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Porcelain and smoke: the tea bar after dark

Rewind Team · Sample draft · August 19, 2026

Our bartenders trade shakers for teapots after ten. A look at the porcelain service behind the five most-ordered tea cocktails.

Walk past the bar after ten and you will see fewer shakers and more porcelain. The tea service is not a gimmick — it is the fastest way we know to slow a drink down.

Why porcelain

A thin-walled cup cools a hot pour to drinking temperature in about ninety seconds, and it makes you hold the drink differently. Nobody rushes a teacup.

Rewind NYC — Porcelain tea set and pour-over on the bar
The porcelain service, set for the first pour of the night.

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