Kung Fu Tea - Wikipedia

Jump to content

Contents

move to sidebar hide

• (Top)
• 1 Partnerships
• 2 See also
• 3 References
• 4 External links

• Article
• Talk

English

• Read
• Edit
• View history

Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions

• Read
• Edit
• View history

General

• What links here
• Related changes
• Upload file
• Permanent link
• Page information
• Cite this page
• Get shortened URL
• Download QR code

Print/export

• Download as PDF
• Printable version

In other projects

• Wikimedia Commons
• Wikidata item

Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American beverage restaurant chain Not to be confused with Gongfu tea. Kung Fu Tea

Kung Fu Tea's logo
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Food and beverage
Founded	April 30, 2010; 15 years ago (April 30, 2010) in Flushing, Queens
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Number of locations	370 [1] (2020)
Area served	United States, Canada, Japan, Cambodia, Taiwan
Products	Bubble Tea Tea Slushys chicken
Website	www.kungfutea.com

Kung Fu Tea (Chinese: 功夫茶; pinyin: Gōngfūchá) is an American bubble tea franchise headquartered in New York City. The company was founded on April 30, 2010, in Queens, NY.[2] It is the largest American bubble tea company, with over 350+ locations across the United States.[3] On April 30, 2018, Kung Fu Tea founded the world's first National Bubble Tea Day.[4]

In 2021, Kung Fu Tea was recorded among Nation's Restaurant News Top 500 Restaurant Chains.[5]

Partnerships

[edit]

Kung Fu Tea partnered with Funimation to distribute drinks based on the anime Fruits Basket.[6] They also partnered with various video games and video game companies, including Nintendo,[7] Honkai Impact 3rd,[8] Pokémon Go in May 2023, and Pikmin 4 in July 2023. They have also collaborated with Spirit Halloween in October 2023,[9] and with the clothing company Opening Ceremony.[10]

On November 30, 2018, the company partnered with Taiwan-based restaurant chain TKK Fried Chicken to open collaborative locations in the United States.[11]

See also

[edit]

• Tea house
• Tea culture
• Xing Fu Tang

References

[edit]

1. ^ "10 Cronus Global and Kung Fu Tea Kick Off New Licensing Partnership". Licensing International. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
2. ^ "Kung Fu Tea - How It All Began". Kung Fu Tea | Fresh - Innovative - Fearless leading tea brand.
3. ^ Ding, Jaimie (2021-04-13). "These are Portland's 10 best boba tea shops". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
4. ^ "National bubble tea Day - April 30". National Day Calendar. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
5. ^ "The largest restaurant chains in America ranked by sales, units and more". Nation's Restaurant News. 22 June 2021.
6. ^ Piedra, Josh (15 March 2021). "Funimation and Kung Fu Tea Kick Off Promotional Partnership". The Outerhaven.
7. ^ "Win a Custom Nintendo and More in Kung Fu Tea X Funimation Giveaway". Funimation - Blog!. 28 January 2021.
8. ^ Fore, Gray (10 July 2021). "Honkai Impact 3rd Boba Coming Soon". ScreenRant.
9. ^ "Kung Fu Tea Partners With Spirit Halloween".
10. ^ Peng, Matt. "Opening Ceremony and Kung Fu Tea Celebrate National Bubble Tea Day". Freshness Mag.
11. ^ "Popular Taiwan fried chicken chain TKK opens first US location | Taiwan News | 2018-12-02 14:21:00". Taiwan News. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

External links

[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kung Fu Tea (United States).

• Official website

v t e Fast food and fast casual restaurant chains in the United States
Burger chains Chicken chains Coffeehouse chains Doughnut chains Hot dog chains Pizza chains Sandwich chains Seafood chains
Asian	Bibibop Asian Grill Cupbop Manchu Wok Panda Express Pei Wei Asian Diner Pick Up Stix Sarku Japan Yoshinoya
Baked goods	85°C Bakery Cafe Au Bon Pain Auntie Anne's Boudin Bakery Bruegger's Cinnabon Corner Bakery Cafe Crumbl Cookies Daylight Donuts Donut King Duck Donuts Einstein Bros. Five Daughters Bakery Great American Cookies Honey Dew Donuts Insomnia Cookies Krispy Kreme Mochinut Mrs. Fields Panera Bread Paris Baguette Pretzelmaker/Pretzel Time Red Ribbon Shipley Do-Nuts Tim Hortons Tous Les Jours Wetzel's Winchell's
Barbecue	Dickey's L&L Hawaiian Barbecue Mission BBQ Saltgrass Steak House
Beverages	Bambū Biggby Coffee Caribou Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Coffee Beanery Dunkin' Dunn Bros Dutch Bros. Gloria Jean's It's Boba Time Jamba Juice Juice It Up! Kung Fu Tea Orange Julius Peet's Planet Smoothie Robeks Scooter's Coffee Smoothie King Starbucks Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Breakfast	Golden Corral The Original Pancake House
Chicken	Bojangles' Bonchon Chicken Boston Market Brown's Chicken & Pasta Bush's Chicken Chester's Chick-fil-A Chicken Express Chicken Salad Chick Church's/Texas Chicken Dave's Hot Chicken El Pollo Loco Golden Chick Golden Skillet Guthrie's Hartz Chicken Jollibee KFC Krispy Krunchy Kyochon Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken Mrs. Winner's Pollo Tropical Popeyes Raising Cane's Roy Rogers Slim Chickens Wingstop WingStreet Zaxby's
Frozendesserts	Andy's Frozen Custard Baskin-Robbins Ben & Jerry's Braum's Bruster's Carvel Cold Stone Creamery Dairy Queen Dippin' Dots Fosters Freeze Friendly's Graeter's Häagen-Dazs Handel's La Michoacana MaggieMoo's Marble Slab Menchie's Oberweis Orange Leaf Pinkberry Popbar Red Mango Rita's Sweet Frog Tastee-Freez TCBY Tropical Sno Tutti Frutti Yogen Früz Yogurtland
Hamburgers	A&W Arctic Circle Back Yard Big Boy BurgerFi Burger King Carl's Jr. Checkers/Rally's Cook Out Culver's Fatburger Five Guys Freddy's Fuddruckers Habit Hardee's Hwy 55 In-N-Out Jack's Jack in the Box Johnny Rockets Krystal McDonald's Milo's Mooyah Roy Rogers Shake Shack Smashburger Sonic Steak 'n Shake Wayback Wendy's Whataburger White Castle
Hot dogs	Nathan's Famous Portillo's Wienerschnitzel
Mexican / Tex-Mex	Baja Fresh Cafe Rio Chevys Chipotle Del Taco El Torito Fuzzy's Green/Red Burrito La Salsa Moe's On the Border Pancheros Qdoba Roberto's Rubio's Salsarita's Taco Bell Taco Bueno Taco Cabana Taco John's TacoTime Tijuana Flats Torchy's Tacos
Pizza / Italian	Blaze Pizza Cicis Domino's Donatos Fazoli's Godfather's Pizza Hungry Howie's Pizza Hunt Brothers Pizza Jet's Pizza Little Caesars Marco's Pizza MOD Pizza Mountain Mike's Papa Gino's Papa John's Papa Murphy's Pizza Hut Pizza Patrón Pizza Ranch Round Table Pizza Sbarro Shakey's Pizza Straw Hat Pizza
Salads	Just Salad Salad and Go Saladworks Sweetgreen
Sandwiches	Arby's Blimpie Capriotti's Charleys Cousins D'Angelo Erbert & Gerbert's Firehouse Subs The Honey Baked Ham Company Jason's Jersey Mike's Jimmy John's Lee's Sandwiches Lenny's Sub McAlister's Deli Mendocino Farms Miami Grill Newk's Eatery Penn Station Port of Subs Potbelly Primo Hoagies Quiznos Rax Runza Sandella's Schlotzsky's Steak Escape Subway Togo's Which Wich?
Seafood	Arthur Treacher's California Fish Grill Captain D's H. Salt Esquire Joe's Crab Shack Long John Silver's Skippers Seafood & Chowder House
Other	Cava German Doner Kebab The Halal Guys Noodles & Company Pita Pit Skyline Chili Taziki's Mediterranean Café WaBa Grill
Defunct	Bresler's 33 Flavors Brigham's Burger Chef Burgerim Carrols D'Lites Dawn Donuts Druther's Henry's Hamburgers Hot 'n Now Hot Sam Pretzels Lum's Naugles Nestlé Toll House Red Barn Sandy's Seattle's Best Coffee Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes Teavana T.J. Cinnamons Tully's Wetson's White Tower Zantigo

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kung_Fu_Tea&oldid=1324975901" Categories:

• Bubble tea brands
• Food and drink companies based in New York City
• Restaurant chains in the United States
• Restaurants established in 2010
• Fast-food franchises
• Tea brands in the United States
• Tea companies of the United States
• Tea houses

Hidden categories:

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text
• Commons category link is on Wikidata

Search Search Toggle the table of contents Kung Fu Tea 2 languages Add topic