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Xi Tea Founding Store breaks thousands of cups in 12 minutes! Employee: People are numb

Published: 2026-04-26 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/04/26, ▲ Click to pay attention| Daily Boutique Coffee Culture Magazine Coffee Workshop Last year on National Day, the Xi Tea Founding Store located in Riverside became a must-check in place for tourists visiting Jiangmen. Almost every fan who went there received a cup of Zhizhi Ganpu, which was limited by the store. During the seven-day holiday, it achieved total sales and single-store single-day sales.

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On the National Day last year, the Xicha Founding Store located in Riverside became a must-check-in place for tourists visiting Jiangmen. Almost everyone who went there received a cup of Zhizhi Ganpu, which was limited by the store, which set a record during the seven-day holiday. It ranked first in the list of total sales and single-store single-day sales.

On May Day this year, this special Xi tea store was once again "conquered" by tourists. Judging from the on-site photos taken by tourists, the entrance of the Xicha Founding Store was not surrounded by many tourists. At first glance, you may feel that there are a little fewer people than the long line that lined up in the middle of the road last year.

However, if you open the official Xi Tea Mini programs, you will see the astonishing reminder that "1002 cups are to be made ahead," which makes many users who want to try the founder store's restrictions shocked,"Who orders the 1,000 cups of Xi Tea in line?"

According to a Xi Tea worker who works in the founder store, in the past few days since the May Day holiday, as soon as the official Mini programs showed that the store was open, a large number of orders poured into the background, as if there were many users placing them every second. With the surge in orders, Mini programs triggered the automatic closure of the ordering channel many times during the business period due to more than a thousand drinks to be made.

The employee said that the founder store opened at 10 o'clock on May 2, and the Mini programs automatically closed before 11 o'clock, with a total of 6 closures during this period. On May 3, the store record was refreshed. The number of drinks exceeded a thousand drinks within 12 minutes after opening for business. Mini programs triggered 7 times that day to automatically close.

Because of this, some tourists joked that it was as difficult as buying a limited drink at the Xicha Founding Store as grabbing a ticket before the festival. Not only did they have to constantly refresh the interface of the Mini programs, but they also had to work hard to place orders with invisible users in a short period of time.

However, in addition to complaining that the limited milk tea in the founding store is too difficult to buy, many people can't help but feel sorry for the store's employees when they see so many drinks to be made.

Customers who pick up meals reported that the Jiangbinli store covers an area of about 20 square meters and has a small facade. However, during peak periods, there are more than a dozen shop assistants standing in the bar. It seems that if someone turns around, they will bump into other people or the seasoning table. Moreover, some netizens said,"The staff there never stopped from the moment they entered the store." In their opinion, they were working like a perpetual motion machine.

In response, the shop assistant said that the tourists 'observations were not entirely correct. According to its introduction, although the store is indeed not large, there are currently 28 employees in the store, and the bar and preparation room that customers do not fully see are full of people. As for the working hours of the migrant workers, the employee revealed that "every person spends 13 hours beating citrus puddar cheese, shaking milk tea, taking cups and packaging," and bluntly said that his feet were numb at the end of the day's work.

The netizen admitted that he thought that after going through three training sessions such as National Day, Spring Festival and Qingming Festival, as long as the stores were fully prepared for material preparation, manpower, equipment, etc. before the holidays, it would be "just a matter of May Day." But I didn't expect the slap to come so quickly. The next day, they could not withstand the consumption enthusiasm of users."It's really too fierce, even the tea maker went on strike."

It is worth noting that the recent appearance on the Internet of "Zhizhi Ganpu" regarding the restrictions on founding stores may be launched in stores across the country. In other words, Xi Tea fans who are looking forward to this drink may not have to go to the founder store in the future and can drink this limited cup at their doorstep.

Picture from: Internet screenshot, Xiaohongshu user Chok

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