27 Locations
Afternoon tea brings a slower ritual to Berlin, a pause built around loose leaf brews, delicate sandwiches and tiered stands of cake. Once tied to grand hotels, afternoon tea now turns up in tea rooms, patisseries and cafes across the city, each with its own take on the tradition. This tag gathers Berlin locations that serve it well.
The luxury hotels around Mitte and the Brandenburg Gate keep the classic version, with scones and silver pots, while independent tea houses in Prenzlauer Berg and Charlottenburg lean towards specialty leaves and lighter bites. Several spots offer vegan and seasonal menus, so the ritual adapts to most tastes and diets.
Browse the addresses below to plan an afternoon tea, from formal hotel service to a relaxed corner with a good pot.
Anyone who had previously only known flavoured tea bags will experience a true revelation at King's Teagarden on Berlin’s famous boulevard Kurfürstendamm. Here you will find high-quality black tea, as well as green and oolong teas in a wide variety.
The Afternoon Tea and the Victorian Tea Time at Regent Berlin are exquisite and very British. In the Tea & Lobby Lounge of the 5 Star superior hotel Regent Berlin the tea is celebrated in style.
Matchasome on Torstraße in Mitte is Berlin's first pure Matcha Café. Founded out of a desire to find truly good matcha in the city, the café stands for organic, ceremonial matcha from Japan. With two locations in Mitte and Kreuzkölln, it has long been more than just an insider tip.
Paper & Tea is a shop that sells fine teas, accessories and gifts. The teas are exclusively whole leaf teas. High-quality herbal teas come from sustainable cultivation.
In tranquil Schöneberg, not far from Viktoria-Luise-Platz, one of Berlin's most beautiful matcha spots is hidden. Café Komine combines French patisserie art with Japanese precision and serves tarts that are almost too beautiful to eat.
The Tea Thé tea salon in Schöneberg is a tea room, a tea trader and a café at the same time and thus a true paradise for tea lovers.
A cup of tea is simply good, especially if you can get to know fragrant new varieties, like in the cosy tea shop Cathé Fleur in Pankow.
The Bohea tea shop in Berlin-Friedrichshain supplies tea lovers in its neighbourhood with fine varieties of excellent tea.
If you're looking for good matcha in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, you'll find it on Eberswalder Straße: The Kai Matcha House serves ceremonial matcha from Kyoto in both classic and modern variations, right by Mauerpark. Kai Matcha House offers some of the highest quality matcha in the city.
The Grosz is a combination between café, restaurant and bar. It is owned by Roland Mary, who also owns the Borchardt. And just like at the Borchardt, celebrities and hipsters frequent the Grosz on Kurfürstendamm, just like businessmen, ladies from the West Berlin society and tourists.
A good hot cup of tea is beneficial for a cold, especially when you can discover fragrant new varieties, like at the specialty tea shop Cathé Fleur in Pankow.
Chén Chè is a Vietnamese tea house on Rosenthaler Platz. It is specialized in Asian tea culture and also offers Vietnamese dishes.
The Berliner Teesalon (Berlin Tea House) at Stuttgarter Platz in Charlottenburg is an institution in Berlin, when it comes to tea. It focuses on non-aromatised teas from Asia.
The Tadshikische Teestube (Tajik Tea Room) in the KunstHof in Oranienburger Straße in Berlin-Mitte invites you to oriental fairy-tale tea lessons.
The tea house is located in the English Garden in the middle of the green of Berlin's Tiergarten. In addition to international tea specialities, it is also a restaurant and a beautiful beer garden.
The tea shop Nan Yi Tea in Berlin-Wilmersdorf is the address for all who are interested in Asian teas and especially in the Chinese tea culture.
A trip to the famous Café Einstein Unter den Linden is normally linked for many Berlin tourists with the hope of bumping into a celebrity by chance - actually quite a realistic hope!
Wagashi ejima is Kreuzberg's quiet address for handcrafted Japanese sweets that transform every season into edible art. Those looking for matcha in Berlin will find the most authentic sweet accompaniment to their cup here: delicate, seasonal, and truly uncompromising.
In the small shop "Tee und Ton" (tea and clay) customers can expect many original specialities and varieties from all over the world, including the trendy Matcha tea.
The tea room "The Cottage" is a small English country house in the Gardens of the World in Berlin, celebrating British tea culture.
At the quieter end of Kudamm in Charlottenburg, DONGNAM Coffee Lab has made a name for itself as one of Berlin's most exciting matcha spots. Southeast Asian coffee culture, creamy matcha lattes, and handmade crepe cakes meet a warm, bamboo-infused interior here, transporting guests on a short trip to Asia.
The traditional Chinese tea house is located in the Chinese garden in the gardens of the world in Berlin-Marzahn. Real Chinese tea ceremonies take place here.