Heather Tweed is a painter from Sarasota, Florida whose art primarily explores environmental issues in Florida and its surrounding waters. Mangrove estuaries, wetlands, aquatic animals, and birds inspire her. Heather hopes to spark a greater appreciation and awareness regarding Florida’s environmental issues through her art, and she is committed to the natural health of the Everglades and Gulf of Mexico.

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Knots & Ropework is brought to you be the Tampa Free Skool community.  Come learn 6 fundamental knots and gain a foundation to progress to more advanced knot work.  Includes lessons on the history of knot work, suggested reading, and discussion of real life uses for the knots taught.  All materials provided.

All Tampa Free Skool classes are free to the community.

Instructor:  Miles Tweed (a sailor and knot enthusiast).

An RSVP is required – please email milestweed@gmail.com.

Come by on Saturday, May 26th at 1pm  for our monthly free tea tasting.  Sample 10 variety of teas and enjoy a 10% discount on all loose tea and teaware purchases.  This is a fun and casual event that is perfect for the whole family.

The USF Botanical Gardens hosts Butterfly and Native Plant Festival on June 9th and 10th.  There will be talks on butterfly gardening, Florida wildlife, bee keeping, herb growing, tea plant growing and a tea 101 talk.  Vendors will sell butterfly plants, herbs and native plants.  This will be a fun outdoors event for the family.

Kaleisia’s tea specialist will offer a catch-all workshop at 11am on June 9th.  The purpose of this class is to familiarize you with the varieties of teas around the world and the proper brewing techniques.

May12

Special thanks to Algorhythm Sky for providing amazing music all night long.  You guys are the best!

The raffle winners from last night’s party are:
457898 – a pack of your favorite black tea
457906 – Kaleisia Tea Shirt
457918 – a pack of your favorite fruit tea
457860 – a pack of your favorite signature tea
457842 – Kaleisia Mug
457808 – a pack of matcha cookies
457810 – a pack of matcha cookies
457753 – a pack of matcha cookies

Please bring your ticket to Kaleisia to redeem your prize(s).  We’ll hold the prizes until May 5th.

TEA 101  is a catch-all session with Kaleisia’s tea specialist. The purpose of this class is to familiarize you with the varieties of teas around the world and to share information that can make tea more enjoyable.

This is a hands on workshop where you will utilize most of your senses.  You will examine the dry leaves, taste the varieties of teas, and explore the aromas each tea impart.

We encourage you to come with questions and hope you’ll share your tea experiences with the group.  Please note that each workshop is limited to only 15 participants.

Class is FREE with a reservation by 3/17/12 otherwise it is $10 per person.

The Gifts of Love Benefit Dinner includes a 5-course meal catered by local chefs featuring farm-fresh vegetables from Sweetwater’s farm.  There will be over a dozen dishes to feast upon and of which, 75% will be vegan/vegetarian.

The evening features food, live music, raffle and a mini silent auction.

Cost is $20.00 per person and includes the buffet style 5-course meal and an entry into the night’s raffle.  All ticket sales will benefit community outreach and educational programs of Sweetwater Organic Community Farm.  Tea and smoothies may be purchased additionally to benefit Sweetwater.

Must RSVP by Wednesday, February 29th.

Tickets may be purchased at Kaleisia Tea Lounge or online with a credit card using the link below…

Buy tickets for Gifts of Love Benefit Dinner

Complete lunch is $18 per person.

Seating is extremely limited and an early RSVP is recommended.  Refunds and rain checks are not available but transfers are welcomed.

EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

Upon arrival, please inform a staff that you are there for the clinic.