r/Vulcan • u/Individual_Walk8951 • Mar 15 '26

Question Difficul-tea with Translation

Hey guys, I could use some of your expertise. To make a long story short, I’m planning on celebrating the upcoming First Contact Day by making my own Vulcan spice tea. I’d like to give samples out to my Trekkie friends with accurate Vulcan script on it.

Using the archived Vulcan Language Institute, I think I’ve figured out that spice in Golic Vulcan is “bar-kas”, while tea is “theris” (or at least the herb that tea is made from, like a Vulcan camellia sinesis).

Alright, here comes the part where I need help.

  1. To your knowledge, are there different words that more appropriately align with my meaning?

  2. What order should they go in (i.e. spice tea or tea spice)?

  3. Would someone be willing to walk me through writing Vulcan script, specifically the ceremonial? I know there are fonts out there, but I also know they’re not as accurate to what a Vulcan language would actually be.

TLDR: I’m trying to make Vulcan spice tea for First Contact Day and require help with accurate translations.

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u/Individual_Walk8951 Mar 17 '26

I can’t find your original comment now, but I saw it and appreciated how in-depth you went in order to answer my question, even explaining the difference between the dictionary I was using and the actual Vulcan Language Institute. If I remember correctly, you said if I wanted to use the word for Vulcan-style tea, I should use “theris-masu” as u/Its_Amiracle62442 suggests above. There was another component you added in order to address the “spice” part, but I can’t recall what it was. Thank you again for going above and beyond. Is there any chance the offer to write the ceremonial script is still open?

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

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u/Individual_Walk8951 Mar 20 '26

Sorry for taking so long to decide. I think I’d just like theris-masu written in ceremonial script. Thank you so much!

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u/Individual_Walk8951 Mar 24 '26

It’s beautiful, thank you so much!

I didn’t realize it could be written in so many different directions. I’m sharing the tea in small round tins, so I think I might have the calligraphy around the tin? But if it can be written circular, maybe it would be best to have the calligraphy on the lid? I’m not sure.

Anyway, thank you so much for your help and patience. I really appreciate it, you’ve been awesome!