Liquid Luck

 “Yes. That. Well, that one, ladies and gentlemen, is a most curious little potion called Felix Felicis. I take it,” he turned, smiling, to look at Hermione, who had let out an audible gasp, “that you know what Felix Felicis does, Miss Granger?”
“It’s liquid luck,” said Hermione excitedly. “It makes you lucky!”
The whole class seemed to sit up a little straighter. [...] Now, I must give you warning that Felix Felicis is a banned substance in organized competitions… sporting events, for instance, examinations, or elections. So the winner is to use it on an ordinary day only… and watch how that ordinary day becomes extraordinary!”
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Liquid luck! First introduced to readers of the Potter series and the Harry Potter films in Professor Slughorn's class. Harry has plans of becoming an auror for the Ministry of Magic (M.O.M) and to do so it is required to be skilled at potions. The Potions Master and teacher for the first five books is Professor Snape, however, in the 6th book, Professor Slughorn returns to Hogwarts and resumes his old post as Potions Master. On their first day, Ron and Harry are told by Professor McGonnogal that they can in fact take potions even with their lower grades as Slughorn does not mind.

They march their way to the potions dungeon where Slughorn has four potions on the table. Students take in their appearance and smells and we are then introduced to liquid luck. Slughorn tells the students that whomever can brew the best living death potion will be the lucky recipient of the liquid luck. In the film it is relatively clear in color and that is what I base my version off of.

What will you need for your liquid luck?

Harry is lucky enough (ha, get it?) to discover an old potions book in the cabinet and his has markings inside. It previously was the property of the "Half Blood Prince". This "prince" seems to know what he is doing as his instructions for the living death potion earn Harry the potion. While Slughorn says it takes 6 months to brew liquid luck, ours only takes minutes.

1. 1 cup water
2. 8 lemons (it will end up being around 1 cup of lemon juice)
3. 1 cup of caster sugar
4. 3 cups water to then mix in
5. 1 potion container!

How do you make liquid luck?

Making your liquid luck is so easy! This is a recipe for deliciously sweet yet tart lemonade that will no doubt make you feel lucky to drink it.

1. You are going to juice your lemons and collect it in a bowl. Make sure to strain it so no seeds or anything else you don't want in the drink get through.
2. Put a pot on the stove. Place the 1 cup of water and sugar in the pot. Stir on high heat until it completely dissolves and it becomes clear.
3. Place the lemon juice and the simple syrup you just made into the pitcher you plan to use.
4. Add 3 cups of water.
5. Stir
6. ** I use 3 cups of water- if you want yours to be less tart then you can add more water.
7. Place in the fridge
8. Pour into your little potion holder and voila! Liquid luck complete.

Why should you make this?

This recipe is super tasty and as you can see from above it is incredibly easy. It also was what allowed Harry to retrieve an incredibly important memory from Slughorn and save his friends when Death Eaters stormed Hogwarts at the end of the book.

If you are looking for more Harry Potter drinks:

Butterbeer recipe here
Pumpkin Juice recipe here

• If you are interested in mint lemonade, I have your back on that one too. You can find that recipe here.

Always,
L

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