Heytea Partners With Lisa to Launch Mango Coconut Sticky Rice
Heytea has teamed up with global pop star Lisa of BLACKPINK to launch a new Mango Coconut Sticky Rice beverage inspired by the Thai dessert. The drink is being offered at Heytea outlets in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, and other international markets, accompanied by limited‑edition packaging and merchandise featuring Lisa’s artwork. The collaboration builds on Lisa’s long‑standing love for the brand and follows the opening of Heytea’s first lab store in Bangkok’s CentralWorld.
Heytea launched the Mango Coconut Sticky Rice beverage, blending its tea creativity with Lisa's global influence and drawing inspiration from Thai dessert, aimed at consumers worldwide. Lisa, the global pop icon and BLACKPINK member, together with Heytea, the pioneer of new‑style tea, officially announced the global partnership today, introducing the drink at participating Heytea stores in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, and other markets worldwide. The collaboration also features a limited‑edition illustration of Lisa in Heytea’s signature line‑art style on packaging and exclusive merchandise for fans. The partnership builds on Lisa’s longstanding affection for Heytea; she has visited its outlets and posted about the brand on social media in Los Angeles, London, and Bangkok. The campaign follows the opening of Heytea Lab in Bangkok, where one of the brand’s popular limited‑edition drinks is being offered to consumers in various cities and countries. Inspired by mango sticky rice, a classic Thai sweet that reflects Lisa’s hometown flavors, the beverage merges the treat with Heytea’s tea‑drinking culture, showcasing the creativity and energy of the new generation.
The connection between Lisa and Heytea began before the formal announcement. In 2025, Lisa posted a picture of Heytea’s matcha drink on Instagram, garnering over 6.7 million likes. Later that year, during BLACKPINK’s London concert tour, she shared a photo of herself holding the Cloud Coconut Blue drink, a menu item exclusive to Heytea’s international markets, boosting the brand’s visibility among overseas consumers. In September last year, Lisa visited the Heytea Lab outlet at CentralWorld in Bangkok before its official opening, sampling various drinks including the Mango Coconut Sticky Rice, which sparked renewed social‑media chatter. Her firsthand experience with the products ahead of the official partnership served as another link leading to this campaign.
The Heytea Lab branch at CentralWorld, which is Heytea’s first store in Thailand and Southeast Asia, opened in September last year. It presents menus that blend local Thai ingredients and flavors with the brand’s creative concepts, such as teaAir · Rock Oolong Jackfruit, croissant‑style egg tart with Thai tea, and Thai‑tea lemon gelato, reinterpreting familiar Thai tastes in novel forms.
Mango Coconut Sticky Rice debuted in China in 2021 and has returned several times during the Dragon Boat Festival after customer demand prompted its revival, becoming one of Heytea’s seasonal signature drinks.
The drink reimagines classic Thai mango sticky rice as a beverage, combining soft mango‑flavored ice shavings and coconut, adding fresh mango chunks for refreshment, and laying a layer of coconut‑infused sticky rice at the bottom, offering a variety of textures—from the sweet, refreshing mango taste to the chewy stickiness of the rice.
A key element is the long‑grain glutinous rice imported from Thailand; store staff prepare fresh coconut sticky rice by hand each day, from cooking and sorting the grains to gently mixing them with coconut milk to achieve the desired consistency.
