Date
- Saturday, December 13, 2025
Schedule of Activities
- Tea Vendors
Time: 10:00am – 4:30pm
Cost: FREE (with paid museum admission)
Location: Lobby | Shop and learn about tea culture! Learn about the variety of flavors and types of tea at the Morikami!
- Cornell Café
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Featuring special limited time matcha item: Matcha Boba Tea
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- Tea Lecture with Rona Tison
Time: 12:00pm
Cost: FREE (with paid museum admission)
Location: Morikami Theater | Go on a journey to learn about tea culture in Japan with Rona Tison, the Tea Ambassador & Executive Advisor to ITO EN (North America) INC.
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- Tea Ceremony Demonstration
Time: 2:00pm
Cost: $5 (with paid museum admission)
Location: Morikami Theater | Observe Japanese sado, an ever-changing demonstration rich in seasonal subtleties. Your involvement in the true spirit of sado — harmony (wa), reverence (kei), purity (sei), tranquility (jaku) — along with a sip of green tea and a sweet will help you bring a calm perspective into your busy life. Individual reservations are not necessary. Reservations are required for groups of ten or more. For more information, please call 561-233-1367
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- Family Fun: “Magic Tea Kettle” Kamishibai Storytelling
Time: 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm
Cost: FREE (with paid museum admission)
Location: Kamiya Room | Kamishibai is “paper-theater” and is said to have started in Japan in the early 1900s but is a part of a long tradition of picture storytelling. Today’s story is a Japanese folktale about a magical tanuki (raccoon dog), his new friend and the making of their friendship. Join us for story time on the hour of 12pm, 1pm, and 2pm. A craft activity will follow each kamishibai reading!
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Our Vendors
ITO EN
Green tea has been cherished by the Japanese for generations, and ITO EN believes it is a gift nature has given to us to share with others. These long-held growing traditions of the tea plant reflect a pattern that ITO EN continues to honor and uphold.
So, at the root of our philosophy to preserve tea culture is our upmost respect for the earth. With it, we create stability for our tea farmers and maintain consistent standards of environmental protection. It means our teas always deliver good taste and unmatched health properties, from the ground up.
TEA MINUS ONE
Tea Minus One brings you rare, Japanese matcha that is truly suitable for formal Japanese tea ceremony. Founded by a practitioner of Japanese tea ceremony, trained at the Morikami Museum in South Florida since 2021, Tea Minus One matcha is curated by a palate deeply informed by years of Japanese tea ceremony practice. We select shade grown, hand picked matcha for the utmost freshness and quality flavor.
Tea Minus One matcha primarily comes from Uji, Japan the historical birthplace of matcha tea in Japan where the founder has personally visited tea farms. Uji is famous for being the first city to grow tea trees in Japan, chosen by Zen monks for planting tea in its lush mountains near Kyoto’s Zen temples frequented by noble elite. Tea Minus One also offers a variety of Imperial grade matcha blends by famous tea masters such as Marukyu Koyamaen, Chikumeido, Shogyokuen, and others. Treat yourself to drinking Tea Minus One’s authentic, ceremonial grade matcha. – Veronica Clayon, Founder