Possible Clues:

• After tea they're blooming trying
• Wine critics, e.g.
• Food samplers first try Michaelmas daisies
• Son tucks into vegetables, just a little of each
• Son tucked into common potatoes for samples
• Intrepid palace employees
• They prevent the king from being poisoned
• Police weapons must encompass first of thug's experiences
• Winery workers
• Tea judges perhaps set rats scurrying