Posset Pot Description

Q: What is a posset pot?

A: Posset is a hot drink that was popular in Britain from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. It’s also a pudding-like dessert that is made today. The drink typically included curdled milk and wine, ale and spices. That was topped with layers of spicy custard and foam. Posset pots were made of porcelain, silver or other material and have a handle and a short spout. The top layers of the posset were eaten with a spoon and the bottom layer drunk through the spout of the pot. Posset was thought to be a cure for colds or fevers and was also drunk as a toast at weddings. It’s even mentioned in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”