"It used to take nearly a year to bring this tea to England," Coward said conversationally as he set the bag of tea on one of the tables and used a scoop inside to fill two ceramic straining pods. "Of course, the precise ingredients have been changed over the course of the years, but it's nearly the same as it was in my day."

He approaches Norrell's desk with the pods and takes a seat to wait.

"An associate of mine brought home a wife from India-- a native and powerful witch. This was the only kind of tea she'd drink."