What is a demo anyway?

So as part of the Runa team we are super into demoing our product in the stores were already in - because sometimes people have to really have Runa in their face to open their eyes up to its awesomeness!!!!

I personally do demos all over north of Boston. Rali, Emilie, Mary and Linh are more in the city as well as events around the city and outside of it.

So be sure to check us out come by and talk to us when we're there! Don't know where we are? Check out runa.org/storelocater to find where Runa is near you - and maybe we'll be there! If not - just ask!!!

What does your family look like?

When I started at orientation for Runa in New York all the interns and some of the Brooklyn team did an early morning guayusa tea ceremony.  It was beautiful.  We sat around in the bright sunlight of 6 am in New York city and sat in silence.  Tyler (co-founder) said our theme was family, so if a story compelled someone to speak about their family please do so.  Everyone shared beautiful stories about their family, about their tea and family and it showed a little bit of the journeys of how we all got to be part of the Runa family.

I spoke about how wherever I was, whatever was going on if I called my mom she would always calm me down or comfort me by saying, "It's okay just make yourself a cup of tea and start that paper" or "Don't worry about it go sit with your girlfriends and make yourself a cup of tea."

Tea can bring families together and create new ones.

Check out how Runa tea has brought this Boston family together. We're from all over the world: Boston, north of Boston, west of Boston, Vietnam, South Africa, New York City, Chicago with roots and interests all over the world with many different journeys in life.  But Runa made us a Boston family:

From left: Dave, Mary, Emilie, Brianna, Rali and Linh. (missing: Sol)

Want to know more about our family? Just ask!

What does your family look like? Share with us a brilliant tea story about your family - doesn't have to be a traditional family! How has Runa brought you closer to people?

How do you cold brew bro?

So Runa is great because we have the Ready-To-Drink bottles of our energized great Runa in six flavors, but sometimes a lot of people ask me about the amount of caffeine or sugar in the bottles (if the lime and guava unsweetened aren't around them).  So if caffeine is an issue for people - which for a lot of people it is I always bring up our original wonderful hot "tea" bag Runa.  These flavors include traditional guayusa (almost matches a green tea flavor - but it's just the flavor of the tree leaf GUAYUSA why-oosa itself - remember no tannin! super smooth), cinnamon lemongrass, mint guayusa and ginger-citrus guayusa.
These all vary in caffeine each box with traditional as the highest around 34 mg and cinnamon as the lowest caffeine around 19 mg.
I know a lot of people like to make their own iced tea in the summer because you can control sugar, caffeine, taste and make a giant batch.  I suggest doing this with Runa because yes you can hot brew it and stick it in the fridge or you can COLD BREW it! Whooo! And because the GUAYUSA tree leaf doesn't have any tannis, the longer you steep the tea the sweeter it actually gets - naturally! I am actually cold brewing ginger-citrus as we speak.
I would love to hear people thoughts and ideas about cold brewing.  I read online about leaving depending on the type of tea, the bags or loose leaf in the fridge for about ten hours, but I've been doing two tea bags in a cold glass of water for about 15 minutes and it seems to be working okay.  But I have never cold brewed before!


Let me know what you think! Send us in some posts about how you cold brewed your Runa! PICTURES HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!

Thanks!

Runa is everywhere you are...

Happy Monday!

I'm going to start updating all the NE Runa team's whereabouts every week so if you have heard about Runa or just want some free stuff then you can come and check us out!


So I will be merchandizing to various Whole Foods in the North Shore area if you want to come say hi! I believe I will be in Woburn, Medford and Newburyport to do some vendor check ins and then around other areas to do some guerilla marketing!

Tuesday I will be at the Bedford Whole Foods Market! Come try some Runa! Wednesday I will be in Swampscott demoing Runa to some lovely people there and then Thursday the whole team will be back to guerilla marketing! So be sure to keep your eyes out for RUNA!!!   Friday I am back to demoing in Andover! Saturday its demo days for all of us around Boston so check me out in Groton, MA and the rest of the team around Boston.

Keep your eyes open for RUNA yay!

The benefits of tea...not just healthwise



“When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment?”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog




“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.”
― Lin Yutang, The Importance Of Living





“Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.”
― Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret

Live Fully Alive Together

Be Runa together...

Let us live fully alive in all of our traditions...

How has drinking Runa changed your life? 

We are all Runa, and live Runa

 “As far as her mom was concerned, tea fixed everything. Have a cold? Have some tea. Broken bones? There's a tea for that too. Somewhere in her mother's pantry, Laurel suspected, was a box of tea that said, 'In case of Armageddon, steep three to five minutes'.” 
― Aprilynne Pike, Illusions

 that's what little girls are made of, 
Sunshine and rainbows, and ribbons for hair bows, that's what little girls are made of, 
Tea parties, laces, and baby doll faces

by: Unknown

Intro

Hello blogosphere!

My name is Brianna Aloisio. I am lucky enough to be an intern this summer for Runa beverage company for the New England headquarters. Runa is a beverage brewed just like a tea from a treeleaf called guayusa. Guayusa is a treeleaf found in the Ecuadorian amazon. Guayusa has twice the amount of antioxidants as a normal green tea but naturally the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee. So it's a superleaf!
Runa is such a cool company to work for. The co-founders are these two young Brown grads that started Runa as a mock business plan in one of their classes. Runa is based out of Brooklyn, NY now but we are in 4000 stores across the country.
Runa also has a super cool foundation in Ecuador where the mission statement of creating livelihoods really comes into action. The indigenous Quecha people of the amazon are who introduced the amazing culture of guayusa to Tyler and Dan (co-founders). Runa in Quecha means fully alive.  Check us out! www.runa.org


So this summer part of my job is to bring awareness of Runa to the Boston/New England area. We are all over New England so be sure to follow us and check us out at various events and demos at most natural food stores. Runa is always open to suggestions of where we should be so shoot me an email if you have any feedback! Brianna.aloisio.runa@gmail.com
I will be posting some really exciting things here this summer from the work of all the fantastic people on the New England team so be sure to stay updated on some interesting and thrilling opportunities!


¡Hasta pronto!
Brianna