茶之魔手 Tea & Magic Hand

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…

烏弄 Unocha

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…

春水堂 Chun Shui Tang

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…

五十嵐 50 Lan

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…