Snowball's Rating of Yifang is 4: Avoid

一芳水果茶 YiFang Taiwan Fruit Tea

Established: 2016 Parent company: 墨力國際股份有限公司 CEO: Ke Zi-kai 柯梓凱 Website:https://yifangtea.com.tw/zh/ Background “Yifang’s team is a group of idealistic millennials who put 200% spirit and effort into building and maintaining Yifang. With a passion for promoting a return to tradition and the retro, they are committed to researching and developing teas that exemplify Taiwan’s tea culture and…

COCO 都可

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…

COMEBUY

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…

天仁茗茶 Ten Ren Tea

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…

大苑子 Da Yung’s

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,…

迷客夏 Milkshop

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…