Blogs
Six of China's biggest tea brands run six completely different playbooks — ultra-budget volume, premium whole-leaf lattes, cheese-tea innovation, fruit-and-bakery, fresh-fruit value, and cultural Chinese-style milk tea. This is a build guide for AU shop owners: what each brand actually does on the menu, and which wholesale ingredients let you put a credible version on your own board.
China's bubble tea market moved fast in early 2026 — guava is the breakout fruit, gelato pilots from HeyTea and CHAGEE are testing dessert-cross-sells, and plant-based drinks finally have a flagship product. A B2B intelligence brief for AU shop owners on what's worth tracking and what to skip.