This is an invitation. If you show up in the Cafè Imperial, we will take a look together at some of the multiple layers of a colonial beverage. We will look for traces in the cup and think of traces on the map. The tradition of powdered coffee boiling that spread with the Ottoman Empire across the Balkans, North Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean meets in variations; a Greek coffee is a Turkish coffee, a Palestinian, Egyptian, Lebanese, Bosnian, Armenian, Cypriot, Bulgarian. Grinded a bit more finely or a bit more roughly, served in a cup with or without a handle, with cardamom, clove, sugar, or not. Stories surviving from empire to empire, connecting, empowering people and community. An unremarkable morning ritual. Sometimes, an unremarkable evening ritual. Connected to blood and oppression. Served in funerals and memorials. Used for fortune telling. Come.

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More information here.

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About Mosaik:
MOSAIK is the association and team organizing the Intercultural Program Weeks of the City of Zurich (2026–2029).
Our team is diverse and connected through a shared background in transdisciplinary art and cultural practice. We collaborate with partners from art, culture, education, and civil society across Zurich.
Our aim is to make cultural diversity visible and create new forms of participation in public space.
We see Zurich as a living mosaic of stories, languages, and experiences, a city that continues to evolve through encounter.

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Location

Platzspitzpark, at the pavilion
Patzpromenade 5, 8001 Zürich

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Date

Thursday, June 25, 2026 · 2.30–4.30 p.m.

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