‘It’s a Wellness Brand’: Mother Pearl’s Po Chen Spills the Tea on Hong Kong’s First Vegan Bubble Tea Chain

Mother Pearl is Hong Kong's first vegan bubble tea shop, founded by Po Chen in 2020. The focus of the brand is on health and wellness, with low-GI sugars and superfood boba pearls used in their teas. Almost everything at Mother Pearl is made in-house, from scratch, including their milks and boba. The brand has successfully expanded to five locations in Hong Kong and has plans for further expansion, both locally and internationally. Chen's ultimate goal is to merge Mother Pearl with her clean beauty brand and become a public company through fundraising and an IPO. The brand's commitment to sustainability includes a focus on homemade ingredients, low-waste principles, and plans to improve their packaging materials.