Mozaik Teaház

Mozaik Teahouse

Budapest, Király str. 18.
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Wi-Fi code: kiraly18

Have you ever walked near Deák Ferenc square, wishing you could sit down somewhere and drink something that will warm you up while admiring the eye-catching decorations and overall calming atmosphere? Don't go any farther then, because I know just the place that will suit your expectations.

Even though Mozaik's full name is "Mozaik Teház és Kávézó" (Mosaik Teahouse and Café), there's only one page for coffee in the menu, while for tea, there are eight, listing a great variety.

Mozaik can be found easily, if not because Király street is rather well known, then because the entrance quickly catches any by-passer's attention.  You may think that glasses scribbled over with white marker must be ugly, but after taking a look at the front door, you're sure to change your opinion. This place screams "urban style" even before you take a step in.

Ground floor counter.

However, after you step in, the magic gets real. The first thing you'll probably notice are the walls, which are painted with blackboard paint. Any guest of the teahouse can leave his or her message on the walls with the chalks placed here and there. There are short fairs tales, names of lovers and friends, and website addresses scribbled all over, giving a relaxed do-it-yourself feel.

Apart from these more, say, radical decorations, you can find a mixture of different teahouse styles if you take a careful look around. Most of the tables are round with a round mosaic illustration on them (get the joke?) and with classic wooden chairs. But if one would rather like to sit to an Asian-style lowered table surrounded with thin cushions, you can do that too. If you're a fan of the Arabic tradition, there are bean bags for you to sit on; you could also request a hookah, since there are plenty laying around, though I'm not one hundred percent sure if it's okay to use them.

Counter on the gallery.

In the gallery, which is the bigger part of the teahouse, there two waitresses, both kind and patient. They came to my table two times before I decided on the tea I wanted to drink, and they didn't look the least bit irritated. (It is hard to choose from eight pages worth of teas!) For my friend, who joined me on my tour, they even brought a vase, since the flower she had looked miserably dry.

The teas were served quickly. We got two sets of cup and saucer and two teapots, since we ordered two different kinds of teas. I drank a speciality of the teahouse, Mozaik Mix Chai; my friend drank some kind of fruit tea (unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to remember which one exactly). Mozaik Mix Chai was a disappointment for me, since it didn't taste any different from a normal Chai tea, but the fruit tea was something different. I didn't taste the beverage itself, but the sheer fact that the tea was served with dried fruits was delightful. It was the drinker's choice to steep the pieces of fruit into the tea or not.

I already mentioned the menu having an impressive variety of teas, but not a word about exactly what kind of teas one can order. Mozaik offers black teas, flavored black teas, classis blends, green and yellow teas, flavored green teas,  fruit teas (all served with fruit pieces, as I mentioned before), herbal teas, ajurvedic herbal teas, herbal blends, wellness teas, iced teas, and alcoholic tea cocktails. Except for herbal teas, every single tea has a small description in the menu, including the ingredients.

But tea is not everything! The teahouse offers other beverages too: a brief variety of coffees, iced coffees, hot chocolates, soft drinks, shakes, and lemonade. If you are hungry, you can order cakes, muffins, snacks, toasted sandwiches, ham & eggs, or some more fancy stuff, like quiche or bruschetta.

"Super delicious teas!"

In Mozaik, you can find some merchandise as well. Visitors can buy teacups, tea containers, tea infusers, packets of tea (each 1490 Ft), and different snacks displayed on the counter.