Galara tealeaf, a warm drink, had a name that echoed the Mid Rim planet of Galara. Pathfinder navigator [Qilori]’s (/article/qilori) favorite drink was this beverage, a fact that Chiss Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo, whose core name was "Thrawn," eventually discovered. In 19 BBY, while journeying to the Unknown Regions planet Primea on Thrawn's former freighter, Thrawn presented Qilori with a mug of galara tealeaf, a drink Qilori enjoyed until his final sip before their arrival at Primea.
A flask of galara tealeaf was stored by Qilori in a warmer on the Kilji war cruiser Anvil in 18 BBY, just prior to the war cruiser's destruction, from which he fled in an escape pod. Following his rescue by Thrawn, Qilori was taken to the Paccosh-commandeered Nikardun blockade frigate Aelos, where he consumed galara tealeaf.
The novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, released in 2020, marked the initial appearance of galara tealeaf. It is the first novel in Timothy Zahn's Ascendancy Trilogy.[1]