Recently I have heard that some stores can't stand up and fall down, but I didn't expect to receive the news of the bankruptcy and liquidation of Tea Station, an old California tea shop.
The manager of the Alhambra store in Los Angeles sent a post full of reluctance.
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Taiwanese friends on Facebook are sharing
The Chinese name of Tea Station is called California Tea Stack. You may not have drunk in California, but you might still be a little impressed by this logo:
Nowadays, milk tea shops are everywhere, and there are so many choices today, many people do not know the existence of Tea Station. If I really want to order a cup of milk tea, the top ten stores in my mind probably don't have it.
The facade is ordinary, the menu is outdated, and Tea Station can't catch up with the well-known online red shop.
The plastic menu will be reflective, not Instagram friendly at all
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But it is indeed the first milk tea that many overseas students and Chinese immigrants drink in the United States.
Ten years ago, I just went to Los Angeles to study. I didn’t have a car. It took 20 minutes to walk to the nearest supermarket. Under the sun, milk juice was only carried home.
On the third weekend, the abc roommate drove me to Dahua to buy food, and went out to the Tea Station next door to bring a milk tea, salted and crispy chicken. hangout place.
It is not delicious by the current standard, but the combination of milk tea and pearls is familiar and friendly enough to make you happy.
After all, before that, I lived on Burger King and Panda Fast Food every day, and I almost forgot the taste of pearl milk tea.
These seemingly perpetual and permanent establishments in the peaceful ages, because of the epidemic situation, had no choice but to choose the path of bankruptcy and liquidation.
The Tea Station next to San Gabriel Plaza in Los Angeles is the first store. In the 1995 years since 25,Tea Station spans 14 stores in Nevada, California, and it is arguably one of the largest milk tea snack chain brands in the West.
Introducing Tea Station has to mention its parent company-Ten Ren TeaThe latter is the largest tea company in Taiwan, and it is the only company that makes tea on the market. The business spreads all over the world. In the 80s, it began to expand its business in North America. Up to now, there are 65 branches in the United States and Canada.
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Ten Ren TeaMainly selling tea, itsTea Station California Tea StackIt provides a place to experience tea drinking. Because of its relationship with Tianren, Tea Station tea has reliable quality, such as Jin Xuan, Baihao Oolong, and Tieguanyin. Fujianese friends who know tea say that they don’t order milk tea at Tea Station. They usually order pure tea.
Of course, most young people don’t understand, and they don’t have time to go to the store to make tea slowly.
What we like most is its excellent location, free WiFi, spacious location, open the door until midnight, and snacks are also remarkable. PlusThe price and environment of the people, the rich variety, and the Tea Station can be described as ABC mainland Hong Kong and Taiwanese people eat all the way.
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The young and poor student party and entrepreneurs who are eager to communicate, go to Tea Station to find a table to chat, play board games, and write homework. No one rushes you, how long you want to stay.
I don’t think I’m in Los Angeles. I just found out that it’s not easy to find a tea and snack bar where you can stay from early to late.
If the rent is changed to New York or the Bay Area, the store can’t afford the sameThe generous area, more milk tea shops left after ordering, without delaying a minute.
Tea station pioneered"Southern California Style Milk Tea Shop"model:All social scenes are gathered in one,Milk tea smoothie is a social currency, and salt crispy chicken is a companion for staying up late.
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Ten years ago, the best milk tea in Los Angeles was calledBanpentang, no dirty tea, no cheese milk cover, only Kangkang Xiaomei, Daoxiang, Jiadun;It’s the world of Taiwanese snacks, Hong Kong tea restaurants, and the “Four Unlike Restaurants”The chef’s resume can only be traced from one of the signature dishes in the complicated menu.
Now we are happy, the meat fragrant Beckham coconut jelly, hot pot skewers hot and spicy.
In the era of the net red shop, the pearl milk tea was replaced with cheese mildew, and the salt-crispy chicken was replaced with blasted cheese muffins.
In fact, the things young people love to go to and love to do have not changed a lot.
Perhaps under the impact of new tea shops and various cuisines in the mainland, restaurant replacement is inevitable, and consumers are also happy to see it.
But because of the epidemic, all changes were too unexpected.
"This is the first part-time job I found in the United States."
"Even if I still talk to people about Appointment, I still choose it."
"There were a lot of meetings there when I started my business, and I could sit at the door and talk at about 12 midnight."
"Tea Station is where I first went to the United States to get off the plane. My husband, who was just a girlfriend's cousin, was very proud to tell me that the United States also has milk tea and salt crisp chicken 😂"
"My 19-24 year olds have left memories in many Tea Stations. At that time, there were not so many bells and whistles in tea shops. Tea Station is a real milk tea made of tea, and there are simple meals, but every time I go I have to wait for a seat. Now I buy milk tea. I bought a cup of tea and hurried away. At that time, the milk tea shop was used to gossip, play cards, parties and take pictures. It was an hour and I was reluctant to leave. It was an important social place at that time. There was no money at that time. Some of it was time. Everyone was reluctant to go home in the dry night of LA. When I saw my friends in SD, I still found tea at the local Tea Station and moved to Vegas. The tea station opened later. , You can also sit outside to smoke and cool."
It is really carrying too many memories.
Thank you for having your company when we have nothing.
During the epidemic, remember to eat well
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Reference materials and pictures: World Daily, Yelp, Facebook, Tea Station official website
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