I first started to notice the lines a couple of months ago, backpack-wearing teens and people in their early 20s snaking down sidewalks in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, waiting to go to Heytea, ...

International tea chain Heytea opened its first L.A. location on Friday in Beverly Hills. Founded in China in 2012, Heytea has more than 4,000 stores worldwide. (Grace Xue / Los Angeles Times) At its ...