Happy Lemon
Restaurant chain
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Happy Lemon is a Taiwan-based[1] global franchise that consists of bubble tea shops.
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 Shop in Newport Court, Chinatown, London | |
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| Established | 2006 |
History
Happy Lemon originated in Taipei, Taiwan in 2006 by Albert Wu[2], the chairman of Yummy Town Holdings Corp, also known as the Yummy Town Group.[3][4]
In 2013, the first location to open in the United States was located in New York.[2] Approximately two years later in 2015, Happy Lemon opened their first location on the United States West Coast in Cupertino, California.[2] In 2017 Happy Lemon opened a location in Vancouver, Canada.[5] Their franchise appearance features three models: kiosk, take-out, and dine-in. In 2019 Happy Lemon teamed up with Alibaba-backed Koubei to employ a drink-making robot, capable of making roughly forty variations of the Happy Lemon menu, including drink type, flavor, ice, and sugar.[6]
Menu
The menu for each location varies.[7] However, Happy Lemon is known for offering a variety of iced or cold blended beverages, including classic brewed tea, classic milk tea, fruit smoothies, fruit tea, lemon slushies, squeezed lemon tea, and salted cheese beverages. [1] The salted cheese option is a cream cheese foam that sits atop the selected drink of choice, then sprinkled with rock salt.[1]
Drinks are customizable with options to control ice and sugar ratios, or drink additions like fruit chunks.[1] Some additional drink flavors include grapefruit, mango, strawberry, lemon, and matcha. Slushy options include jasmine, mango, dragon fruit, and Yakult, each mixed with lemon and blended with ice.[1] Toppings can also vary between boba, puff cream, red bean, grass jelly, taro balls, or passion fruit seeds.[1]
As for food and snacks, Happy Lemon offers a waffle called the Bubble Waffle. This item can be ordered with or without boba inside the bubble pockets. Each Bubble Waffle batter can be in one of the following flavors: plain, matcha, chocolate, red bean, or Oreo. It can also be ordered with a variety of dipping sauces, including puff cream. [1] Various locations can offer additional items on their menu like chicken burgers, an item sold in Manchester, United Kingdom.[8]
Locations
Happy Lemon functions as a publicly owned franchise with locations in over twenty countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, China, Dubai, and more.[1] As of 2026, there are approximately 2,000 Happy Lemon locations globally, including approximately 100 in the United States.[9]
Canada
In Canada, Happy Lemon has operated in Toronto and Vancouver.[10][5]
Japan
In Japan, Happy Lemon has operated in Tokyo in two locations.[11]
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, Happy Lemon has operated in seven locations[12]
United States
In the United States, Happy Lemon has operated in the following cities:
- Athens, Georgia[13]
- Austin, Texas[14]
- Edmonds, Washington[15]
- Evanston, Illinois[16]
- Houston, Texas[17]
- Kirkland, Washington[15]
- Portland, Oregon[18]
- Richardson, Texas[1]
- Sacramento, California[19]
- Seattle, Washington[20]
- Silverdale, Washington[21]
- Tukwila, Washington[15]
Portland, Oregon
Seattle
Seattle, Washington
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