Chun Shui Tang

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Chun Shui Tang
Native name
春水堂
Formerly陽羨茶館
IndustryRestaurant
FoundedMay 20, 1983; 38 years ago (1983-05-20)
FounderLiu Han-chieh
Headquarters
Taichung
,
Taiwan
ProductsBubble tea
Websitechunshuitang.com.tw

Chun Shui Tang (Chinese: 春水堂人文茶館; pinyin: Chūnshuǐtáng Rénwéncháguǎn) is an international teahouse chain based in Taichung, Taiwan. The restaurants specializes in serving bubble tea, but also serve other entrees and snacks. Founded in 1983 as Yanghsien Tea Shop, Chun Shui Tang is one of two Taiwanese restaurant chains that claim to have invented bubble milk tea, the other being Hanlin Tea Room.[1]

Aside from restaurants, Chun Shui Tang also owns TP Tea, another chain of take-out stores that only sell bubble tea.

History[]

Chun Shui Tang was founded as Yangmu Tea Shop (陽羨茶館) on May 20, 1983 by Han-chieh Liu (劉漢介) on Siwei Street in Taichung. Fascinated by formalities of Chinese tea culture, Liu was very insistent on his decor and placed old paintings and burnt incense in his shop. In the summer months, hot tea doesn't sell as well, so Liu began experimenting with cold tea drinks using a cocktail shaker, which sold unexpectedly well.[2] He was inspired to serve cold tea by a trip to Japan on which he saw coffee being served cold.[3] The chain claims to have invented bubble milk tea in March 1987[4] when Hsiuhwei Lin (林秀慧) poured tapioca into a tea drink on a whim.[5]

In 2013, Chun Shui Tang established their first store outside Taiwan in Daikanyama, an upscale shopping district in Tokyo, Japan. Since then, more stores have opened in Japan, causing a boom in bubble tea's popularity in Japan.[6][7] In 2018, Chun Shui Tang opened another store in Hong Kong's West Kowloon railway station.[8][9] Till late 2020, Chun Shui Tang has already opened 8 branches in Hong Kong, including Causeway Bay and Mong Kok. [10]

Menu[]

A cup of bubble tea in Chun Shui Tang.

Chun Shui Tang specializes in bubble tea, but they also serve a wide variety of Taiwanese food, including gaifan dishes, beef noodle soup, lu wei, dougan, pig's blood cake, mochi, and more.[2][9] It takes six months for a bar worker to learn to make the 80 or so drinks on the menu.[3] Chun Shui Tang offers different seasonal products by time to time, e.g. Uji Matcha series, Herbal Jelly series etc. [11]

TP Tea[]

TP Tea (short for Taiwan Professional Tea, Chinese: 茶湯會; pinyin: Chátānghuì), formerly known as Tea Pa Tea, is a subsidiary of Chun Shui Tang. Similar to most bubble tea shops in Taiwan, TP Tea only sells bubble tea, though snacks are sold occasionally for a limited time.

The chain was founded in 2005, and has since spread to China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and the United States.[12]

The first TP Tea shop in Hong Kong was opened in 2016, which is located in Tin Hau.[13] Until 2020, TP Tea has already opened 6 stores in Hong Kong. However, the first store located in Tin Hau was already closed.

TP Tea has also launched different series to cater the taste of Hong Kong people, e.g. Oats series, Summer Favourites, Aiwen Mango etc.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "誰是珍奶始祖？春水堂、翰林茶館爭10年答案揭曉" (in Chinese). Eastern Broadcasting Company. 鏡週刊. July 31, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b 謝明玲 (June 21, 2017). 台味之光I／春水堂　一杯正宗珍奶　打敗日本星巴克 (in Chinese) (625 ed.). CommonWealth Magazine. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Chang, Derrick. "Bubble tea: How did it start?". www.cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  4. ^ Johnson, Tim. "Bubble Tea Got Me Through College, So I Went to Where It All Started". www.thedailybeast.com. The Daily Beast. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  5. ^ 彭杏珠 (November 6, 2018). "一杯珍奶 搖出台灣新經濟奇蹟" (in Chinese). United Daily News. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "台湾発カフェチェーン「春水堂」、代官山に国内1号店" (in Japanese). シブヤ経済新聞. July 25, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  7. ^ 易起宇 (October 21, 2019). "日本珍奶熱絲毫不見退燒跡象 連黑道都參一咖" (in Chinese). World Journal. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  8. ^ "春水堂於觀塘APM開人文茶館 2,800呎堂食店 台式牛肉麵＋珍珠奶茶｜區區搵食" (in Chinese). Weekend Weekly. August 7, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  9. ^ a b 鄧穎琪 (March 1, 2019). "【觀塘珍珠奶茶】春水堂2千呎堂食店開幕　珍珠熔岩蛋糕香港限定" (in Chinese). HK01. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "香港餐廳搜尋: 春水堂 | OpenRice 香港開飯喇". www.openrice.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  11. ^ "春水堂 Chun Shui Tang HK". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  12. ^ 李麗滿 (July 17, 2018). "春水堂旗下茶湯會放眼國際 三年內IPO" (in Chinese). China Times. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  13. ^ Read, 4 Years Ago·1 Min (2016-04-04). "【「茶湯會」香港店開張啦！】". 香港人遊香港. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  14. ^ "茶湯會 香港 TPTEA HK". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
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