Get to know the 5 Favorite Boba Drinks of Indonesian People in 2023
Boba is still one of the most popular drinks consumed by Indonesians. Boba drinks have quickly gained popularity in the past few years.
According to qcteabar.com reported by Kompas.com, the boba drink was first created from a tea shop, namely Chun Shui Tang Teahouse in Taichung, Taiwan around the 1980s. At that time, the Chun Shui Tang teahouse was the pioneer of the iced milk tea drink that was popular with young people.
1. Chatime
According to %%%, Chatime has managed to rank first as the Indonesian people’s favorite boba drink in 2022. The percentage of Chatime’s popularity based on the Jakpat survey reached 39.3 percent.
Chatime has been present in Indonesia since 2011 under the Kawan Lama Group. Chatime provides typical Taiwanese brewed tea drinks that come with more than 50 flavors. The drink variants at Chatime consist of 6 categories including signature milk tea, tea presso, smoothies, tearrific, coffee and latte, and mood refresh.
2.Xiboba
Xiboba occupies the 2nd position of the most favorite boba drink in Indonesia in 2022. The percentage that was achieved by Xiboba was 24.3 percent.
Xiboba was founded in 2019 under the Kulo Group. Xiboba is a local brand originally from Indonesia even though it has a name using a foreign term and adopts the taste of a typical Taiwanese drink.
3. Thirst!
Haus! with a popularity percentage of 5 percent. Thirsty! founded by 4 people namely Gufron Syarif, Daman, Feri, and Sigit in June 2018 which offers a variety of contemporary drinks with various flavors.
Thirsty! targeting the middle to lower economic segment market by setting affordable prices for each product. Launching from the official website of Haus!, currently Haus! already has 126 branch outlets spread across the Jabodetabek, Bandung and Surabaya areas.
4. Dualapan
Dualapan won the 4th position of the Indonesian people’s favorite boba drink this year with a percentage of 4.4 percent.
Dualapan itself is a local boba drink product originating from DI Yogyakarta. Dualapan offers drinks with variants with boba and without boba.
5. Xing Fu Tang
Xing Fu Tang is in 5th place with a popularity percentage of 4.1 percent. Vancelia Wiradjaja is the pioneer of the Xing Fu Tang franchise in Indonesia. Xing Fu Tang’s first outlet officially opened on June 14 2019 at Lippo Mall Puri under the auspices of PT Pejuang Dahaga Indonesia.
In 2020, the number of Xing Fu Tang outlets in Indonesia has reached 17 outlets spread across 4 major cities in Indonesia. The name Xing Fu Tang itself comes from the word Xing Fu which in Mandarin means happiness.