萬波 Wanpo Tea Shop

Established: 2019 Parent company: 安谷國際股份有限公司 CEO: 張庭偉 Zhang Ting-wei Website: https://wanpotea.com/ Background Wanpo took the military dependent villages cultural concept as the brand’s starting point to share stories of the life in village. They listed nearly 800 military dependent villages in Taiwan into tea cans and placed them in the store. Wanpo uses Taiwanese tea…

歇腳亭ShareTea

Established: 1992 Parent company: 聯發國際餐飲事業股份有限公司 CEO: Zheng Kai-long 鄭凱隆 Website:https://www.1992sharetea.com.tw/ Background Lianfa International Catering Co., Ltd. was founded by Mr. Zheng Kailong in 1992, offering take-out bubble black tea, pearl milk tea and other drinks.¹ Established on Nanyang Street, ShareTea is a memory of many Taipei students during their years of studying. Although there are only…

Snowball’s DrinkOrNot campaign featured in SanLi News 三立新聞

We’re including an excerpt from the video here.  Please visit 台灣是我家啦! 從宣揚民主到野鳥保育 這些老外超愛台! 美籍新創企業家推出”民主自由飲料榜”動物專家曾幫台灣爭取國際地位! for the full original video.   Colin, who is a fan of drink shops, ranked drink shops not based on whether the drinks are good or not, but based on the brand’s support for freedom and democracy. Including the number of branches…

Snowball 的 DrinkOrNot 活動在TVBS上出現

We’re including an excerpt from the article here.  Please visit 台灣手搖飲「人權自由價值」分數曝光 6家遭評絕對不買  for the full original article.   A community group called “Snowball” has ranked at least 20 famous drink shops in Taiwan, based on what those shops stand for: pro-China, or, neutral,or anti-communist. Their behaviors, food safety, employee benefits and other systematic indicators, also “human…

麻古茶坊Macu

Established:2008 Parent company: 麻古茶坊股份有限公司 CEO: Jian Xiu-juan 簡秀娟 Website:http://www.maculife.com.tw/ Background 2008, Macu was founded by Jian Xiujuan in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. There are more than 100 branches across Taiwan currently. With fresh fruit teas as their signature drinks, Macu is committed to promoting local agricultural products in Taiwan. ¹ According to a “NOWnews” poll, in the…

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…