Beijing Review

The Food Trend

After queuing for nearly an hour, Zhu Jie, a teacher in her 20s in Chongqing, tried her first cup of Sexy Tea in June. The milk tea brand based in Changsha, Hunan Province, opened its first store in Chongqing that month. “Although queuing is tiring, it was worthwhile! It’s delicious,” Zhu said on her Moments, a social networking function of the super-app WeChat.

Founded in 2014, Sexy Tea’s packaging and stores are decorated with ancient patterns, and its products make use of indigenous ingredients such as oolong tea and Chinese orchid flowers, which are attracting many young people.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Beijing Review

Beijing Review4 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
Movie Marathon
On the evening of April 19, 150 spectators filled the seats at the sunken basketball court of Lang Park Vintage, a bustling cultural and creative park in Beijing, renovated from old warehouse clusters. They gathered for the open-air screening of the
Beijing Review5 min read
No Time to Waste
Where does our trash go? Should garbage only be landfilled or incinerated? Can kitchen scraps be turned into fertilizer? As we watch garbage trucks haul away load after load, these questions may be on everyone’s mind. Actually, products made from sol
Beijing Review8 min readWorld
Demographic Dynamics
In Animal World, a documentary series popular among Chinese audiences since the 1990s, a famous commentary is “Animals tend to move toward habitats with good environment, abundant resources, suitable climate, and ideal breeding conditions, which is t

Related Books & Audiobooks