Gong Cha
Gong Cha is a global tea brand that operates and franchises shops serving Taiwanese-style bubble tea and other tea-based beverages, including milk tea, fruit tea, and smoothies. The company runs more than 2,000 stores across numerous geographies worldwide.www.gong-cha.com
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Oct 4, 2026
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Let's unpack how this actually functions on the ground.
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We have data on Gong Cha, the massive global boba franchise.
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They are executing a five hundred store expansion push enabled entirely by what they're calling Gong Cha 2.0.
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Which relies heavily on automated prep.
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Right.
Derek VasconiGUEST
I'd probably get s- a bunch of those.
Derek VasconiGUEST
Uh, here in Japan, there's this tea place I like called Gong Cha.
Derek VasconiGUEST
It's actually Taiwanese, but uh, I'd, I'd have a, a Gong Cha milk tea.
Derek VasconiGUEST
Um, and then I think I would, I would definitely eat maybe a box of Twinkies.
Derek VasconiGUEST
[laughs]
CabiGUEST
Like, I've been living, like, a different lifestyle for the past few years.
CabiGUEST
Going back to that, it brought me back to when before I was a s- I was on social media, when I was just, like, another broke college student working in, like, Gong Cha.
CabiGUEST
You know?
Maggy WangHOST
Did you work in Gong Cha?
CabiGUEST
Yeah, I worked in a few boba tea shops.
Maggy WangHOST
I love Gong Cha.
CabiGUEST
Same.
Maggy WangHOST
Wait, stop, for real.