Mampe: 195 years of Berlin, poured into six glasses
Berlin's oldest liquor manufacturer runs tours of its Kreuzberg distillery that end in a tasting — from twelve euros for an hour to a gin seminar where you bottle your own.
Read →Notes from the workshop
Guides to what is worth doing in Berlin, what makes a team session land, and the makers behind it all.
Celina: nine crafts, one quiet room in Soldiner Kiez
A film-school graduate who made props for television, now teaching bookbinding, stained glass and straw stars out of her own studio on Koloniestraße.
Read →Angelo: roasting coffee in a pot on Schönhauser Allee
Roasted East-African style in a pot, ground fresh, taken home. Tastings on Saturdays — and a room with panoramic windows that other hosts can rent.
Read →Five Berlin workshops to book when it's too cold to be outside
Ceramics, cyanotypes, coffee roasting and more — indoor makers worth a winter afternoon.
Read →What actually makes a good team workshop
After a few hundred sessions, the ones that work have four things in common — and none of them is the craft itself.
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