This is the best Tea store I have visited in Berlin so far. I went to three today and this one is…read morethe best. Oleg is extremely knowledgeable and he is a true tea drinker. I absolutely love this store!!! If you are a TRUE tea drinker of quality tea you must visit this store. The teaware is exquisite. You will not be disappointed. Oleg even took the time to make me some Matcha...... and if I may add this was the only tea store that I visited today that was set up to brew and allow you to sample the tea. Cheers to this establishment and I will visit on every trip to Berlin.

I found this shop just by wandering around the area (the street as a whole is very funky and…read morethere is also a great vegetarian Vietnamese restaurant called Chay Village). This is a tea shop of tea shops! - just to be clear its a shop that sells tea -its not a tea shop/cafe. The shop is big and the selection is really incredible - literally hundreds of black, green and herbal teas to chose from. Far more than I have ever seen before.I settled on a fantastic Assam called Nahorhabi. A couple of days later I went back and took my Berlin friends and we all bought more tea. I will going back when I go back to Berlin in November to stock up!

What's not to love about a free Nespresso bar in every major city in the world. I happen to be a…read morefan and dare I say addicted to the machine and product at home. So the secret is out, you can walk into any store and receive free full sized samples of espresso, lattes cappuccinos etc till you can't drink anymore. They are always in A-list locations with all the hipsters, trendsetters and fashionistas. Of course since the markup is so high on the capsules they seem to be able to make a profit regardless. Love it, a must stop on any major city journey around the world.

Just had an Oprah moment: Went to the Nespresso Shop in Berlin Friedrichstraße together with my…read moreFranka und our daughter in a buggy. Dressed quite leisurely (funny T-shirt, hoody and an overcoat). The posh lady at the coffee counter looked me up and down. She frowned. And then asked me whether I was a member, or wanted to become one. She then asked me to show her my membership card. Very surprised I told her that it would be the first time that I had to show her such a card in order to get a free coffee there. That was when she told me: "Well, you know, there is always a first time." (Franka later told me I should have replied: "So, tell me, when will be yours, lady!" I am not that spontaneous, though. And it would have been quite mean.) So I wipped out my wallet and showed her. I DO have a Nespresso machine at home. And I drink Nespresso coffee quite regularly. So I do have a "Membership Card", as well (but you usually don't need that). She then reluctantly served me a sample of the new coffee tastes. Once I was finished I left without a further word. All the while I was standing at the counter there were other people coming and going. She not even once asked anybody to show her a proof of membership. I guess I was dressed not well enough for her taste. (This is Berlin, by the way, I never ever thought you had to dress up here to walk down Friedrichstraße!) Thank you very much, nice lady. You made me feel like a drunken homeless. How sad a feeling. And thanks for the coffee and the perfect service, Nespresso!