Written by Celine Kitt
CHATIME 1 : TEALIVE 0
After a year and 2 months, the war over our beloved bubble tea drinks is finally over. OG lovers of Chatime are overjoyed after taking the victory, and fans of Tealive will have to face the fact that nothing beats the original.
On June 27, The Court of Appeal granted a temporary order against Tealive from continuing its operations following an appeal by Chatime. After all that, based on the violation of the post-franchise terms and the return of its properties, Chatime’s owner is still seeking for the originating summons for the injunction of restrain to Tealive.
Bryan Loo, owner of Tealive
Despite harsh orders from the judge, Tealive’s lawyers are still being hopeful stating that,
“This matter is being handled by our lawyers and we will let the due process of law take its course. We have instructed them to make the necessary application to the courts to allow us to maintain status quo until final settlement of the entire legal process.”
On the bright side, despite Tealive closing down, bubble tea staffs are still optimistic that they will be able to keep their jobs. Staff members who were interviewed believed the company would take responsibility and transfer them to other food businesses owned by the Tealive owner, which includes Tino’s Pizza, Spanish yoghurt brand Ilaollao and Gindaco Takoyaki.
After debating between these two bubble tea brands, are you still on Tealive’s side? Regardless of what it is, I think the real situation we are facing here is the fact that some people are still calling it tea-life rather than tea-live.
