As Confucius used to say: “He who does not drink jiai is tszmo!” But we don’t doubt you, so if you like to refuel not with some despicable “Princess Nuri”, but with a cup of good pu-erh, oolong or sausage mate, look into one of these places that we found for you in the nooks and crannies of the capital! These are real tea clubs where you can taste the ancient drink or buy the most unimaginable varieties for your home.
Address: Pokrovka, 27, building 1
This modest, but incredibly cozy place is familiar, perhaps, to every tea maniac who, not for the first time, has asked himself the question: “Where can a good gentleman drink tea in Moscow?” The Tea Club on Pokrovka has two rooms: a bar and a tea room, somewhat reminiscent of Ollivander's wand shop from the Harry Potter books. A sea of jars and boxes from floor to ceiling, in which the most magical varieties of black, green, white, and red teas are hidden. If you look hard enough, we're sure you'll find a blue one there too. They also offer a crazy selection of tea cocktails and ice cream: a whole hundred varieties! Connoisseurs claim that the ice cream here is the best in Moscow, but we think it’s better to form an opinion on this yourself.
Address: New Arbat, 7, 4th floor
“I Don’t Tea My Soul” is, first of all, a tea store where you can buy rare varieties straight from China. But in addition, this is also a special room where you can take part in a real oriental tea ceremony, as well as a creative workshop for those who are partial to chocolate making and art decor. The tea ceremony room combines colorful elements of Chinese decor, ancient tea drinking traditions and European comfort. If you like oriental surroundings, you will definitely like it here.
Address: Novoslobodskaya, 54, building 1
“357 grams” is a store, showroom and tea space where you can choose some intricate blend for yourself and taste it right away. Flavorings and artificial additives are not favored here, so the variety of tastes is achieved only through different degrees and methods of fermentation of tea leaves, as well as through the addition of various herbs, flowers and fruits. Just a dream come true for adherents of all things natural!
Addresses:
Vernadsky Avenue, 86 a, 3rd floor;
Penzenskaya embankment, 2, 5th floor “AFIMALL City”;
Leninsky Prospekt, 109, 5th floor;
Dmitrovskoe highway, 163 a, building 1
Innovations do not bypass even such a seemingly ancient, simple and established process as tea drinking. Bubbleology is a mix of prim British traditions and rebellious Asian trends, which require drinking tea through a straw and adding delicious tapioca jelly balls to your boring drink! Now you can try both fruit and milk teas with bubbles in any of the Bubbleology tea shops. A distinctive feature of this particular bubble tea chain is its extensive selection of teas - 11 milk and 10 fruit, each served cold or hot to suit your taste!
Address: Rozhdestvensky Boulevard, 19
This is one of the oldest tea clubs in the capital, rightfully enjoying elite status, because here you can find almost any type of tea from China and Taiwan. This is the very place where everyone knows about the intricacies of brewing and storing tea, and even more, and the store’s collection includes 1288 drink items! In addition, true connoisseurs of tea ceremonies will be able to choose here suitable utensils for thoughtful tea drinking, during which you will certainly experience Zen.
Many residents and tourists of the capital have a desire to hold tea ceremonies in Moscow and experience Eastern culture. Don’t just hastily drink a glass of tea with a sandwich for a snack, but feel like part of a sacred ritual. A teahouse in Moscow is a good way to diversify your leisure time. Some of them follow numerous rules for holding ceremonies, others only offer visitors a wide variety of tea. Whatever type of teahouse you are looking for in Moscow, you will find any of them in our selection.
A little history
Chinese tea ceremonies are considered the most popular in Moscow. And for good reason. After all, this country was the first to drink tea not only for medicinal purposes, but also for pleasure. As early as the 5th century AD, it began to be considered an everyday drink of emperors and various monks, and later spread to ordinary citizens. Since then, many traditional Chinese types of tea have been discovered, which later migrated to Japan, Europe and other countries of the world. Today, tea ceremonies are most common in China and Japan. Here, drinking tea is not just a way to have a good time, but a real sacred rite and a form of art with many traditions. For example, in Japanese ceremonies there are about a hundred rules that take into account all sorts of little things - from the attire of the tea master to the structure of the chashitsu, the tea house.
Tea ceremonies in Moscow
The capital always keeps pace with popular trends. Therefore, in many areas of Moscow you can easily find a place where you can drink good tea. The local establishments offer dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of different types of selected tea depending on the season: white, green, red, loose, pressed, oolong, etc.
What do they offer in tea houses in Moscow?
In addition to a wide range of teas, such establishments have something else to surprise visitors. For example, in many teahouses:
- conduct traditional and ceremonial tea ceremonies with a professional master;
- introduce visitors to tea customs, history and culture;
- there is a special store where you can purchase authentic Chinese or Japanese dishes, decorative items, souvenirs, accessories for your own ceremonies, elite varieties of traditional Chinese tea and more;
- there are lectures, master classes, courses on calligraphy, the game of Go, predicting the future according to the Book of Changes;
- They teach tea ceremonies and all existing rules and traditions.
For many, tea is primarily an art. This tart aroma, that feeling when you feel every note of this wonderful drink, it is for this that we, connoisseurs, go, try, buy...
Tea height
One of the best tea places in the city - and, apparently, the only real gelateria in Moscow. Here, new, including seasonal, types of ice cream are presented weekly, of fantastic quality and in fantastic quantity - with flowers, pine sap, herbs, different types of honey and always tea. The collection of teas includes about 300 varieties: hundreds of pu-erhs, hundreds of oolongs, green, white, yellow and red teas. The club is divided into two parts - a bar and a tea room. The tea bar is suitable for “quick” tea drinks if you don’t have much time. If you are ready for a relatively long tea party, then you should go to the tea room, where it will be convenient and comfortable to hold a real tea ceremony “in the Chinese style.” Prices for tea vary: from 200-300 to 2500-3000 rubles per teapot.
Address: Pokrovka, 27, building 1
Tea Culture Club
Guests of the club will enjoy a calm and soft atmosphere of the mysterious east. The tea ceremony takes place in specially equipped rooms, where the atmosphere puts the participants in a contemplative mood. Also, the Tea Culture Club offers its visitors a closer look at the culture of China. Classes in calligraphy and oriental painting, as well as lessons in Taijiquan (Chinese martial art) and Qigong (ancient art of self-regulation of the body) are held here. The cost of a tea ceremony is from 300 rubles per person, depending on the type of tea.
Address: Malaya Dmitrovka, 24/2
Le Voyage du The ("The French Tea House")
A mono-brand teahouse offering visitors exquisite French tea Mariage Frères. There are 300 varieties of tea (100 grams cost from 700 to 2000 rubles) in different metal cans, cute and expensive accessories like a tea music box, a crystal teapot and shaped spoons. The store also has pastries and several tables where you can drink tea (a teapot will cost 300 rubles) and discuss the depth of its taste with friendly consultants.
Address: M. Bronnaya, 22
"Iron Phoenix"
One of the oldest tea houses in Moscow. Here the tea ceremony is elevated to the rank of a real art, overshadowing everyone involved with harmony and beauty. The club's interiors are designed in a calm manner - national Chinese flavor, low tables and red lanterns are reminiscent of the Celestial Empire. Lying on soft pillows makes it easy to feel cozy and peaceful. In the Iron Phoenix there are shelves with books, and in the middle of the hall there is a swing. There is a shop where you will find a variety of freshly harvested teas (from 200 to 400 varieties depending on the season), high quality clay and porcelain dishes, natural sandalwood incense, souvenirs and music for tea ceremonies. There is strict face control here, no food is served, and smoking is not allowed. Prices for the ceremony start from 500 rubles per person.
Address: B. Cherkassky lane, 2/10, building 26.
Secret tea room “Chainaya. Tea & Cocktails"
This teahouse operates in a closed format - only for its own people. There is not even a sign on the street, since strangers are not welcome here. But if you do get there, remember it forever! Previously, this place was called “Silk” and was no less secret. You can go there with friends if they are guests of this teahouse. Before your eyes, the bartender will prepare fantastically tasty and beautiful cocktails that you have never tried anywhere: crystal glasses, generous portions of alcohol and fruit. You can also try grandma’s liqueurs, jams and much more. Quite authentic dishes of the Middle Kingdom are prepared in the tiny kitchen. Asparagus with vegetables (210 rubles), noodles with beef (420 rubles), large “hedze” dumplings with duck (140 rubles) brilliantly fit into the given format. But you can’t smoke at Chainaya Tea & Cocktails—you’ll have to go outside. The average bill is about 1,500 rubles.
Address: 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 29, building 1
A cozy place for those who want not only to drink excellent fresh tea straight from China, but also to listen to ancient legends about this drink, plunge into the world of art of the ancient tea ceremony and learn a lot of new and interesting things about everything in the world. An informal atmosphere helps you relax and forget about the bustle of the outside world.
1. Shishas Lounge Bar on Povarskaya
Not far from the Barrikadnaya metro station, on Povarskaya Street, there is a comprehensive restaurant with different types of cuisines (European, Oriental, Italian, Japanese), with an extensive tea list and hookahs. In "Shishas" there are several areas for guests: by the pond (the most popular), with sofas, ottomans, for smokers and non-smokers.
Address: Povarskaya st., 52/55, building 2
Average bill: 2000 rubles
Opening hours: Sun. - Wed: from 12:00 to 24:00, Thu, Fri, Sat: from 12:00 to 6:00
2. "Tea height"
One of the best tea spaces in Moscow. There are about 300 types of tea here: from various pu-erhs to yellow teas. It is possible to hold an individual tea ceremony. “Tea Heights” is also famous for its unusual desserts, in particular, ice cream - with blue cheese, rose, lavender, bird cherry flowers and more. In the evenings, creative evenings and concerts are held here.
Address: Pokrovka, 27, building 1
Average bill: 1000-2000 rubles
Opening hours: Mon.-Sat.: 11.00-23.30, Sun.: 14.00-22.00
3. Teahouse No. 1
In one of the most famous places where you can smoke a good hookah, they make delicious and unusual tea. The assortment includes black, green, oolong, pu-erh and herbal teas. Some varieties are boiled in cream, juice or milk. You can take aromatic additives for tea: thyme, mint, chrysanthemum flowers, lemon balm and much more.
Address: Bolshaya Polyanka st., 56/1
Average bill: 2000 rubles
Opening hours: 12:00 - 06:00
4. Kipyatkov brothers
In this cozy small teahouse you will plunge into the real world of the East, where in every detail you can feel the owners’ love for the subtleties of tea culture. Tea can be poured with boiling water and served in a glass teapot, or it can be brewed over a fire or a tea siphon, which resembles a real chemical process.
Address: 2nd Frunzenskaya, 10, copr. 2
Average bill: 500 rubles
Opening hours: 10.00–22.00
5. Tea lounge "Shanti"
This is a place for those who are looking for harmony and see it in the pleasure of drinking properly prepared delicious tea. The assortment includes Taiwanese and mainland oolongs, tea sets, black, green, yellow, red, and flower teas. The teahouse has a store where you can buy your favorite tea and get acquainted with new varieties.
Address: Myasnitsky proezd, 2/1
Average bill: 2000 rubles
Opening hours: 12:00 - 00:00
6. Uryuk on Smolenskaya
In the very center of Moscow, on Ruzheyny Lane, there is a cafe with an unusual oriental interior, delicious Uzbek cuisine, hookahs and, of course, aromatic tea. There are 3 rooms in the room: with a view of the Garden Ring, a non-smoking room and several VIP booths.
Address: Ruzheyny lane, 1.
Opening hours: daily from 12.00 to 0.00.
7. ArteFAQ: Club, restaurant, gallery
In addition to a large selection of dishes for every taste (vegetarian, meat, fish), there is a good selection of teas. There is black tea with bergamot, milk oolong, rooibos with caramel and more.
Address: st. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 32, building 1.
Opening hours: daily from 12.00 to 6.00.
8. "Chantimel"
More than 30 varieties of tea and coffee, a warm atmosphere and homeliness are the main features of the Chantimel cafe. A kettle of tea will cost about 160 rubles.
Address: Pushkinskaya, M. Bronnaya, 20a.
Opening hours: from 09:00 to 22:00.
9. FAQ cafe
In this creative cafe you can calmly surf the Internet, eat a hearty meal, have a snack or drink a cup of delicious tea with a unique dessert. There are black, green, berry, rosehip, mint and more.
Address: Bolshaya Polyanka street, 65/74, building 1.
Opening hours: daily from 12:00 to 6:00.
10. Restaurant "China Club"
In addition to a large selection of dishes, delivery and daily bonuses and discounts, there is a large selection of teas. Any tea connoisseur will definitely find something to his liking.
Address: Sormovsky pr., 5.
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