WooTea

WooTea (五桐號) is a Taiwanese tea-drink specialty chain that operates under the English brand name WOOTEA ORIGINAL. The brand presents itself as a modern tea shop that carries forward traditional Chinese tea culture while adapting it to contemporary tastes. According to its official brand story, tea has run through Chinese culture for roughly 4,700 years and originated in the Tongbai region of Henan, where Shennong is said to have gathered tea leaves. The brand takes the character "桐" (tong) from that heritage, signaling its intention to inherit tea-drinking culture and preserve its essence, while the "五" (wu, five) refers to five tea bases the company blended with the help of old tea factories to suit modern palates. The chain sells a broad menu of tea-based beverages organized into categories such as traditional flavors (古早味), pure tea (醇茶), milk tea (奶茶), fresh milk (鮮奶), milk foam (奶霜), and fruit-forward "farm picks" (農摘), alongside a rotating new-arrivals section. Signature and featured drinks include 柚見烏龍 (pomelo oolong), 島嶼鳳梨桂花青 (island pineapple osmanthus green tea), 島嶼鳳梨水梨青 (island pineapple pear green tea), 藍莓優格蜜桃雪泥 (blueberry yogurt peach slush), 藍莓茉莉厚奶 (blueberry jasmine thick milk), 麝香葡萄柚子冰沙 (muscat grape pomelo smoothie), 麝香葡萄粉粿烏龍 (muscat grape fen guo oolong), 山形蜜桃凍飲 (Yamagata peach jelly drink), 柚香荔枝凍飲 (pomelo lychee jelly drink), 粉粿青檸冬瓜 (fen guo lime winter melon), 杏仁凍五桐茶 (almond jelly WooTea tea), and 桂花烏龍凍飲 (osmanthus oolong jelly drink). Many items are cold-only, and some have fixed sweetness and ice levels. WooTea emphasizes ingredient craft. Its stated feature points include brewing fresh fruit by traditional methods to seal in natural aroma without artificial flavors or colors; working directly with Taiwanese tea farmers rather than through middlemen and adjusting roasting by origin and variety; a rich, cloud-like milk foam; house-made tea jelly produced step by step from brewing to cooling; and fresh ingredients in which stores scoop fruit pulp and press juice instead of relying on convenient syrups. The menu leans on Taiwanese produce such as Golden Diamond pineapple (台農17號) and on imported fruit notes such as Korean pomelo paste and Japanese Yamagata peach. The brand operates as a chain with a store locator and a franchise (加盟) section on its website, and it publishes promotions and offers under a latest-news section. Wikidata classifies WooTea as a Taiwanese chain beverage brand (臺灣連鎖加盟飲料品牌). The company's public materials do not disclose founding year, founders, ownership structure or listing status, so those details remain unconfirmed here.

WooTea (五桐號) is a Taiwanese tea-drink chain whose public brand story is rooted in the heritage of Chinese tea. According to the company's official "About" page, tea has run through Chinese culture for about 4,700 years and originated in the Tongbai district of Henan, where the legendary Shennong is said to have gathered tea leaves; the region is known as a historic tea homeland. The brand adopted the character "桐" (tong) from this heritage to express its intention to carry on tea-drinking culture and preserve traditional essence. Because tea leaves produce different bases depending on variety, fermentation and roasting, and because tastes change with the times, the company worked with old tea factories to blend five tea bases suited to the new era — hence the "五" (five) in the name. WooTea was thus created with the stated goal of maintaining the spirit of a traditional tea shop while expressing the tea culture of its own generation. The brand operates as a specialty tea-drink chain with a menu organized into categories including traditional flavors (古早味), pure tea (醇茶), milk tea (奶茶), fresh milk (鮮奶), milk foam (奶霜), and farm picks (農摘), plus a new-arrivals section. Its product line combines Taiwanese tea bases with fresh fruit, house-made jellies and milk foam. Featured drinks have included 柚見烏龍 (pomelo oolong), 島嶼鳳梨桂花青 and 島嶼鳳梨水梨青 (island pineapple with osmanthus or pear green tea), 藍莓優格蜜桃雪泥 (blueberry yogurt peach slush), 藍莓茉莉厚奶 (blueberry jasmine thick milk), 麝香葡萄柚子冰沙 and 麝香葡萄粉粿烏龍 (muscat grape pomelo smoothie and muscat grape fen guo oolong), 山形蜜桃凍飲 (Yamagata peach jelly drink), 柚香荔枝凍飲 (pomelo lychee jelly drink), 粉粿青檸冬瓜 (fen guo lime winter melon), 杏仁凍五桐茶 (almond jelly WooTea tea), and 桂花烏龍凍飲 (osmanthus oolong jelly drink). WooTea's stated production philosophy emphasizes craft and freshness. The company says it brews fresh fruit by traditional methods to seal in natural aroma and flavor without adding artificial essences or colors; it works directly with Taiwanese tea farmers instead of through middlemen, studying each tea's characteristics and adjusting roasting by origin and variety; it makes a rich, cloud-like milk foam; it hand-makes its own tea jelly step by step from brewing to cooling; and its stores scoop fruit pulp and press juice rather than using convenient syrups. The menu highlights Taiwanese produce such as Golden Diamond pineapple (台農17號) and also uses imported flavor elements such as Korean pomelo paste and Japanese Yamagata peach. The chain maintains a store locator and a franchise (加盟) section on its website, indicating a franchise-based expansion model, and publishes promotions under a latest-news section. Wikidata describes WooTea as a Taiwanese chain beverage brand (臺灣連鎖加盟飲料品牌). Publicly available official materials do not state the company's founding year, founders, ownership or listing status, so those aspects of its history remain undocumented in this dossier.

A Taiwanese tea-drink specialty chain blending traditional tea culture with modern, fruit-forward and jelly-rich beverages, emphasizing fresh ingredients and direct tea-farmer sourcing.

• 柚見烏龍 (pomelo oolong)

  A new-arrival drink using sweet Korean pomelo paste with a light oolong tea base; bright fruit aroma balanced with delicate tea notes, cold only.

• 島嶼鳳梨桂花青 (island pineapple osmanthus green tea)

  Made with Taiwan Golden Diamond pineapple (台農17號), osmanthus fragrance and green tea; cold only.

• 島嶼鳳梨水梨青 (island pineapple pear green tea)

  Golden Diamond pineapple with sweet pear and green tea; cold only.

• 藍莓優格蜜桃雪泥 (blueberry yogurt peach slush)

  Premium blueberries with Greek yogurt and peach pieces blended into a fine slush; cold only, fixed sweetness and ice.

• 藍莓茉莉厚奶 (blueberry jasmine thick milk)

  Jasmine green tea base with blueberry fruit notes and a smooth milky texture; cold only.

• 麝香葡萄柚子冰沙 (muscat grape pomelo smoothie)

  Muscat grape with Korean pomelo paste and Ceylon black tea, blended into a smoothie with handmade green tea jelly; cold only, fixed sweetness and ice.

• 麝香葡萄粉粿烏龍 (muscat grape fen guo oolong)

  Muscat grape fruit aroma with roasted oolong and chewy fen guo with osmanthus fragrance; cold only.

• 山形蜜桃凍飲 (Yamagata peach jelly drink)

  Japanese Yamagata peach with green tea jelly and oolong tea; cold only.

• 柚香荔枝凍飲 (pomelo lychee jelly drink)

  Korean honey pomelo paste with lychee, green tea and green tea jelly; cold only.

• 粉粿青檸冬瓜 (fen guo lime winter melon)

  Traditional brown-sugar fen guo with winter melon brick brewed by old methods and fresh lemon juice; cold only.

• 杏仁凍五桐茶 (almond jelly WooTea tea)

  Almond jelly in the classic WooTea tea, combining tea notes with almond aroma; cold only.

• 桂花烏龍凍飲 (osmanthus oolong jelly drink)

  Medium-roast oolong with handmade tea jelly and osmanthus honey; cold only.

• 琥珀烤奶 (amber roasted milk tea)

  Roasted tea leaves combined with milk, with caramel and nutty notes; available cold or hot.

• 綠茶凍濃煮拿鐵 (green tea jelly rich latte)

  Ceylon black tea base with rich fresh milk and chewy green tea jelly.

• 蕎麥奶霜 (buckwheat milk foam)

  Roasted buckwheat with creamy milk foam; cold only.

• 玄米蕎麥奶茶 (genmai buckwheat milk tea)

  Buckwheat aroma with rich milk tea, warm and smooth.

1. 1WooTea五桐號 | 茶飲專賣wootea.com
2. 2關於五桐-五桐號茶飲專賣 WOOTEA ORIGINALwootea.com
3. 3推薦飲品-五桐號茶飲專賣 WOOTEA ORIGINALwootea.com
4. 4柚見烏龍-五桐號茶飲專賣 WOOTEA ORIGINALwootea.com
5. 5WooTea - Wikidatawikidata.org