recipe for Moogan Tea is included in the cookbook Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook, which was written by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Marc Sumerak with photography by Ted Thomas^[1] and published on November 5, 2019.^[25] The book clarified that Moogan Tea and Ardees Beverage are different drinks. The recipe uses the ingredients unsweetened iced tea, chocolate milk, Moogan Spice Syrup, heavy cream, falernum, and a sprinkling of Christophsian sugar mixed with ground cinnamon. Recipes for Moogan Spice Syrup and Christophsian sugar are also included in the book.^[1]

Discrepancies and The Sims 4

When Moogan Tea and Black Spire Brew were first pictured on StarWars.com, they were erroneously identified with their names swapped.^[19] The non-canon video game expansion The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu for The Sims 4 that was released in 2020 also mistakenly depicts Moogan Tea and Black Spire Brew with their names switched with each other.^[26]

Journey to Batuu also includes Moogan Tea as a drink that can be purchased by the player's Sims at the Oga's Cantina vendor in the Black Spire Outpost neighborhood. Upon consuming the drink for the first time, the Sim automatically learns the recipe and can prepare it at mixology bars in their home neighborhood.^[26]

Appearances

• Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — "Lys and the Snowy Mountain Rescue"
• "Galactic Tales: The Failing of the Light" — Star Wars Insider 233
• Thrawn: Alliances (and audiobook) (First mentioned) (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars Outlaws (Mentioned only) (DLC)
• Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Oga's Cantina (First appearance)

Non-canon appearances

• The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu

Sources

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• Everything You Need to Know About Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on D23.com (backup link)
• From Blue Milk to Ronto Wraps: The Food and Beverages of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on StarWars.com (backup link) (First pictured)
• Disneyland: Oga's Cantina: Breakfast Menu on Disney's official website (backup link)
• Foodie Guide to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on the Disney Parks Blog (backup link)
• Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Gallery on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Disney's Hollywood Studios: Oga's Cantina: Breakfast Menu on Disney's official website (backup link) (content now obsolete)
• Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook
• Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
• The Star Wars Book of Monsters, Ooze and Slime

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