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Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: You have an incorrigible obsession with boba tea, and harbour a deep desire to continue enjoying them well into the night, even when you’re out and about in the midst of the Hong Kong nightlife scene, having a swell time with friends. All right, that’s a decidedly specific scenario, but should that be you, we might have found a solution to this pickle: get you a drink that can do both.
Barbershop by day and boozy gallery-splash-bar by night, Dead Poets is a multitasking space on Graham Street that’s taking Hong Kong tea culture and modern mixology to the next level with its new beverage series: alcoholic boba tea cocktails.
Four different ‘spiked’ boba tea drinks are on offer, including the Dandy Hong Kong Smoked Milk Tea, blending smoked black tea with evaporated and whole milk, hibiscus, and tapioca pearls, and the Fresh Citrus Jasmine Highball Tea, built on a base of jasmine green tea with bright citrus, honey, and either tapioca or mango pearls. For a Hong Kong twist, there’s the Ice Lemon Citrus Boba, a riff on local lemon tea, featuring citrus flavours and mango pearls. Another fruity option is the Pure Grapefruit Hibiscus Tea, combining hibiscus with grapefruit black tea, tapioca pearls, and either regular milk or oat milk. All of these boba tea creations can be kept non-alcoholic or zhuzhed up and turned into a cocktail with a healthy splash of rum, whisky, gin, vodka, or tequila – your choice.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 28, because Dead Poets will be hard-launching its spiked boba tea series at a high-energy event from 4pm to 7pm. Designed as Hong Kong’s first ‘spiked boba rave’, DJ BB Lamb will be spinning hip-hop, R&B, and chart-toppers for party-goers to bop to. Each ticket ($150) includes entry and one spiked or zero-percent-ABV boba tea, and are available for purchase now on Eventbrite.
Dead Poets’ spiked boba tea menu is available from February 16 to May 16, so there’s plenty of time to swing by and try them out even if you miss the rave. At $50 per drink, these fun bevvies are the perfect way to cool down as the temperatures rise again.
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