"Pfft," Autor says, turning his nose up in the air. "No, I was just balancing out the board. You have to have something sweet up there."

Amongst the other two sweet drinks.

The kid turns to make tea for himself. "Really, though I wanted you to like it, and for it to have three equal parts. Juice seemed the best way to go about it," he says. Then he turns back, grinning. "If you were to make a drink for yourself, what would it be?"