Tanqueray Tea Light Lounge at Carom Soho

This winter, Carom Soho will launch a contemporary chai Tea Light Lounge in their beautiful atrium space, with premium, award-winning gins Tanqueray London Dry and Tanqueray No. Ten.

Launching on 1st November 2013 in time for Diwali Indian festival of light, the Tea Light Lounge will be lit by an enchanting raft of lanterns across the large Soho windows, overlooking Wardour Street.

The candles will be reflected in the antiqued silver wallpaper that will line the alcoves, where guests can relax in vintage armchairs and comfortable sofas, with green and faded blue and old Liberty print textiles.

A wall of tea crate shelving will showcase loose leaf teas and botanicals, Indian tea pots and traditional tea glasses, as the delicious aroma of spiced chai infuses the air.

Cocktails designed by Carom Bar Manager Adam Spinks will take influence from the delicious herbs and spices used in chai. Drinks include the Basil Spice Collins made with Tanqueray gin, fresh basil, black pepper, honey, lime and soda served in a balloon glass, Tea Alexander with cardamom, cream, Crème de Cacao, Tanqueray gin and Ginger Chilli Tipple, which is a heady combination of fresh red chilli, lemon, ginger and cranberry, with orange curacao and Tanqueray gin served in a miniature teapot and cup.
Tanqueray Gin is the perfect choice of spirit for these chai inspired cocktails, with its four distinctive and vibrant botanicals of refreshing juniper, peppery coriander, aromatic angelica and sweet liquorice.

A special pairing menu has been created by Executive Chef Vishnu Natarajan to complement the tea-infused Tanqueray gin cocktails.

Award-winning Kolkatan street-food purveyor and cult chai tea maker, Angus Doonan, will be making regular appearances at the Tea Light Lounge, introducing The Everybody Love Love Wandering Star Tonic Bar from which he will make fresh chai tea potions and infusions using authentic Indian spices that inspire the complementary cocktail list.

Influenced by the chai wallah of India and the herbal Alchemists of the Middle Ages, Angus will offer warmth from the winter cold with tea infusions of barks, fruits, seeds and stems brewed into mind-opening heart-quickening tonics that bring light to the dark and blue to the grey.