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…
Established: 2005 Parent company: 鮮茶道股份有限公司 CEO: Chen Mei-yan 陳美燕 Website: http://www.presotea.com.tw/ Background Presotea comes from a famous fifth-generation tea factory. Not only are they the only drink shop chain with their own tea factory, they’re also the biggest tea leaf contractors in Taiwan, allowing them to consistently provide high quality tea leaves to customers.¹ 2015 Violation…
Established: 1991 Parent company: 春水堂實業股份有限公司 CEO: Liu Han-jie劉漢介 Website: http://chunshuitang.com.tw/ Background Chun Shui Tang is a chain tea shop from Taichung, Taiwan. Their main product is bubble milk tea and other different types of drinks, with a special focus on advocating for semi-fermented tea leaves, double cup drinking, and the three-stage tea tasting method. Chun…
Established: 2001 Parent company: 大苑子開發股份有限公司 CEO: Chiu Rui-tang 邱瑞堂 Website: https://www.dayungs.com/ Background Da Yung’s CEO Chiu Rui-tang has wanted to start a business since he was in college, and his first attempt was a candied fruits stall at a market in his hometown. Though that business wasn’t as successful as he wanted it to be,…
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: 2015 Parent company: N/A CEO: 劉志遠 Website: https://www.q-yuan.com.tw/ Background Qing Yuan Taro Balls was founded in Yunlin on the back of one…
Established: 2007 Parent company: 亞享實業有限公司, 迷客夏國際股份有限公司 CEO: 林建燁 Website: https://www.milkshoptea.com/ Background “For you, we’ve raised a herd of cows.” This is Milkshop’s brand motto. A lot of customers think that they raise cows because of their milk tea business, but the opposite is true – Milkshop started off with cows, and then expanded into the…
Established: 1987 Parent company: 川億通事業有限公司, 清心福全股份有限公司 CEO: Zhao Fu-chuan 趙福全 Website: https://www.chingshin.tw/ Background Ching-Hsing Fu-Chuan is a drink shop chain that originated in Tainan, Taiwan. Currently, there are branches in all Taiwanese cities with the exception of Penghu, Matsu, Lanyu and other outer islands.¹ 2016 Violation of the Labour Standards Act Date of announcement: 2016.…
Established: 1994 Parent company: 五十嵐企業股份有限公司 CEO: 馬紹維 Website: http://www.xn--50-wg2du59ik3f.tw/ Background 50 Lan is a popular Taiwanese drink shop chain founded in 1994 by Ma Shao-wei. Currently the chain has been divided into separate franchise headquarters in Taipei, Central Taiwan, Kaohsiung and Tainan. There are about 600 chain stores in Taiwan.¹ 50 Lan adopts a regional…
Established: 2008 Parent Company: YONG-CHUN-CHENG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. CEO: Hsu Wan-ru (許宛汝) Website: http://kebuke.com Background Kebuke was founded in early summer of 2008 at Taichiung’s Xiang-shang market. It took 8 years and almost 3000 days of dedication to doing the right thing. We believe that everything, when distilled to its purest essence, will reveal a beautiful…
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