1. “8 Seconds per Cup, 0.2% Variance”

Extreme Standardization Enabled by Intelligent Beverage Solutions

At the Modern Oriental Tea Innovation Forum, Zhang Junjie stated,

“Only by leveraging modern equipment and management tools to achieve an extremely high level of standardization can Oriental tea truly go global.”

CHAGEE’s modernization practices include the adoption of intelligent made-to-order beverage solutions—behind which stands TEDIA Technology.

TEDIA Technology is a technology-consulting enterprise that uses intelligent beverage-making machines as its core carrier, providing end-to-end solutions ranging from equipment motor control to cloud-based management systems.

Simply put, TEDIA helps chain beverage brands achieve greater standardization, lower variance, and higher operational efficiency in freshly made drink production.

So what are the unique “hardcore technologies” behind it—and why has TEDIA become CHAGEE’s global strategic partner?

“No More Memorizing SOPs”: Cloud-Based Recipe Management Enables Personalized Scaling

Zhang Junjie recalled that store staff previously needed up to one month to learn all SOPs for every SKU—and even then, mistakes such as incorrect sugar levels, wrong milk ratios, or missing ingredients were common.

“Today, store staff no longer need to memorize SOPs,” Zhang explained.
“Recipes are entered directly into the cloud by the R&D team and pushed to all connected devices, where they can be executed with a single tap.”

Ensuring standardized beverage delivery at the store level is the most fundamental value of intelligent beverage solutions.

In reality, beverage stores typically manage highly complex product matrices: multiple cup sizes, temperature and ice options, customizable sugar levels, tea bases, and ingredient combinations.

“One single product can easily result in up to 240 different combinations, making recipe documentation and standardization extremely difficult,” said a store manager from a national chain brand.

TEDIA’s intelligent tea-brewing machines support centralized cloud recipe management and an unlimited recipe matrix, enabling “one brand, thousands of stores—each with flexible configurations” and even personalized recipes per customer.

This dramatically reduces frontline training costs and cognitive load.

According to field data, stores using TEDIA’s intelligent tea machines can achieve production speeds as fast as 6 seconds per cup (500 ml), with a single machine producing 4,000+ cups per day.

The machines also support offline operation, allowing QR-code-based beverage preparation even during network outages.

Closed-Loop Control Achieves <1g or <1% Dispensing Error

“Taste Complaints Have Practically Disappeared”

Another critical indicator of standardization is variance.

While cloud-based recipes solve the SOP memorization challenge, achieving ultra-low variance requires deeper technical capabilities.

TEDIA’s intelligent beverage machines are built on proprietary electronic control boards, device-side software, and cloud systems. Through advanced algorithms and closed-loop control, they deliver stable and highly accurate ingredient dispensing—achieving an average error of less than 1 gram or 1%.

Closed-loop control means that after dispensing, the machine performs automatic quality verification via real-time weight feedback at the endpoint. Each cup is checked, recorded, and fully traceable.

Even when handling viscous, non-homogeneous ingredients or operating under unstable temperature conditions, the system maintains precision and consistency—ensuring every cup meets quality standards.

One national chain brand previously received numerous negative reviews on taste consistency, with consumers commenting:
“Drinks taste different from store to store,” or
“Sometimes it’s great, sometimes it’s disappointing.”

Since rolling out TEDIA’s intelligent beverage solution , taste-related negative reviews have nearly disappeared.

2. 50%–80% Reduction in Training Time

Not Just a Machine, but a Full Management Platform

An intelligent beverage solution is not merely a piece of equipment—it is a complete management platform built on a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), capable of managing the five core operational elements: people, machines, materials, methods, and environment.

Brand headquarters can monitor stores from multiple dimensions, including process control, real-time production monitoring, equipment status, and operational performance.

TEDIA’s founder and core team come from a global MES background and were among the first to introduce industrial-grade execution system concepts into the chain beverage industry.

With a fully integrated MES platform, data from every single cup produced in a store is transmitted back to the cloud—making every beverage traceable, visualized, and systematized.

As Zhang Junjie noted, intelligent beverage solutions fundamentally resolve long-standing industry challenges such as lengthy training cycles, low production efficiency, and difficulties in auditing operational compliance.

Under TEDIA’s system, store training time can be reduced by 50%–80%, enabling more flexible staffing models and significantly lowering labor costs.

For example:

• A newly opened store with 2–3 staff members typically spends RMB 400 per day on training. Over 10 days, this saves approximately RMB 4,000.

• High-volume stores producing over 600 cups per day can save one full-time employee, translating to RMB 60,000 annually (based on a monthly salary of RMB 5,000).

• Lower-volume stores can rely on part-time labor, saving approximately RMB 30,000 per year.

In essence, intelligent beverage solutions deliver not only standardized output, but also cost reduction, efficiency gains, and scalable growth.

3. The “Age of Tea Exploration”

The Earlier You Go Digital, the Sooner You Win

In the second half of the new tea era, competition among brands ultimately comes down to operational efficiency—and efficiency is built on store-level intelligence and digitalization.

CHAGEE’s early adoption of intelligent beverage solutions has elevated its digital management capabilities, enabling rapid store expansion and accelerating its global footprint.

Today, Chinese tea brands have entered a new era of global expansion. Many are investing heavily in digital operations and even developing proprietary equipment—such as Nayuki and HEYTEA.

However, a common industry pain point remains: the lack of integrated IoT + Internet architectures capable of fully connecting stores and headquarters to enable true chain-wide operational management.

In this context, partnering with third-party technology specialists like TEDIA offers a fast and effective path forward.

Founded in 2016, TEDIA Technology Group has focused exclusively on the freshly made beverage sector. The group boasts strong R&D capabilities, professional engineering teams, and consulting expertise, with over 100 patents and software intellectual property rights.

Its core team has previously served global brands such as KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Jollibee, and Domino’s. Today, TEDIA operates in over 20 countries and regions, providing reliable, end-to-end global expansion support for beverage brands.

Looking ahead, as more Chinese tea brands go global, it is increasingly clear that their journey will be powered—side by side—with professional technology-driven consulting partners.