What was in the cup of tea, and why did she serve it to her mother and sister causing one's demise and the other's fatal illness. The story is beautifully laid out, and the hopes of a competition are definitely inviting the reader to stay and enjoy more of the story. I'd like to travel to this competition to meet the others who will be competing, and to find out if our heroine is truly gifted in the art of magical tea making or if she is just a girl who brews a nice cup of tea.