Two well-known names in Hong Kong’s drinks industry, Sandeep Hathiramani and Gagan Gurung, have teamed up for their latest bar, an artisanal tea-and-booze-based concept called Tell Camellia.
Designed as a speakeasy, the bar — which quietly launched a few months ago to operate under a “soft opening”stage — is hidden away inside the new-ish H Code building, and has a menu of cocktails based on well-known teas sourced from around the world. All cocktails are priced at HK$95 with an additional 10-percent service charge.
There’s the Turkey, for instance, a fizzy, citrusy blend of Rize Tea (black tea used for traditional Turkish tea) with “lion’s milk,” or raki, Turkey’s national alcoholic beverage that’s made from twice-distilled grapes and aniseed.
Kenya, on the other hand, combines Kenyan Marinyn Tea and homemade banana wine with sweet potatoes and crunchy cornflakes, plus a hint of honey and aged rum.
Another drink, called the Sri Lanka, takes a freshly steeped cup of the country’s famous tea, runs it through a rotary evaporator, and blends it with coconut, basmati rice, green algae, rye whisky, and homemade Ape Amma milk wine. It’s garnished with an edible sea coral tuile.
Tell Camellia is opensfrom 6pm until 1am every day except Sunday. It’s located on the LG floor of H Code building on Pottinger Street.
FIND IT:
Tell Camellia is at LG/Floor, H Code, 45 Pottinger St, Central, Hong Kong
Open daily 6pm-1am, closed Sun
Phone: +852 6038 4020
MRT: Central
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