JIAN CHA Bringing Fruit Tea To Culver City

A new drinks shop is taking over the space at 3851 Main St. (corner of Washington) in Culver City, most recently home to Latea and Menchie’s before that. By the time you read this, Thai brand JIAN CHA should be open at this location (according to their Instagram). JIAN CHA specializes in fruit teas and has multiple branches in Thailand. This is their first US location.

(Thanks M!)

Hey Tea Coming To Century City

Yet another addition to the Westfield Century City Shopping Center food scene. There’s plywood up on a second floor space announcing the arrival of Hey Tea. Hey Tea began life in 2012 in Guangdong, China and offers a proprietary “New Style” of tea that uses “real milk, real fruits, real premium tea, and real cane sugar” with intriguing flavors such as “Longjing cheese milk tea“, “crisp grape boom“, and “supreme brown sugar bobo milk tea“.

Citeadrinks Replacing Junbi in Westwood Village

It looks like a new smoothie and tea purveyor is moving into the old Junbi location at 10967 Weyburn Ave. in Westwood Village. Specializing in ceremonial grade matcha, tea grown on their own plantation in Taiwan, and avocado and durian smoothies, Citeadrinks currently operates two other LA area locations, in Rowland Heights and San Gabriel. They are planning on an August grand opening.