It goes by many names. Milk tea, bubble tea, boba tea—however again within the early aughts, it was solely referred to as “pearl shake.”
This ubiquitous drink that everybody appears to like is available in diverse flavors with limitless sinkers and toppings to select from. Mark Salazar, on “24 Oras” Thursday, visited three milk tea retailers in Romblon, Bacolod Metropolis, and Quezon Metropolis to take a look at the shops’ state of enterprise—and the purchasers’ state of palate.
One milk tea store on the Lacson Tourism Strip in Bacolod Metropolis sells round 200 to 300 cups of milk tea per day. A favourite by clients is its strawberry ice blended combine, which you’ll prime with a variety of sinkers, from taro, crimson beans and pudding to lychee, grass jelly,—and even mojito!
Mark Carreon, a supply rider, would spend hours a day delivering milk tea to clients, particularly today because of the sweltering warmth.
In Looc, Romblon, a sure milk tea store and restaurant’s best-selling thirst-quencher is the avocado graham milk tea.
Patty Sari, the proprietor of the institution, stated she began small when she started in 2017, till such time that they lastly received to open a restaurant. She did not suppose that milk tea would click on of their space.
“Nag-start po ako right here 2017, small lang siya talaga eh as in nagstart lang ako sa labas ng bahay namin. Nilagyan namin ng milk tea ‘tong restaurant na ‘to tapos kami lang ang could kauna-unahang milk tea dito sa Sta. Fe nun,” she stated.
[“I started in 2017, it was just small. I started outside our house. We added milk tea here in our restaurant and we were the first establishment here in Sta. Fe to have milk tea then.”]
Milk tea retailers within the metro additionally run aplenty and by no means appear to expire of consumers.
Salazar visited milk tea retailer Cobo Tea in Quezon Metropolis, which had 14 shops at its peak in 2014, stated assistant supervisor Melia Peras. The shops, nonetheless, closed down because the areas within the space had been purchased by different corporations. Cobo Tea was in a position to ultimately convey again its quantity to 10 shops, however these all shuttered once more when the pandemic hit.
The enterprise weathered the storm after discovering a powerful market on-line, with most of its milk tea retailers now digital.
“Fifty % po sa gross sales ang naidagdag [ng] digital namin,” she stated, including that there are occasions that certainly one of its shops would get about 300 or 400 orders of milk tea.”
[“Our virtual stores increased our sales by 50 percent.”]
For individuals who wish to get into the milk tea biz, fret not. There are suppliers round to get began on this enterprise, who’ll give you your corporation starter package and coaching.
A high-end milk tea enterprise, for instance, would require an even bigger funding, to the tune of about P250,000.
In response to Jack Sandig, from the analysis and improvement unit of restaurant provide retailer Possmei in Quezon Metropolis, the bundle consists of heavy obligation tools like tea jugs and containers, in addition to substances which are already good for 2 weeks to 1 month.
One might also begin a small milk tea enterprise with a capital of P50,000.
—Cody Cepeda/MGP, GMA Built-in Information
