Unlike the last articles on this subject I won't link the previous article as this is a mere preview. After doing what I could with the CIEIR Potion I decided to expand on it and make other potions for various things. But first, let me introduce you the the brand new addition of my equipment:
Meet the Starfrit Iced Tea Iced Coffee maker. A hot brewer that can make iced tea and iced coffee with whatever ingredients you wish to put in. This little device has been a big help for me, both for my CIEIR Potion needs and my Coffee and Tea needs in general. But most importantly it gave me an idea.
For context, I am a big fan of the movie The Founder:
For among most reasons, I knew McDonald's had an air of corruption, but the guy that swiped it had a way with words and a point on how a company gets built. However the main reason I loved this movie, was I got to see how the McDonald's patented Speedee System works.
For those whom never seen the movie or are more focused on eating a big mac than seeing how it's made I'll summarize.
The McDonald Brothers came up with a concept that was originally meant to improve the Drive-In concession stand business. Having all your foods and snacks made in 30 seconds rather than 30 minutes. The system was simple, an assembly line style kitchen where each worker had their own station from the grill work to packaging and sending to customers. So by the time the first customer in line gets their first burger, the others behind them already have their burgers being prepped ahead of time.
Using this concept, I created a miniature one-man speedy system. Which while not as fast as McDonald's made the concept of making my Potions, a lot more faster. The concept goes like so.
- The Water distiller. Three hours to yield 4L of nice clean water. This can go either way. I can either make the potion fresh off the distiller or I can store water for later usage and prep work. So the only use for it, would be to just make more distilled water.
- The Coffee and Tea Maker: The teas I put in for the Health Drink are steeped stronger, but faster. Taking a few minutes rather than a few hours.
- Mix and containment: The last step (for now). After making the tea all I'd have to do is mix the other ingredients into water containers I bought with it.
- Sort, Store and Drink: After it's done I separate the formula based on my wants and needs at the time. Such as putting what I want to drink in a container that I can refrigerate or using the formula to further my experiments in other ways.
And that's basically it. But that's only on improving the prep work. I decided that there should be a little variety in the potions. One that appeals to what makes the first so good, from it's quality ingredients to the fact that somehow I managed to make it look like the stuff you expect Link to drink when he's out of Magic:
So basically my next CIEIR Potions you'll see from here on, will one way or another look like the one you seen before, but different colour, different combinations, different effects depending on the combination.
And since the most Common Zelda Potions are Green, Red and Blue, I figured I start that way. Red being the next.
But I can't say too much yet, you'll just have to wait and see.
Until then, take care, stay safe and stay tuned for more.