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A long timber tea table by the window set with a gaiwan, two cups and a brass kettle, steam rising

Tea Gallery

Stay for a drink. Take a moment for yourself.

Visit for an original ORA creation, a tea selected with you in mind, or a slower exploration of tea culture.

Enjoy your time in the Tea Gallery or, when the weather allows, in our south-facing garden.

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The ORA Signature Drink in sculptural glassware, mist spilling across a dark timber table beside a plated dessert, a guest lifting the glass while another photographs it

ORA Signature Drink

Created to be seen. Made to be remembered.

An original ORA creation prepared by our drinks team and presented with a touch of theatre.

Each signature drink brings together distinctive flavours, beautiful glassware and an artful tableside presentation. Served with an ORA signature dessert, it is an experience to enjoy from the very first look to the final taste.

The creation may be inspired by tea, coffee, botanicals or the season, but it will always be unmistakably ORA.

  • Per person£24

Includes one ORA signature dessert.

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A celadon gaiwan and a cup of amber infusion on a linen runner, dried botanicals and a small handmade sweet beside them

Constitution Tea

£18 per person

Tea chosen with you in mind.

A personalised tea selected with your ORA wellness assessment and how you feel that day in mind.

It may be a constitution blend, a botanical infusion or an Oriental tea chosen for that particular moment. Served with a small ORA signature tea accompaniment.

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Three tasting cups in a row on a stone tray, each a different shade of tea, with loose leaves beside them

Seasonal Oriental Tea

£12 per person

A different tea for every season.

A season-led tea selected for the time of year and served across a changing collection of teas and infusions, allowing its aroma and character to unfold gradually.

Ask the ORA team about the tea being served today.

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A gongfu setting on a slatted tea tray: a clay teapot, a pitcher and small cups, water being poured

Private Gongfu Tea Experience

Tea as an art of time, water and attention.

A private experience hosted by an ORA tea artist.

Explore a curated selection of teas through the practice of Gongfu brewing and discover how water, temperature, teaware and time reveal a different expression with every infusion.

Includes selected tea accompaniments and time to enjoy the Tea Gallery at an unhurried pace.

  • Per person, minimum two guests£68
  • Private experience for one£98

Please allow approximately 75 minutes.

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Tea culture and lifestyle

Seasonal gatherings exploring tea, creativity and considered living.

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