The Interns

The young artists featured in this post are the faces behind the new aesthetic of SRINA® Tea. The STUDIO NYC provided an internship opportunity for these students to gain studio experience in a collaborative environment. These two batches of interns were responsible for creating the website srina.com, all of its photographs, and the images featured on their social media marketing campaign which you can visit by clicking the social media icons on the bottom of the page. These artists come from a variety of backgrounds reaching far beyond web design, photography, and marketing.

From left to right in the first photograph:

Philip Paolino - New York, United States - Phil.Paolino@gmail.com

Philip Paolino is a graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2015 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Animation and Interactive Media.

Sharon So - Hong Kong - sosharon.wixsite.com/home

Sharon So is now pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Design in the University of Hong Kong and will be graduating in 2018. She is a freelance graphic designer with a focus in logo design and publication design.

Jessica Van Zee - New Jersey, United States - jessicavanzee.com

Jessica is graduating in Spring 2017 from Savannah College of Art and Design with a Bachelors of Fine Art in Animation and a focus in Previsualization. Besides animation and previs, her experience branches into web design, graphic design, and illustration.

Obed Cheung - Hong Kong - www.obedckh.com

Obed Cheung is currently majoring in Architectural Studies in the University of Hong Kong and will be graduating in Fall 2018.

From left to right in the second photograph:

Meghana Naga Sai Venkata Sarvepalli - Florida, United States - msarvepa.myportfolio.com

Meghana is currently majoring in Motion Design from Ringling College of Art and Design.

Cheryl Shi - Singapore - pommyshichenyu@gmail.com

Geng Hao T. - Singapore - www.genghaot.com

Geng Hao is a freelance designer and web developer based in Singapore. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in interactive media from the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Michael Cugno - New York, United States - mikeycugno@gmail.com

Our First Tea Social

Cheers to everyone who came out to join us on July 20th for our first Tea Social in NYC! 

We presented Sri Lankan delights such as Indi Aappa (spaghetti-like strings of rice flour dough steamed to perfection w/ with coconut gravy and coconut sambol-paired with Srina signature full-flavored Young Hyson Green tea).  There were also shrimp firecrackers (crispy Asian shrimp rolls tossed with spicy aioli Aioli sauce, paired with Srina Oolong Tea with organic dried lemon-grass).  Yummy! The pairings accompanied by fabulous views of the city skyline provided for an amazing SRINA experience - a wonderful evening of fragrant organic tea leaves of the highest quality enhanced by a delectable food selection made with passion and care.
We plan to have many more tea and food pairings in the future.

Special thanks to those who sent us wonderful calls and emails with positive feedback about the event! Here are a few we received:

"What an amazing event. It was absolutely delightful.  Thank you so much for including me.   My friend and I had a wonderful time and couldn't stop talking about how much we really enjoyed the Srina tea social.  You were sooooo good.  I love how you talk about your company and tea rituals. Well done indeed."   -A

"I really enjoyed the event. Was very informative. Tea and food pairing was very nice. I loved all the teas. I am drinking it now at work. :) Thank you so much for inviting me! Hope you do more of such events!" -N

Varieteas

The United Kingdom Tea Council estimates there are an estimated 1,500 different varieties of teas. In our Shop, we offer five signature teas: Oolong Tea, Black Tea, and Green Tea which comes in two Ayurveda herbal versions - Karapincha and Bitter Gourd. We are excited to announce the expansion of our product line, which includes Black Tea with Mint, Green Tea with Lemongrass, and Green Tea with Cinnamon! In the future we plan to incorporate even more exotic flavors: banana, black pepper, camomile, cardamom, cloves, cocoa, ginger, hibiscus, lemon, lime, pineapple, tumeric, and 16 other organic Ayurveda Herbs.