PADMA

Two friends with iced PADMA drinks outside the tea house in Craiova

A specialty tea house in the heart of Craiova.

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PADMA — Specialtea House · Craiova

Simplicity. Depth. Intention.

Three words that hold the whole PADMA concept in balance — yin and yang, black and white, tea and city. Everything else starts here.

Two friends at the PADMA entrance, under the painted SpecialTea House window

Simplicity

Few things, chosen well.

A short menu, clean ingredients, a space that breathes. Whatever wasn't necessary stayed out.

Portrait with a PADMA iced coffee and sunglasses, on a cream background

Depth

Roots from 1974.

Behind every recipe is a story that starts in the fields of Dăbuleni. Deep roots, taste with memory.

Two people on tall chairs by the tea house's green fence, iced drinks in hand

Intention

Nothing accidental.

Black and white, energy and quiet, tea and coffee-free coffee. If a detail is here, it's because we wanted it here.

More than a tea house.

Padma Society is the community around the tea house: long cowork tables, listening nights, small events with great people. The space is yours.

Black-and-white portrait of a Padma Society member

Hands with rings and chains, black and white

Cowork

Serious Wi-Fi, sockets at every table and tea that keeps the pace. Monday to Friday, from the first hour.

Listening sessions

Audiophil people space: nights where music is listened to, not just heard. Vinyl, good sound, forgotten phones.

Events

Launches, exhibitions, tastings, meetups. If you're dreaming up a small, well-made event, write to us.

( 01 ) — House signatures

Drinks you won't find anywhere else: guarana, turmeric, beetroot, butterfly pea — colour from plants, not from syrup, and recipes built like small rituals.

( 01 – 05 )

Guarana · Turmeric · Beetroot

Three plant lattes, presented with hand-made annotations. Energy, sun and earth in one frame.

Butterfly Pea Vanilla Matcha

Blue from a flower, green from a leaf — layers that only mix at the first sip.

IceBerry Chocolate

Cold raspberry over real chocolate, served on ice.

UBE Latte

Purple sweet potato, thick foam and a little humour — our most playful signature.

Matcha Tonic

Matcha over citrus and ice — bitter, sweet and very cold.

Archive photo: the agronomist pointing at the Dăbuleni watermelon fields

Padma Philosophy1974

Eng. Alecsandru Triculete

In 1974 he was appointed director of I.A.S. Dăbuleni. Everything we do today comes from that patience — growing something good, from good soil. PADMA is the same philosophy, poured into a cup.