Hallo Leute!

Letzte Woche bin ich zum Tadschikische Teestube gegangen. Ich war dort mit meiner Freundin aus den USA. For those of you that don’t know what the Tadschikische Teestube is, I’ll give you a little backstory. So! First off, this little Café, or Tea Room, if you will, is of Tajikistani heritage. The Republic of Tajikistan is a small country in Central Asia with influences from Asian cultures such as Chinese, and Eastern cultures like Russian. Tea rooms were a very big part of Tajikistani culture, as they were social centres. This specific Teestube began in 1974 when Tajikistan, then a part of the Soviet Union, gave it to the GDR as a gift and it was placed in the Soviet Pavilion in Leipzig, opening for business a few years later. All of the furniture was imported straight from Tajikistan!

       
This sounded awesome to me so I decided to give it a visit! When you first walk in and see the carved dark wood columns and beautiful artwork its takes you a few moments to remember you’re in Berlin. A calm atmosphere engulfs you almost immediately and you feel relaxed as you take off your shoes and walk to a table on the floor, taking a seat on a deep red and rich green pillow.

After you take in the incredible place and look at the menu, you realise that the furniture wasn’t even the best part. On the menu are dozens of varieties of tea, everything form simple Green Tea to a whole Russian Tea Ceremony (yes the tea has alcohol in it lol). They even have food and desserts, like cherry stuffed dumplings. Yum! Once you’re done stuffing your face with Russian food, desserts, and tea, you can stay and chat on the comfy pillows. This place was honestly such a great, secret find and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone!

Until then, bis bald!
-Milan :-)