Chatime
Native name | 日出茶太 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Beverages Franchising |
| Genre | Bubble tea |
| Founded | 2005 in Zhubei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan; opened 2006 |
| Headquarters | Zhubei, Hsinchu County , Taiwan |
Number of locations | 2400 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Henry Wang (Chairperson, Founder) Kion Zhouling (Vice-president, Co-Founder) |
| Products | |
| Services | Tea |
| Revenue | US$20 million (2011) |
| $999,999,999 | |
| $493,116,012 | |
Number of employees | 2500 |
| Website | chatime |
Chatime (Chinese: 日出茶太; pinyin: Rìchūchátài; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ji̍t-chhut Tê-thài) is a Taiwanese global franchise teahouse chain based in Zhubei. Chatime is the largest teahouse franchise in the world. Its expansion and growth model is through franchising. It operates 2500+ outlets in 38 countries. In 2006, it opened its first store outside of Taiwan in California, United States and it has since expanded to China, Malaysia, Canada, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Maldives, India, Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Mongolia, Lebanon, Mauritius and South Korea, Switzerland among others now.
Its parent company, La Kaffa International Co Ltd, debuted on the Emerging Stock Market (Chinese: 興櫃市場; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hèng-kūi Chhī-tiûⁿ) in December 2012 at NT$168 per share. It is the only publicly listed bubble tea company in Taiwan.