It all began in Spring 2007 when the owners of PicassoZ Art Cafe went on an excursion to exotic Naples (Florida) and tasted true loose leaf for the first time…
Each petal and citrus piece sprang to life and gave each sip a new adventure for the two. Mark and Kristin attended the World Tea Expo that summer which opened up a whole new world of specialty beverages.

The couple sensed that tea was the new buzz and started a major remodel of their existing cafe at Lakeland’s Lakeside Village right away. The new tea cafe would be its own little shop, instead of a concession inside PicassoZ well-known pottery painting studio.
It all began in Spring 2007 when the owners of PicassoZ Art Cafe went on an excursion to exotic Naples (Florida) and tasted true loose leaf for the first time…
Each petal and citrus piece sprang to life and gave each sip a new adventure for the two. Mark and Kristin attended the World Tea Expo that summer which opened up a whole new world of specialty beverages. The couple sensed that tea was the new buzz and started a major remodel of their existing cafe at Lakeland’s Lakeside Village right away. The new tea cafe would be its own little shop, instead of a concession inside PicassoZ well-known pottery painting studio.





