Museum of Russian Dessert

This is a museum of intangible culture devoted to the traditions of rustic tea drinking. The process of making rustic tea treats in a Russian stove is “museified” here.

The tour consists of a self-guided tour of two floors of the museum and a story by the guide, over a cup of tea, about how peasants used to drink tea.

Everyone receives a gift from the museum – a live sourdough starter for baking homemade rye bread.

On the first floor there are three rooms – a tea room, a communal kitchen “Back to the USSR” and a stove room.

On the second floor there is a buffet room and an art gallery. All the most interesting things are connected with the Russian stove. Guests chop wood, heat the stove themselves, knead dough, make gingerbread/pies/baranki and bake them in the stove; then there is a tea party with their own handmade pastries, and the guide tells stories of traditional old-fashioned tea treats.