Praha 7 – Local tips (coffee & tea)

I suppose not everyone is familiar with this type of venue – a tearoom is a spot where you can get (besides tea of course) shisha (hookah), coffee, variety of oriental sweets and snacks and also some “normal” food and beverages (including beer as this is Czech Republic). Tearooms are quite frequent in Prague, many people go there instead of pubs or cafés.

I think here pubs are great places to go out with friends but sometimes they just feel too noisy, smoky or they simply don’t match my contemplative mood, that’s when I go to Basama. It’s a great place to talk, think, read, write, meet up or just listen to the music or other people’s talks. I must say the music here really fits my taste even though the genre range can be surprising. I remember hearing experimental jazz as well as Audio Bullys.

The tearoom is run by an elderly pair, they’re both very nice and friendly. All in all I would mark the service A+. WiFi Internet is available. On the menu you can find 90 different kinds of tea and more than 20 different flavors of hookah tobacco. As for the prices, tea costs from 30 to 80 CZK and hookah 90 CZK + 5 CZK for a charcoal.

You can find more pictures here. The website is unfortunately in Czech only.

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Basama | Coffee & tea | Le Touareg tea CZK 49.00
Sochařská 8 | Praha 7 | +420604666767
Tue – Sun 16:00 – 22:00

This tearoom is very dear to me. Perhaps also because I had the possibility to work there and get to know the person who runs the place.

I like it mainly because its atmosphere, the tone of the colors the walls are painted with and the style in which the tearoom is furnished. And of course, not to be missed! It is situated in the tower. So after two cups of the finest tea it is hard to say if it is the height of the mysterious tower or the tea that you are feeling.

The tearoom also serves as a library so you can enjoy your tea with some of the books they offer (some of them are in English). Every Saturday there is a drum session that anybody can join.

The Tearoom in the Tower also has really good prices compared to other tearooms in Prague. So if you don’t mind going a little out of the city center, you will not be disappointed.

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Čajovna ve Věži | Art & culture, Coffee & tea, Music | Pot of Tea CZK 60
Na Výšinách 1 | Praha 7
Summer 17:00 – 23:00 daily | Winter 16:00 – 22:00 daily