Private & Corporate Tea Ceremony Events
Keiko Uchida offers Japanese tea ceremony experiences for private groups, celebrations, businesses and special events. Sessions can take place at our Notting Hill studio or at your own location, and can be tailored to the interests, occasion and size of your group.
Private Events & Celebrations
One of our specialities is hosting Tea Ceremony Workshops for private individuals, groups and parties. The highlight of the experience is the ceremony itself, making and tasting the tea, which can be an extraordinary and moving occasion.
Alongside the ceremony, we can explore the history of tea, tea masters and the philosophy of the Tea Ceremony, as well as its connections with textiles, gardens, food and ceramics.
Discussing your visit beforehand allows us to tailor the workshop to your own interests. You might have a particular interest in Japanese history, tea, ceramics, gardens or food, or perhaps something completely different.
Our workshops at the studio are usually for between 2 and 6 people. If you would like to join as a couple or single person, please get in touch and we can see if we can build a group together.
Tea ceremony workshops are also a lovely way to celebrate a birthday, hen party, anniversary or other special occasion.
Corporate & Business Events
The Japanese Tea Ceremony offers a chance to step away from the everyday, spend time together and experience a different perspective on Japanese culture.
Our workshops have been enjoyed by a wide range of businesses and organisations. They can be entertaining and unusual, while also offering an opportunity for reflection and a different way of looking at things.
We have worked with businesses as part of cultural programmes, team experiences, seminars, client events, brand launches and special occasions. The format can be adapted to suit the size and purpose of your event.
We can host groups at our Notting Hill studio or bring the Tea Ceremony experience to your own venue.
What Our Guests Say
We invited Keiko to host an intimate tea ceremony for our general manger group, and I must say, it was an incredibly refreshing and thought provoking experience. Keiko’s gestures and approach to preparing tea is mesmerising, moreover, the wisdom she imparted regarding the history of tea, and tea ceremonies, was both fascinating and illuminating. We will be inviting Keiko back to Aesop again in the future, so that more of our colleagues may bear witness to her unique and inspiring practice.
Gabriel Santos
Curator, Aesop
Keiko graciously hosted a tea tasting as part of a global team building experience. Her knowledge of tea and the ceremony itself were first rate, and proved to be an excellent way to immerse ourselves in another culture at a time when we were unable to travel. Thank you Keiko!
Keith Bussey
Knowledge Business Director, Boston Consulting Group
Keiko's bespoke workshops for us at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft were fantastic- an ideal mix of education on the history of the Japanese tea ceremony and tea and an experience of the ceremony itself. Keiko worked brilliantly with the space we had despite the challenges of it as a tea ceremony space. We had lots of positive feedback from the workshop participants. She was a delight to collaborate with.
Charlotte Hailey-Watts
Learning and Public Programme Manager, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
Enquire About Your Event
Tell us about your event, and we'll be happy to discuss how we can create a Tea Ceremony experience tailored to you.
