Trends · data through July 2026

Beverage Shops in New York

Iceflower tracks 86 stores from 54 beverage shops chains in New York. Tai Chi Bubble Tea grew fastest over the last year, ahead of The Whistling Kettle and Gong Cha.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
54
Tracked stores
86
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked beverage shops chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Tai Chi Bubble Tea and The Whistling Kettle sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Tai Chi Bubble Tea logo Tai Chi Bubble Tea ▲1 +13.9%
2 T The Whistling Kettle logo The Whistling Kettle ▼1 -0.7%
3 G Gong Cha logo Gong Cha - -10.3%
4 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea - -18.7%
  • Minogues Beverage Center
  • Tai Chi Bubble Tea
  • The Whistling Kettle
  • Gong Cha
  • Kinderhook Wine & Spirits
  • Burrville Cider Mill Inc
  • Kung Fu Tea
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

86 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Minogues Beverage Center (2)
  • Tai Chi Bubble Tea (9)
  • The Whistling Kettle (3)
  • Gong Cha (11)
  • Kinderhook Wine & Spirits (1)
  • Burrville Cider Mill Inc (1)
  • Kung Fu Tea (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 G Gong Cha logo Gong Cha 11
  • 2 T Tai Chi Bubble Tea logo Tai Chi Bubble Tea 9
  • 3 K Kung Fu Tea logo Kung Fu Tea 4
  • 4 T The Whistling Kettle logo The Whistling Kettle 3
  • 5 H HEYTEA logo HEYTEA 3
  • 6 M Minogues Beverage Center 2
  • 7 Y Yaya Tea logo Yaya Tea 2
  • 8 T Tea Leaf Cafe 2
  • 9 T Tiger Sugar logo Tiger Sugar 2
  • 10 M Matchaful logo Matchaful 2
  • 11 X Xing Fu Tang 2
  • 12 U U Tea 2
  • 13 M Molly Tea 1
  • 14 L London Terrace Grocery 1
  • 15 T Tea and Milk 1
  • 16 T The Chai Spot at The Collective Sedona 1
  • 17 N Nippon Cha logo Nippon Cha 1
  • 18 T Tea Talk 1
  • 19 S Schaghticoke Wine & Spirit 1
  • 20 L Lafayette Tea Shop 1
  • 21 V Vermont Green Mountain Specialty Co 1
  • 22 A Alimama 1
  • 23 B Brooklyn Tea 1
  • 24 C CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice 1
  • 25 T Tea Magic 1
  • 26 O Oops Tea 1
  • 27 P Pink Kettle 1
  • 28 I ICHA Cafe 1
  • 29 F FIFTYLAN 1
  • 30 M Miss Du's Tea Shop 1
  • 31 P Panda Bubble Tea 1
  • 32 F FIFTYLAN Union Square 1
  • 33 K Kinderhook Wine & Spirits 1
  • 34 B Burrville Cider Mill Inc 1
  • 35 C Cake Bar 1
  • 36 B Balanced Nutrition 1
  • 37 M Martin's Store 1
  • 38 K Kazami 1
  • 39 A Argo Tea logo Argo Tea 1
  • 40 P Prince Tea House 1
  • 41 M Milk and Tea 1
  • 42 O Oasis Discount Beverage 1
  • 43 I Intelligent Foods On Demand 1
  • 44 T Tea & Sympathy 1
  • 45 B Bambu logo Bambu 1
  • 46 M Midoriya 1
  • 47 V Vivi Bubble Tea logo Vivi Bubble Tea 1
  • 48 S Saratoga Tea and Honey Company logo Saratoga Tea and Honey Company 1
  • 49 H Hardscrabble Cider 1
  • 50 H Hi Tea 1

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