As the birthplace of pearl milk tea beverages, Taiwan is set to revolutionize the tea brewing industry by capturing the attention of fashionable tea lovers in a stylish and modern way. With Chatime’s initiative in combining over 30 years’ worth of tea manufacturing experience and expertise from a team of professional researchers, the tea drinking culture is now experiencing an exciting shift - consumers are no longer content with consuming teas laden with artificial ingredients and flavours - they want something real and flavourful! In order to revolutionize the tea-drinking scene, Chatime Malaysia uses only the best imported tea leaves and quality ingredients, minus additives and preservatives. To keep customers coming back, Chatime gathers ideas from top Japanese tea producers and takes cue from their quality control and design concepts. Now, every cup of tea is freshly brewed upon order!
BACKGROUND OF TEALIVE
On February 17, 2017, Bryan Loo and his company unveiled Tealive as its brand to take tea-brewing to greater heights. CEO Bryan Loo unveiled the brand at its Pavilion KL outlet near the exact spot where he first introduced brewed tea six years ago before going on to open 165 outlets by the end of 2016. “We are proud to launch Tealive, a brand that will make tea great again. It was six years ago that I operated the first kiosk to brew tea for Malaysians and now we will introduce a new tea culture to Malaysians,” he said.
While he has a cool image and sociable demeanour, do not underestimate the drive of the founder of Loob Holding Sdn Bhd. With a passion for mentoring upcoming business talents, he has expanded his F&B Empire from a start-up into a full-blown enterprise, spanning franchise outlets and dining establishments. He is also a notable influencer on social media.
1.TASTE
CHATIME
STANDING THE TEST OF CHATIME
In order to serve a beverage liked by all, Chatime uses sophisticated tea and coffee machines to produce only the highest quality drinks.Each drink is individually prepared by over 700 trained tearistas across 90 outlets nationwide.Ok so it’s taken me longer to write this review than I should’ve…because I didn’t want to go to Chatime but for the sake of you guys I guess it’s about (Cha)time that I sucked it up and review the most popular chain in this hemisphere (the western one). You might have guessed it by now I’m actually not the biggest fan of Chatime. I don’t think I outright hate it but I just see no reason for their popularity in the current bubbletea landscape. We have much better options in Malaysia now (I reviewed two of them already)! Yet it is still the most popular chain it seems, there’s always a lot of people in their stores and there are so many of them! I live in a very Asian part of the city and there’s literally more Chatimes !!
There was a remarkable difference between Chatime and whatever we were having
before. Their tea tasted better, their tapioca (plus they have a ton of other toppings!) were better, and there were so. much. options! Of course they were really successful and had a bunch of stores which led the other chains come and set up shop in Toronto. Once those other ones came I pretty much realized the depth of the bubble tea rabbit hole, there were so much more to bubble tea than I could ever know! To put it less dramatically, I pretty much like all the chains that came after Chatime better. However whenever someone suggests bubble tea it’s always Chatime this and Chatime that. My bubble tea addiction costs money and I want it to be spent at least somewhat wisely. Now I’m reviewing bubble teas and I definitely would be getting questions about Chatime so it’s not like I’m trying to bother with Chatime, Chatime just won’t stop bothering me.
TEALIVE
HOLDING ON AND IT TASTY!!
This place took over chatime which both of these cafes are basically the same. In fact chatime was much better. Firstly the portion size is terrible. All portions are half the size of chatime's drinks. The taste of the drinks seems very diluted and not just that. When I saw them making it, they put sooooo little ingredients!The background are wonderful and could improve the bathroom hygene. The english of the title is terrible. It should be tealife instead of tealive!There is a dizzying number of options of drinks available and I definitely have not tried even 1/5th of the choices, but usually I go back to their signature tea which I think tastes the best of the lot. Possibly the Earl Grey flavoured tea is second on the list if you like Earl Grey. And always have the black pearls! You can ask for less sugar so that it is not so sickly sweet and more refreshing.Normally we love going to TeaLive for our daily fix of the Signature Brown Sugar Pearl Milk Tea, as us very much like this one. However, we thought we would spicy things up a littlebit yesterday, and try something different. We have been talking about for a while to try the smoothiesTeaLive do, and we should just have stuck to the Signature Brown Sugar Pearl Milk Tea, as the so called"Smoothie" was just not good at all. How can you call something a smoothie, when it is not even madewith REAL fruit. We were both very disappointed to have paid RM 8,5 for some ice and syrups. It is verybad advertisement, especially when you show pictures of real fruits and then the drink is just made fromsyrups. Very very disappointed in this so called "Smoothie", and from now on we will probably not be so adventurous, and we will probably just stick to the Signature tea.We tried milk tea bubble with brown sugar and it tasted really great! The bubble was so soft, juicy and really tasty too, and the milk tea was so refreshing. One of the best bubble tea in the world.
2.QUALITY
CHATIME
At Chatime we are committed to the highest standard of quality in every element of our business. We’re committed to ensuring the freshness and flavour of every drink we make, and pair this with a commitment to operational standards that are unmatched in our industry.
Our promise of quality means that we’re serving our customers the best tea based drinks in the world.
TEALIVE
With more than 160 outlets
throughout Malaysia, Tealive’s brand recognition is expected to grow rapidly.
With brand recognition on the rise, Tealive can expect to increase its current
revenue and even add to it by opening more outlets. In a recent interview,
Bryan mentioned that he intends to raise the number of outlets from 160 to 250
by the end of October. An ambitious goal that, if achieved, might establish
Tealive as the number one bubble tea brand in Malaysia.
Next to a sizeable
distribution network, Tealive also enjoys freedom to innovate on its products.
Highlighted by Bryan Loo as one of the prime reasons of the disagreement, the
freedom to innovate could allow Tealive to offer products that are more
adjusted to the wants and needs of the Malaysian customers. With years of
experience in the Malaysian market, Loob Holding can adjust quickly to changing
consumer demands and remain relevant as a trending tea brand. Because Loob
Holding was solely responsible for the growth of Chatime in Malaysia, La Kaffa
will now have a knowledge disadvantage when it comes to adapting its products
to the Malaysian market.
3.PRICE
CHATIME
This shown some of the price in chatime.The price of chatime is reasonable and affordable to buy it.The prices is not RM25 and above.It is not to high as same price likes starbucks and other well known drink brands.For other people think that chatime is quit delicious for them.Different people have thier own special equitity.Let take an example of drink chatime.
First,price of milk tea is RM 6.90 for regular and 7.90 for large.The price is different between two of these.
TEALIVE
This shows prices in Tealive menu.For Tealive regular is RM 7.00 and the large is RM 8.00.
It a little bit high from chatime because contain of ingredients in teas and bubbles from
chatime.But mose of people love to buy Tealive from Chatime because the taste of the bubble and
the fresh mlik tea.It makes umm! so delicious !! The figure of price is not to obvious.But depend
on people wheter they like to buy chatime if they feel it cheaper than tealive and worth it.
4.Varieties of flavours and topping
CHATIME
Pearl Milk Tea
There is the classic and refreshing bubble tea from Chatime, a world famous favorite. Then, there’s the Tealive version and another with a twist of brown sugar – 2 milk tea blends! Which one would you rather?
Left: Chatime’s Pearl Milk Tea, Right: Tealive’s Signature Brown Sugar Pearl Milk Tea and Original Pearl Milk Tea
Roasted Milk Tea With Grass Jelly
There is the smooth and silky roasted boba with Grass Jelly from both the menus. They slightly differ in presentation but which one wins in taste? Which one would you rather drink?
Left: Chatime’s Roasted Milk Tea with Grass Jelly, Right: Tealive’s Classic Roasted Milk Tea with Grass Jelly
Hazelnut (Chocolate) Milk Tea
And then, there is the Hazelnut Chocolate bubble tea from Chatime. Tealive menu has its own adaptation. Which one would you rather drink?
One top favorite off Chatime’s menu of drinks is its Passionfruit QQ. Tealive menu offers an altered version with Jasmine Green Tea in its Signature Passionfruit Green Tea. But, which one would you rather drink?
Left: Chatime’s Passionfruit QQ, Right: Tealive’s its Signature Passionfruit Green Tea
Strawberry Pudding Smoothie
Both Chatime’s and Tealive’s smoothie offerings are ready to take on the battle, too, anytime.
Among Chatime’s most favorite smoothies is the Strawberry Pudding Au Lait. Tealive has the Strawberry Pudding Smoothie. In half a shake, which one would you rather drink?
Chocolatey drinks can also steal the scene. The tea and chocolate blends supplemented with other tastes from both Tealive and Chatime vary in approach to the palette. But then again, which chocolate tea series wins?
Chatime has the Cocoa Latte, Strawberry Chocolate, and Superior Pure Cocoa as its best offerings off its Chocolatea Series. While Tealive has a wider range in its Coco Drinks – Superior Coco, Hazelnut Coco, Vanilla Coco Latte, Coco Banana Latte, Mixed Berries Coco, Horlicks Malty Coco, and Coco Smoothie with Oreo Cookie Pieces. Again I ask, which one would you rather drink?
Other similarities yet differences from Chatime and Tealive menus are:
Chatime Matcha Red Bean Milk Tea – versus – Tealive Japanese Match Milk Tea Red Bean
Chatime Mango Smoothie – versus – Tealive Mango Smoothie
Chatime Red Bean Pearl Milk Tea – versus – Tealive Red Bean Pearl Milk Tea
Chatime Matcha Tea Latte – versus – Tealive Layered Japanese Matcha Tea Latte
Chatime Signature Coffee – versus – Tealive Iced Shaken Cham or Signature Iced Shaken Coffee
Chatime Latte – versus – Tealive Wake Me Up Latte
Chatime Americano – versus – Tealive Americano
TEALIVE
MT02 Original Pearl Milk Tea
The Original Pearl Milk Tea tops the chart as the most famous type of milk tea in the world. A must-try for everyone!
MT03 Classic Roasted Milk Tea with Grass Jelly
Soft and silky smooth, from the taste of the tea to the toppings themselves. We recommend this mild milk tea for first-timers who are ready to fall in love with the world of tea!
MT05 Hazelnut Milk Tea
Truly classic and undeniably nutty, all in favor of hazelnuts will take joy in this beverage for its well-balanced flavours.
SM02 Mango Passion Fruit Smoothies
This drink has finely-shaved ice mixed with passionfruit pulp and mango to make up one of the fruitiest blends on our list of smoothies!
SM03 Lychee Sago Tea Smoothies
This light and refreshing drink counters the hot weather outside with its lychee and tea combination. Uniquely served with soft & spongy Sago.
5.SERVICE
CHATIME TEALIVE
CHATIME
We ordered all sizes in regular but the cashier said that will need to wait for 10 min for them to prep as they have ran out of cups. In additional he said just need to add rm1 for a large size.But then we saw next to the counter there are so many cups available and i showed the cashier in case he did not realise.We do not know is it a way chatime works to lie to customers so that they buy a bigger glass which add to their profit margin or what.We think it is not a way to promote your own brand and ask your own staff to lie to customers.After we bought 11 cups of chatime the gal who is in charge of the packing actually pack into a big plastic for me but the plastic bag she gave me was not appropriate to fit 10 glasses as there were only 8 coasters for the drinks the addition 2 glass she placed it on top and we hold another glass. When we reach my destination we realise that 1 of the cup which is a hot drink spilled out and wet the bag.The person packing chould pack appropriately to stop this type of thing to happen.We am quite disappointed to the chatime service that we get.As a prove of evidence the attach is the receipt of my purchase today.We hope proper measurements will be made accordingly so that this will not happen again.
TEALIVE
Good service, few minutes and get your order. Should try everything in menu, their matcha with warm pearl is the best for me, go grab one for you.Had never tried barley tea before. Jello barley bubble ice tea at tealive, mytown mall, kuala lumpur was a funny new experience which we enjoyed!! 😀👍🏼 This place is always crowded. If you see a queue of more than 8-10 people then don’t be sad/surprized. This is ‘cause they serve quality drinks. Open till midnight. (Not sure about other outlets) Large and regular are the two options you have when you order a drink. We took the regular one. Well flavoured tea, not too many ice cubes and plenty of jello!! Keep sipping and chewing till you are full! It’s a filling drink!
This shown some of the price in chatime.The price of chatime is reasonable and affordable to buy it.The prices is not RM25 and above.It is not to high as same price likes starbucks and other well known drink brands.For other people think that chatime is quit delicious for them.Different people have thier own special equitity.Let take an example of drink chatime.
First,price of milk tea is RM 6.90 for regular and 7.90 for large.The price is different between two of these.
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