A tall, frosted glass with nine different levels of liquid, one for each planet of the Sol system.
The top level is Pluto, ice-blue and bitingly cold. The next four levels (brown for Neptune, purple for Uranus, aqua for Saturn, maroon for Jupiter) gradually decrease in coldness. Next is Mars, brick-red, with a sandy, dry mouthfeel, then green for Earth, which tastes soothing, warm, and mild. Then yellow for Venus, hot and fiery, and finally orange for mercury, explosive and intense.
The first seven levels are increasingly strong intoxicants, with the eighth being a delayed-action soberizer and the last an energizer. A Nine Planets will give you the feeling of a binge, a good night's sleep, and waking up hangover-free the next morning - all in twenty minutes!
From The Solarians by Norman Spinrad. Read my review here
A small glass of clear blue liquid that tastes exactly like a cool drink of water.
A Supernova is non-intoxicating; instead, it lets you see your emotions as something outside of yourself for a short while. They condense into a tight-packed ball in the pit of your stomach and you feel detached and rational. Then the ball explodes, letting you feel those emotions incredibly intensely before they're gone. Just like a supernova!
From The Solarians by Norman Spinrad. Read my review here