A WOMAN who was told there were “no job opportunities” in her area claims she is now raking in seven figures with her bubble tea business.
Serene Lim, from Melbourne, got inspired to launch her business after seeing the tea-based drink boom in popularity in Australia.
Serene Lim is the founder of Cup 49, which is a bubble tea brand[/caption]
Serene also has a nail business called Gellae[/caption]
The 28-year-old businesswoman told MailOnline: “While I was in my first job, I started Cup 49, but it was only meant to be a side hustle, I never really had the dream of running a small business of being an entrepreneur. I just did it because it was so fun.
“Bubble tea was a massive growing industry, especially in 2019. I feel like that’s when bubble tea was popping up everywhere. Now you can find six bubble tea shops sometimes on a busy street.”
She found on average, each shop would sell around 48 drinks every hour.
Serene added: “That’s 48 plastic cups, plastic lids, plastic bags, plastic straws. That’s why we called it Cup 49, because we wanted it to be the 49th and ever-reusable.”
