Miss Marple is not a heavy drinker but the drinks she serves, often homemade, are typical of what one might expect in a traditional English village in Christie's time.
Drinks served by Miss Marple[]
Original Christie works[]
- cowslip wine
- In 4.50 from Paddington she decides that Elspeth McGillicuddy shouldn't have coffee after supper, she is far too agitated. Insted she is given a glass of cowslip wine. If she should have anything else to drink she might, perhaps, have a cup of camomile tea.
- camomile tea
- see above
- cherry brandy
- In the short story Miss Marple Tells a Story, Miss Marple offers Mr Petherick and Mr Rhodes cherry brandy.
- dry sherry
- In The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, Miss Marple drinks dry sherry. Miss Knight does not approve of this.
- damson gin
- this seems so quintessentially Miss Marple but it is only mentioned in Murder at the Vicarage and then is being consumed by Mrs Price-Ridley.
- in the Marple stories, there doesn't seem to be any reference to Miss Marple consuming, preparing or liking damson gin. It occurs in adaptations.
In adaptations[]
- elderberry
- Inspector Slack is served a drink based on elderberries. (The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple episode))
- damson gin
- Griselda tells Miss Marple to bring some over to help take the edge off Mary's cooking (The Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie's Marple episode))
- Elspeth McGillicudy tells Miss Marple to break it out as she's arriving (4.50 from Paddington (Agatha Christie's Marple episode))