Moonleaf partners with Naga-based illustrator LIME for a summer collaboration that turns drinks into art

Moonleaf is opening a new creative collaboration this season with LIME, an illustrator based in Naga City known for detailed, nature-inspired illustrations and intricate pattern work.

The collaboration brings together Moonleaf’s Summer Palette Series and LIME’s artistic perspective, exploring how everyday drink moments can be reimagined through an artist’s lens. It’s a meeting point of flavor and visual storytelling, where simple summer drinks become inspiration for art.

The Summer Palette Series features three fruit tea drinks: Passion Fruit, Strawberry, and Lychee, all made with stevia and chia seeds for a lighter and more refreshing take on summer.

Each flavor becomes a starting point for LIME’s work. Through his signature style, which draws from nature, movement, and intricate patterns, he transforms the drinks into visual compositions that reflect mood, texture, and good vibes.

“Since the drinks have their own fruit and flavor, each of them had its own character,” LIME shares. “From there comes the visual translation. I wanted to make the forms and patterns feel like summer that is why visually, it's vibrant and alive.”His work brings together organic elements and detailed structures, shaping a visual interpretation of the Summer Palette Series that feels fluid and expressive.

Moonleaf has always been part of creative communities, from its Maginhawa Street tambayan days where students, artists, and friends would gather over milk tea, up to today where it continues to naturally exist in everyday routines, conversations, and small creative moments. Which is why collaborations like this feel like a natural next step, where everyday moments are simply seen through a more creative lens.

To extend the experience beyond the artwork, Moonleaf is offering a special in-store promo. Purchase any three drinks from the Summer Palette Series and receive a limited-edition foldable fan featuring LIME’s artwork. The fan serves as both a functional summer item and a collectible piece that brings the collaboration into everyday use.

Try Moonleaf’s Summer Palette Series and experience the collaboration with LIME, where each drink comes to life through color, detail, and perspective. Available for a limited time in stores, along with artist-designed fans you can take home.