Bubble Tea for Universities, Student Unions and Workplace Cafés

TeaJoy is already served on campus at Manchester Metropolitan University, University College London and the University of Glasgow, at Wafflemeister on two more campuses, and in Tokio Marine Kiln's London office. A campus shop or student union can sell our 330ml cans straight from the chiller, and a campus or workplace café can make our commercial kits to order in around 20 seconds.

Students and office staff are very different customers, and the people serving both are busy. Here is who serves TeaJoy already, which format suits which setting, and how to order.

Which universities and workplaces serve TeaJoy?

Our where to buy page lists these:

• Manchester Metropolitan University, main campus
• University College London, main campus
• University of Glasgow, main campus
• Tokio Marine Kiln, London office
• Wafflemeister at the University of the West of England and at Warwick University

Campus and workplace outlets are not always open to the public, so check before you visit. Beyond campuses, our commercial kit has gone to national names such as Creams, Las Iguanas and Compass Group, and TeaJoy is served in more than 800 UK locations in all.

Cans for the campus shop

Our wholesale page calls TeaJoy "a favourite with Gen Z", and lists "university shops and corporate catering" among the places it suits. The can is the easy way in for a campus shop or a student union:

• It is grab-and-go: a sealed 330ml can with popping boba inside and a paper straw attached, taken straight from the chiller.
• It needs a chiller and nothing else: no preparation, no staff training.
• Each can has 2.0g of sugars per 100ml, about 6.6g and 29 kcal in the whole can.
• It prints vegan, gluten free, allergen free and halal on both flavours, Peach & Mango and Passionfruit & Strawberry.
• Cases of 12 keep for 24 months from production, so stock bought before a holiday is still in date when term starts.

There is no opened boba to use up and nothing to make. Why young shoppers pick up a canned bubble tea is set out in canned bubble tea Gen Z will buy.

The kit for a campus or staff café

If a student union café or a staff restaurant wants bubble tea as a drink made to order on the menu board, the commercial kit is the format. Each box has the tea syrup or tea powder, the boba, cups, lids and jumbo straws, plus a window sticker, a strut card and a training manual; the fruit kits add a measuring cup and a ladle.

A drink takes around 20 seconds, made up in the cup to order, with no boiling and no specialist kit. Your team needs ice, water, and milk or a plant milk. Fruit teas use 50ml of syrup measured from the bottle into 300ml of water; the Classic Milk Tea uses a tea powder sachet stirred into 300ml of milk or plant milk, with instant tapioca pearls that need no cooking.

The kits come in Classic Milk Tea, in boxes of 10 or 40 drinks, and three fruit teas, Mango & Passionfruit, Passionfruit & Strawberry and Strawberry & Mango, in boxes of 20 or 80. Sealed, they keep for 24 months; opened fruit syrup and boba keep for 30 days, with the boba in the fridge. Which flavour to start with is set out in fruit tea or milk tea.

Which format for which setting?

Setting	Format	Why
Campus shop	Cans	Grab-and-go from the chiller, no staff time
Student union bar	Cans	Sealed, no preparation, served straight from the chiller
Campus café with counter service	Kits	A drink made to order for the menu, in around 20 seconds
Staffed workplace café	Kits	Made to order in a cup with a lid and jumbo straw
Unstaffed workplace pantry	Cans	Self-service, a chiller is the only equipment
Contract caterer running a whole site	Both	Cans for the shop, kits for the café counter

Why it suits campus and workplace catering

For students: our wholesale page calls TeaJoy a favourite with Gen Z, and the can is chill and sell, with no staff time.

For workplace cafés: a bubble tea on the counter is a point of difference from the usual coffee and soft drinks, made to order without new equipment.

For catering teams: both formats keep for 24 months from production, the whole range is vegan, gluten free, allergen free and halal, and neither needs specialist equipment or bubble tea training.

Questions people ask

Which universities serve TeaJoy bubble tea?

Our where to buy page lists the main campuses of Manchester Metropolitan University, University College London and the University of Glasgow, plus Wafflemeister at the University of the West of England and Warwick University. Campus outlets are not always open to the public, so check before you visit.

Can a student union stock TeaJoy cans?

Yes. The cans need only a chiller, come in cases of 12, and keep for 24 months from production. Register on our wholesale page: the minimum trade order is £200 with free delivery, and samples are free.

Does a staff café need equipment to serve bubble tea?

No. A commercial kit drink is made up in the cup in around 20 seconds with ice, water and milk or plant milk. There is no boiling, no sealing machine and no pearl cooker.

Stock TeaJoy on your campus or at your office

For a student's own supply, see a bubble tea care package for a student, and the full list of who serves TeaJoy is on where to buy TeaJoy. To stock it, register on our wholesale page. Trade customers get free samples, a £200 minimum order and free delivery, dispatched the next day and arriving in 3 to 4 working days.