Case Study: Tastea achieves scalable expansion and streamlined operations with Office 365

Tea Bar Stirs Up Excitement for Expansion with New Blend of Technology Tools

Tastea, an Orange County tea bar with three locations planning rapid expansion and franchising, needed to standardize operations and improve communication to preserve quality and make the customer experience repeatable. With just two founders managing growth, the company faced challenges in training, inventory tracking, and keeping store teams aligned across locations.

Tastea adopted Office 365 (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Lync, plus marketplace apps) to centralize calendars, securely share recipes and HR forms, run virtual meetings, track equipment and inventory, and build custom workflows and forums. The change delivered tighter operational consistency, higher team engagement (staff report getting twice as much done), cost-effective enterprise tools, and a turnkey foundation that has accelerated expansion and freed the founders to focus on growth.

Tastea

Ted Vu

Cofounder