Chappy Hour: Jasmine Gin Cocktail + Out of Place

Over in the ALU book club, we discussed a collection about the Chinese city of Shenzhen and the people who live there. In this month’s Chappy Hour, I took a look at a poetry collection set in another part of China — Hong Kong. In Out of Place (Quattro Books), Kate Rogers’ poems document the people she’s met while living there, including a “To the Mad Woman Who Sleeps on the Pavement across from Marks and Spencer, Central.” She wishes for the woman to experience a fine tea house, and that poem inspired this month’s cocktail recipe.