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	\| Name = 喜茶		\| Name = 喜茶
	\| English Name = Heytea		\| English Name = Heytea

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	\| English Name = Heytea		\| English Name = Heytea
	\| Foundation = 2012		\| Foundation = 2012
	\| Founder =		\| Founder = Nie Yunchen
	\| Location = China (origin associated with Guangdong); wider markets		\| Location = China (origin associated with Guangdong); wider markets
	\| Products = Made-to-order tea, fruit tea, cheese-foam tea styles		\| Products = Made-to-order tea, fruit tea, cheese-foam tea styles
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	'''Heytea''' (Simplified Chinese: 喜茶; Pinyin: ''Xǐchá'') is a Chinese new-tea (新茶饮) brand widely described as an early '''category shaper''' for made-to-order fruit tea and cheese-foam styles in mainland urban cafés. This ~~stub~~ covers company and product-category culture—not menus or store locators.		'''Heytea''' (Simplified Chinese: 喜茶; Pinyin: ''Xǐchá'') is a Chinese new-tea (新茶饮) brand widely described as an early '''category shaper''' for made-to-order fruit tea and cheese-foam styles in mainland urban cafés. This entry covers company and product-category culture—not menus or store locators.

	== ~~Category role~~ ==		== History and expansion ==
	Heytea ~~is commonly discussed together~~ with ~~[[Bubble Tea]] shop culture~~ and ~~other modern~~ tea ~~chains listed on [[Chinese Drink]]. It emphasizes tea bases and creative toppings rather than traditional leaf~~-~~service only (see [[Tea]] for leaf types)~~.		The business began in 2012 in Jiangmen, Guangdong, under the name Royal Tea (皇茶), founded by Nie Yunchen (often styled Neo Nie). After a trademark dispute and copycat pressure, the brand rebranded as Heytea in 2016 and built headquarters associations with Shenzhen. Expansion into Guangzhou and Shenzhen around 2015, followed by a high-visibility Shanghai entry in 2017, helped turn cheese-foam fruit tea queues into a national social-media pattern.

	== ~~Encyclopedia note~~ ==		Unlike several peers that listed in Hong Kong or New York in the mid-2020s, Heytea has remained privately held in public coverage, funded by earlier private rounds (including IDG-related investment reported around 2016). The chain later opened overseas teahouses in multiple countries while adjusting domestic growth pace amid industry price competition. Exact store counts fluctuate and should be taken from current company or reliable press figures.
	Partnership ~~and seasonal designs~~ change often~~. Phenomenon~~-level collaborations should be dated on [[Drink IP Collab Timeline]].
			== Products and brand style ==
			Heytea’s encyclopedia reputation rests on fresh fruit teas and cheese-foam (奶盖) toppings built on tea bases, a formula that helped define “new tea” as distinct from powdered milk-tea stalls. Sub-formats and lab-style concept stores have appeared in brand history, but the core cultural image remains creative tea drinks rather than traditional leaf-service only (see [[Tea]]). The retail format sits firmly inside [[Bubble Tea]] shop culture even when pearls are optional.

			== Culture and collaborations ==
			Heytea is commonly discussed together with other modern tea chains on [[Chinese Drink]] as a reference point for design-led cafés, limited cups, and fandom collabs. Partnership calendars change often; phenomenon-level collaborations should be dated on [[Drink IP Collab Timeline]]. Comparative articles often set Heytea beside [[Nayuki]] (bakery-café premium) and [[Chagee]] (original-leaf narrative) when sketching the upper and mid-upper new-tea field.

			As a still-private category reference brand, Heytea’s significance on this wiki is less about listing milestones and more about how cheese-foam fruit tea queues reshaped expectations for design, pricing tiers, and social-media launch theater across the mainland new-tea field after the mid-2010s.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Nayuki]]		* [[Nayuki]]
	* [[Chagee]]		* [[Chagee]]
			* [[Cha Yan Yue Se]]
	* [[Drink IP Collab Timeline]]		* [[Drink IP Collab Timeline]]

			== References ==
			* South China Morning Post and other long-form profiles of founder Nie Yunchen and the Royal Tea → Heytea rebrand (2012–2016).
			* Contemporary industry reporting on Guangdong origins, Shenzhen base, and cheese-foam category role.
			* Trade press on overseas openings and private-company status (verify current ownership separately).

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	== Encyclopedia note ==		== Encyclopedia note ==
	Partnership and seasonal designs change often. Phenomenon-level collaborations should be dated on [[Drink IP Collab Timeline]] ~~when that archive exists~~.		Partnership and seasonal designs change often. Phenomenon-level collaborations should be dated on [[Drink IP Collab Timeline]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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{{Infobox company
| Name = 喜茶
| English Name = Heytea
| Foundation = 2012
| Founder =
| Location = China (origin associated with Guangdong); wider markets
| Products = Made-to-order tea, fruit tea, cheese-foam tea styles
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'''Heytea''' (Simplified Chinese: 喜茶; Pinyin: ''Xǐchá'') is a Chinese new-tea (新茶饮) brand widely described as an early '''category shaper''' for made-to-order fruit tea and cheese-foam styles in mainland urban cafés. This stub covers company and product-category culture—not menus or store locators.

== Category role ==
Heytea is commonly discussed together with [[Bubble Tea]] shop culture and other modern tea chains listed on [[Chinese Drink]]. It emphasizes tea bases and creative toppings rather than traditional leaf-service only (see [[Tea]] for leaf types).

== Encyclopedia note ==
Partnership and seasonal designs change often. Phenomenon-level collaborations should be dated on [[Drink IP Collab Timeline]] when that archive exists.

== See also ==
* [[Chinese Drink]]
* [[Bubble Tea]]
* [[Nayuki]]
* [[Chagee]]
* [[Drink IP Collab Timeline]]