INK GIN HIGH TEA
Sun, 20 Oct
|Bartholomews
Join us at Bartholomew’s for a decadent high tea with Ink Gin. Sip on elegantly crafted gin cocktails while indulging in a selection of savoury and sweet treats, all perfectly paired with the unique flavours of Ink. Immerse yourself in a sophisticated and relaxed atmosphere, surrounded by like-minde
Time & Location
20 Oct 2024, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Bartholomews, 145 King St, Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia
Guests
About the event
What does a fella do when he’s planted his crop to make the country’s first cane juice rum, but knows that the whole project will take years? He decides to make a gin of course.
Being a complete unknown in a world of international industrial scale gin producers, Paul Messenger knew he had to do something truly different in his little tin shed in Northern NSW. He set out on a journey of botanical exploration and discovered an exotic flowering legume growing wild in tropical Australia and South East Asia, popular in Thailand and used for centuries in herbal teas and traditional medicine. The flower was the butterfly pea, clitorea ternatea. In 2011 he bought 5 seeds for $5, planted them in the backyard and a few months later picked enough flowers to start trial infusions.
It was all a giant experiment and the eureka moment came when he discovered…