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We’ve compiled 5 of the best Gins to enjoy during the summer months. Take a look and invite friends for this fun gin cocktails. Blood Orange Gin by Whitley Neill An award-winning spirit and we can see why. A blood orange-themed variation of the Whitley Neill Gin recipe! Featuring a generous helping of Sicilian blood […]

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There's nothing quite like sipping a nicely brewed cup of tea or, depending on your mood, a refreshing cocktail. Fortunately, Tell Camellia hits both marks. The newly opened cocktail bar is Hong Kong's first tea-inspired spot for tipples, and it can be found tucked away inside Central's H Code building, which has seen a number of wine and dine openings already this year. It's headed by award-winning bar team and co-founders Sandeep Hathiramani and Gagan Gurung, whom you may also recognise from the Bar Awards HK & Macau and working behind Fang Fang's bar, respectively.

Tell Camellia presents a unique drinking experience based on the marriage of Hong Kong's beloved beverages: tea and cocktails. It's also named after the tea-producing shrubs known as Camellias, whose leaves produce white, green, yellow and black teas amongst others.

[caption id="attachment_160007" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tell Camellia Co-founders Sandeep Hathiramani (left) and Gagan Gurung (right).[/caption]

What about the cocktails? The bar menu is divided into two parts: Teatails and T&Tonics, the first of which features cocktails named after the origin of the tea blend used, while the second section consists of herbal and tisane teas redistilled with gin. Meanwhile, cocktail ingredients include tea leaves sourced from the likes of Japan, Kenya, Turkey, Sri Lanka and Australia, which undergo experimental techniques to convey some rather unique flavours.

[caption id="attachment_160006" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A refreshing T&Tonic at Tell Camellia.[/caption]

Some highlighted signatures to try include Australia, made with an earthy tea cultivated in the northern wilderness regions of Queensland, the Aussie chocolate classic Tim Tams, clarified strawberry, blue cheese and whiskey before it's garnished with koala munches. Japan is another suggested cocktail, which is full of umami and served in a floating wooden cup with re-distilled and evaporated matcha tea blended with shochu; it's then mingled with pumpkin seeds, mint, fermented soybeans, and dusted with rare plankton and seaweed. From the T&Tonic side of things, G&T lovers can taste quirky renditions including Mango & Strawberry, Italian Almonds & Truffle, and Chocolate & Coconut.

Set within a contemporary space that features natural greens and woods, the new tea-driven cocktail bar feels akin to a tea house but is jazzed up with vintage lightbulbs and plush leather seating. If you're looking for your new favourite cocktail spot, you know where to head.

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With more people "drinking for the 'gram" than ever before, it would appear that in the age of Instagram, cocktails need to look just as good as they taste.

Luckily for us, Hong Kong is home to an abundance of great bars that do this exceptionally well. From brightly-coloured tipples to cocktails with tiny trees balanced on ice, and even an aperitif on fire. Here are five of our favourite cocktails that drink-stagrammers can snap and sip in Hong Kong.

Lusty at Lobster Bar and Grill

 

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This bold, sunset-coloured cocktail is The Lobster Bar's Asian take on the traditional gimlet. With Citadelle gin providing the base, apple liqueur, zesty pomelo syrup and a squeeze of fresh lemon which add slightly sweet and summery flavours to this drink. The addition of turmeric is what gives the Lusty cocktail its gilded hue and make it one of the most vivid drinks to snap this season.

Lobster Bar and Grill, Level 6, Island Shangri-La, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central; +852 2877 3838

Smoke in a Bottle at Iron Fairies

 

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A smoke-filled bottle is a sure fire way to get people instagramming, but this house-infused blueberry vodka cocktail from Iron Fairies is another. Blended with fragrant elderflower liqueur and offset with homemade sage cordial, a squeeze of lemon, and the creme de cassis with smoked cacao nibs, this is an addictive tipple that is just begging to be photographed.

Iron Fairies, Chinachem Hollywood Centre, 1-13 Hollywood Road, Central; +852 2603 6992

Garden Of Eden at The Old Man

 

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With the title of Best Bar in Asia 2019 under their belt, it's no wonder cocktail lovers are all flocking to the The Old Man. Another reason though, is the Garden Of Eden. This cocktail is literally on fire. It's a rather complex drink, with honeydew rye whiskey distilled in a rotary evaporator with goat's milk and bourbon, together with caramelised sauterne cordial and orange-phosphate bitters. It's then set alight for an additional layer of smokiness, but to put simply -- it's flaming delicious to drink.
The Old Man, Lower G/F, 37-39 Aberdeen Street, Soho, Central; +852 2703 1899

Clear Colada Punch at Room 309

 

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Continuing their invisible cocktails theme, Room 309 present the Clear Colada Punch this summer. And you guessed it... it's a clear (sort of) piña colada. Using slow-cooked coconut candy rum as its base, with Falernum -- the Caribbean syrup liqueur --  and pineapple juice, fresh lime, milk and coconut syrup, this cocktail is very tropical, minus the tiki mugs and toothpick umbrellas.

Room 309, 3/F The Pottinger Hong Kong, 74 Queen's Road Central, Central

Longevity Tree Sap at Komune

 

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Modelled on Pinus Armandi, or the Chinese white pine tree with evergreen foliage, this cocktail considers longevity and immortality. Not that you'll live more years than you're supposed to, but it sure will make you want to drink it a while longer. The cocktail's natural earthy flavours stem from the pine needle black tea syrup, oregano and oak, combined with Rebel Yell bourbon and dandelion bitters to echo those forest elements.

Komune, Ovolo Southside, 64 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong; +852 3460 8157

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One of our favorite cocktails, the espresso martini started off its life called the vodka espresso when it was created back in 1983 by Dick Bradsell at the Soho Brasserie, Freds Club in London. Since then it has become phenomenally popular, waking up the drinker thanks to the hit of caffeine and of course, vodka. […]

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Having established Singapore as the cocktail authority in the region, the co-founder of Proof & Company now sets his eye on Asia’s bar scene.

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Having established Singapore as the cocktail authority in the region, the co-founder of Proof & Company now sets his eye on Asia’s bar scene.

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Drinks have come a long way from bring merely shaken or stirred.

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Drinks have come a long way from bring merely shaken or stirred.

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