The coming weeks are busy with a few events.
For bookings & RSVPs visit this link.
Flyers below, scroll to the right to view.
I hope you had a wonderful New Year’s break!
I certainly did and I’m very happy to be back for an exciting new year filled with market stalls, exciting new events and workshops.
Here are some of Beit e’Shai‘s movements this month:
Valentine’s Day Special Offer
Beit e’Shai is pleased to announce that we are offering 10% off all our products this Valentine’s Day.
Why not treat yourself or your lover to our delicious lover’s blend, our limited edition Habibi Tea?
Visit our Online Store between now and this Thursday 14th February and enter this promotional code: HABIBI
Offer expires at 11:59pm Thursday 14th February 2019.
Gibran’s Garden
Tea lovers will be introduced to the Beit e’Shai experience on Saturday 23rd February at the Immigration Museum’s Summer of Love Gibran’s Garden Party.
Founder Rasha Tayeh, will be available at the Beit e’Shai Pop Up Teahouse offering you a complimentary cup of tea on arrival. Her background as a nutritionist and herbalist provides a unique perspective on how drinking tea can be a form of self-care, a delicious ritual and for healing. She will also present a Tea Workshop discussing various herbs, fruits and spices that can supportus during the warmer months and be enjoyed as both hot and ice teas.
Drop by the Pop Up Teahouse between 3pm-8pm
And join us at the FREE Tea Workshop from 3pm – 4pm.
Friends & Stockists
We would like to welcome our new (and old) stockists to the Beit e’Shai family:
Aroma Paradise (Sydney)
Rhubarb Organics
Timber + Greens
The Humble Nook
Soul Aquarian Therapy
Immigration Museum Gift Shop (Melbourne)
For more information on how to become a Beit e’Shai stockist email Rasha on: rasha@beiteshai.com
I’ve been busy gearing up for this year’s Christmas season of market stalls, and Im feeling proud that my tea business, Beit e’Shai is almost one! I officially launched it on 16th December 2017. It’s been a roller coaster of a year, and I am deeply grateful for the love and support I’ve received. I couldn’t have done this without you.
As you probably know by now, I launched an online tea house and apothecary late last year, called Beit e’Shai (House of Tea in Arabic, pronounced bayt eh shy). Since its launch, Beit e’Shai hosted different events, tea parties and workshops.
This Spring, on Sunday October 14th 2018, Beit e’Shai will be hosting a workshop exploring Herbs for Gut Health, at Attuned Music Therapy studio in Preston. Spring is associated with rebirth & renewal, making it a good time to cleanse, in this workshop we will be looking at bitter herbs, wild herbs and herbs that improve our digestion and general gut health. We will also discuss the benefits of fermented green tea along with a practical introduction to Komboocha making.
I will be setting up a table with Beit e’Shai products during this workshop for attendees to purchase from the full range of my handmade blends (at an extra cost to the workshop fee, cash and eftpos available).
To book your spot for this workshop visit this link.
Herbs for Gut Health Workshop details are:
When: 2-3:30pm Sunday 14th Oct 2018
Where: Attuned Music Therapy, 5/27 Enfield Ave Preston VIC 3072
Cost: $30 Standard, $25 Concession.
Winter is time to reflect, conserve energy and go deeply inwards.
I will be using this time to catch up on research, writing and medicine making.
Before I take a break from hosting workshops during the colder months, I would like to invite you to a Winter Apothecary workshop of medicine making at my studio.
During the workshop we will make an ointment, syrup and herbal infusion – using simple & safe homemade recipes that help support us during winter, strengthen our immunity & protect us from general ailments.
You will also have an opportunity at the end of the workshop to view/experience selected works from my previous art exhibitions, including audio portraits from “On Food & Memory” and short film screening “Growing Food Project” – with an opportunity to ask questions about my creative practice & the research behind “Spice Trails & Trade Routes”.
Cost: $35 per person
When: 2:30pm – 4:30pm, Saturday 13th May 2017
Where: MESMA Studio, Level 1, 6 Nicholson St Coburg
For bookings visit: https://www.trybooking.com/PNGK
Spaces limited to 20 guests
Since its Mother’s Day the following day, if you book 2 tickets & bring your mama along, you can purchase 2 tickets for $60.
For your Mother’s day discount, enter this promotional discount code: mama-love
(this only applies when purchasing two tickets).
If you have any allergies please be sure to let me know via email, when you book. The ingredients used may contain honey, beeswax, nut & seed based oils.
If you have any questions, please contact me on rasha.tayeh@gmail.com
This installment of my Palestinian Cooking Workshop series is inspired by the Autumnal Equinox* and this lovely time of year when leaves change colour, days start get slightly shorter and a bit cooler. As usual I will draw inspiration from mama & teita (my mother & grandmother), who taught me everything I know about cooking, and passed down a wealth of nurturing recipes!
This two-hour workshop will take you on a sensory journey into Palestinian cuisine and look specifically at foods and herbs that support us during the transitions of autumn, as we move away from the warmer months of summer into the cooler months of winter.
During the workshop we will focus on:
– Traditional herbal infusions & remedies, from selected herbs and spices used in Palestine and the Levant
– Cook a delicious vegan meal & discuss nutritional benefits of seasonal produce**
Participants will go home with:
This workshop is limited to 12 spaces. So, book early.
Cost: $65, to book click here.
When: 2:30pm – 4:30pm, Sunday 26th March 2017
Where: CERES Community Kitchen, cnr Roberts & Stewart St Brunswick East VIC 3057
If you have any questions, please contact me on rasha.tayeh@gmail.com
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*An Equinox is an astronomical event that happens twice a year, once in spring and once in autumn. It’s when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun. During Equinoxes the tilt of the Earth (with respect to the Sun) is 0° and because of it, the duration of the day and the night are almost equal on Equinox day i.e. 12 hours.
Equinoxes occur on 20th or 21st March and 22nd or 23rd September each year and both days have equal length of day and night. While it is autumn time in the Southern hemisphere, March Equinox is called Autumnal Equinox, and in Melbourne this year, it falls on the 20th March. So to celebrate this time of year and connect with the natural cycles, this workshop’s content will reference the Equinox, its energy, transitions and the seasonal foods & medicinal herbs we can use to best support our bodies, minds and spirits.
**Vegan light snack/tasting included – please contact me when you book if you have any allergies.
In this two-hour Palestinian Cooking Workshop we will explore wild herbs, the liver & digestive health.
During the workshop we will:
– Cook a delicious vegan dish* & discuss nutritional benefits of selected wild herbs, or “edible weeds”
– Learn about traditional herbal infusions for detoxification, cleansing & good digestion
Participants will go home with:
– Recipes of the meal shared on the day & notes on how to look after the liver & digestive system
– A deeper understanding & curiosity for delicious foods from Palestine & the use of wild edible herbs
Workshop limited to 12 spaces. So, book early to avoid disappointment!
*Tasting/light snack included – please contact me asap if you have any allergies.
Cost: $65
When: 2:30pm – 4:30pm, Saturday 4th February 2017
Where: CERES Community Kitchen, cnr Roberts & Stewart St Brunswick East VIC 3057
For tickets visit this link.
If you have any questions, please contact me on rasha.tayeh@gmail.com
Inspired by my grandmother’s kitchen, this two-hour workshop will take you on a sensory journey into Palestinian cuisine.
During the workshop we will focus on:
– an introduction to herbal medicine, from selected herbs and spices used in Palestine and the Levant
– cook a delicious 2 course vegetarian lunch & discuss nutritional benefits of seasonal produce
– learn about herbal infusions for good sleep, digestion & immunity
Participants will go home with:
– a jar of their personally crafted herbal infusion
– recipes of the meal shared on the day
– a deeper understanding & curiosity for delicious foods from Palestine
Workshop limited to 12 spaces. So, book early to avoid disappointment!
Vegetarian lunch included – please contact me asap if you have any allergies (vegan options also available on request).
Cost: $65 , to book click here.
When: 10am – 12pm, Saturday 12th November 2016
Where: CERES Community Kitchen, cnr Roberts & Stewart St Brunswick East VIC 3057
If you have any questions, please contact me on rasha.tayeh@gmail.com
Next month I’m running a very special Cooking & Wellness workshop at CERES Community Kitchen.
Inspired by my grandmother’s kitchen and lots of aromatic herbs & spices!
More information coming soon…
For now, save this date: Saturday 12th November 2016.
I’ll be hosting another delicious workshop at the Flower & Garden Market on Sunday 9 October at Barkly Square in Brunswick. You’re invited to balance and renew your energy with medicinal herbs from your home garden or pantry, and learn about the benefits of seasonal produce.
As we enter the warmer months, support your body & mind into healthier rhythm and vitality, away from the sluggishness of winter. The Spring Rhythm workshop will include an introduction to selected medicinal herbs commonly found in a home garden & pantry, along with a herbal infusion tasting. And we will discuss some benefits of selected seasonal produce & have a tasting of a yummy Spring Cleansing juice.
This 45-minute workshop will run twice during the day, at 11am & 12.30pm. Spaces are limited, so arrive early to book your spot in advance.
For more information visit Barkly Square’s website at this link.Also at the market, Ben Taylor CERES horticulturalist will be hosting gardening workshops & the Glasshaus’ pop-up nursery will be open. There will be opportunities to learn about potting and caring for plants with propagation masterclasses, kids gardening, pot painting and terrarium workshops from the colourful creative team at Home-Work. You’re also encouraged to bring your heirloom seeds & seedlings to swap with your neighbours.
Sounds like a pretty great day to me! See you at Barkly Square on Sunday 9th October (located at 90 – 106 Sydney Rd, Brunswick).
Rasha Tayeh 
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