Tea & Coffee Trade Journal: TeaJoy wins startup of the year

Tea & Coffee Trade Journal reported on 16 July 2025 that TeaJoy had won London Food & Drink Startup of the Year at the UK StartUp Awards 2025, presented at Vue Cinema in London's West End. The piece traces the brand's growth from a lockdown kitchen project at MamaLan restaurant to a supplier for more than 500 UK foodservice partners, and names co-founders Ning Ma and Jack Gaskin.

The journal reported TeaJoy's canned bubble tea was scheduled to launch that August, and set the win against a bubble tea market it said was projected to exceed $4.2 billion globally by 2028. TeaJoy had competed against entries from ten UK regions across 35 categories to take the regional title, and advanced as a regional winner to the UK national final, due later in 2025 at Ideas Fest in Tring, Hertfordshire. The UK StartUp Awards run across the country each year, judging entries by region before a national final. Founder Ning Ma said the win was "entrepreneurial spirit that's been part of TeaJoy since day one." Read the piece on Tea & Coffee Trade Journal. See where to find us on our where to buy page.