EHShop:Ember Ridge Cider House/2022

a porch-fronted wooden cabin, [Map Room 60], Room# 8083164, Lich# 31692, go wooden cabin

Ember Ridge, Cider House

[Ember Ridge, Cider House - 8083209]
Rough timber walls form the interior of this simple A-frame cabin. Aromatic cedar competes with the sweet scents of simmering apples and spices in the enclosed space. A plank counter holds baskets of apples in dozens of varieties. Dry leaves crunch underfoot, mingling with a smattering of spilled spices across the otherwise smooth wooden floorboards and congregating around the base of a gnomish clockwork cider press.
Obvious exits: out

TURN to use the press.

Silver Cost: 500 per Cider (turn)

You hand some silvers to the nearby clerk who steps aside and gives you access to the clockwork cider press. You step forward and turn the crank on the side of the clockwork cider press. Exposed gears spin with your effort, driving numerous metal "foot-shaped" pounders in a rapid up and down motion, effectively crushing the apples within. Roundtime: 3 secs.

You finish up the process while a nearby clerk affixes your label to a clay jug and hands it to you. Satisfied with your selection, you turn the tap filling the jug, and cork it.

SNIFF JUG: You sniff at your clay jug, inhaling its warm aroma.

READ JUG: An apple-shaped parchment label is securely affixed to the front of the jug. In the Common language, it reads: Ember Ridge Fresh Pressed Cider

DRINK JUG: You take a drink from your clay jug. The hot aroma of gingerbread spices and a touch of dark molasses give the cider a dessert-like quality.

You take a drink from your clay jug. A complex layering of molasses, cinnamon and clove surrounds the profound taste of apple.

You take a drink from your clay jug. Slightly astringent, the cider mellows to leave behind a lingering sweetness on the palate.

You take a drink from your clay jug. The natural complexity of flavors from the harvested fruit gives the cider a perfect balance of sweet and sour.