Established: 1997 Parent company: 億可國際飲食股份有限公司 CEO: Hong Zhao-shui 洪肇水 Website: https://www.coco-tea.com/ Background CoCo is a massively popular drink shop chain that was founded in Tamsui, Taiwan in 1997. They currently have around 4500 shops all over the world, including across Asia, the Pacific, and North America.¹ CoCo’s unique training methods, franchising policy and system, product…
Established: 2016 Parent company: 合食顧問股份有限公司 CEO: Wang Bo-sheng 王柏升 Website: https://www.dontyellatme.com/ Background Jeff Huang, founder of Don’t Yell At Me, has always been nostalgic for the strong neighbourly bonds and humanity of his childhood local drink shop, and longed to build a similar role for himself to give back to the community. Despite meeting strong…
Established: 1998 Parent company: 喫茶小舖股份有限公司 / 方圓國際事業股份有限公司 CEO: Wang Kuo-liang 王國良 Website: https://www.teashop168.com.tw/ Background “Established in 1998, Teashop 168 was founded because we love to drink tea, and we want to share the best tea with the world. We’ve expanded from our first store, to the third, the fifth, and now we have almost 200…
Established: 1986 Parent company: 翰林國際企業股份有限公司 CEO: Tu Chong-hsing 凃宗興 Website: http://www.hanlin-tea.com.tw/ Background Established in 1986, Hanlin Tea Room insists on providing only the best quality tea. From starting tea houses to speciality restaurants, Hanlin has always been on the forefront of the rising popularity of Taiwanese tea culture.¹ Hanlin Enterprises is currently still expanding, and…
Established: 1993 Parent company: 意精研有限公司 CEO: Wang Hsien-ming 王賢明 Website: https://www.teamagichand.com.tw/ Background Established in Tainan in 1993, Tea & Magic Hand’s CEO Wang Hsien-ming is a local of Fuchen. He loves drinking tea, and is even more passionate about drinking good tea, which is how he was inspired to enter the tea leaf business. Tea…
This index relies on publicly available information and as such, some shops have less available information on them than others, which will be reflected by an asterisk next to the numerical score. Established: 1980 Parent company:老賴國際有限公司 CEO: Lai Chen-bin 賴振斌 Website: http://www.liketeashop.com/ Background Like Tea Shop was founded in 1972 in Taichung by Lai Chen-mo,…
Established: 2002 Parent company: 長沂國際實業股份有限公司 CEO: Chen Kun-chi 陳昆池 Website: http://www.comebuy2002.com.tw/home.php Background COMEBUY was established in Taipei in 2002 and since then has connected with the world and established over 300 shops globally. Their goal is to bring happiness and security with creative drinks. COMEBUY strives to always be innovative, passionate, and willing to challenge…
Established: 1953 Parent company: 天仁茶業股份有限公司 CEO: Lee Kuo-Lin 李國麟 Website: https://www.tenren.com.tw/ Background In 1961, Lee Rui-he founded the first “Ten Ren’s Tea” in Tainan. In the forty years since then, as Taiwan’s economy has grown and taken off, so too has Ten Ren’s business; not only have they expanded into overseas markets, they have also expanded…
Established: 2010 Parent company: 容誠駟有限公司 CEO: Kao Yong-chen 高永誠 Website: https://www.truedan.com.tw/ Background Established in Shilin in 2010, Truedan’s Chinese name is a play on the martial arts film star Donnie Yen’s name. Their main product is brown sugar milk tea drinks.¹ Franchising in China? Although the map of shop locations on Truedan’s official website includes…
This index relies on publicly available information and as such, some shops have less available information on them than others, which will be reflected by an asterisk next to the numerical score. Established: 2011 Parent company: 烏弄原生茶飲有限公司 CEO: Chen Yu-chi 陳昱棋 Website: http://www.unocha.com.tw/ Background October 10th, 2011 is Taiwan’s birthday, and it is also Unocha’s…
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