Little Tea Shop update history
Released game features and fixes, with the same version notes and dates shown inside Little Tea Shop.
Updated: 10/10/2026Current version and play status
As of , the latest published Little Tea Shop version is v2.9.0. The browser game is available from the official game page; the dated release notes below show what changed.
Has Little Tea Shop closed, or reopened?
The website has not announced a shutdown in these release notes. The in-game “Shop closed” screen means a trading day has ended; it does not mean the website has closed. Open the official game page to check access now.
How do I reopen my shop after closing a day?
From the day summary, choose the Start next day button. If you left the page, reopen the game in the same browser and choose Continue. Before changing browsers or devices, back up your progress.
Do I need a new APK for the latest version?
No APK is required for the browser game. Reopen the official game page to load the published version; do not clear site data to update, because a Local Mode save lives in this browser.
v2.9.0 — A little shop with its own story
From day 2, open the Shop journal in Local / Smooth Play to choose your pace, check the forecast and try a daily offer.
Name a signature drink, choose its recipe and cup motif, and track ingredient cost and guest feedback. Your signature appears on the storefront and invitation poster.
Meet six regulars with individual tastes. Serve them well across several days to discover their stories and collect keepsake postcards.
From day 4, take an optional booking for 3 drinks and earn 20k in-game cash for completing it correctly. From day 7, choose a neighborhood, campus or garden identity.
Visit friends to save recipes and leave one reaction. Existing progress is kept; Ranked shops continue with their established competition rules.
v2.8.0 — Invite a friend with your tea shop poster
Invite a new friend by link or QR: when they serve at least one cup and finish day one, you both receive 50k in-game cash in local / Smooth Play shops. No sign-up needed; rewards wait for you while you are away.
Your new results poster includes a tea shop scene, your shop name, daily results and a QR code inviting friends to play for free.
Copy an invitation link or share the image and caption. Friends can play without signing up first; owners with invitations enabled can connect through Smooth Play.
New invitations stay valid. You can still disable invitations or replace the link in Shops & friends.
v2.7.2 — Try wide layout on a larger screen
If you use Classic on a larger screen, a one-time suggestion lets you try Wide during preparation or the daily summary. You can keep Classic, and the suggestion will not repeat in this browser.
v2.7.1 — A layout that fits your screen
Choose Auto, Wide or Classic in Settings. Auto is the default, using the wide layout on larger screens and portrait on smaller screens. Your manual choice is remembered on this device.
v2.7.0 — A little progress every day
Follow a daily serving goal and see how much you still need for your next upgrade, from preparation through the end-of-day summary.
New feedback for adding toppings, sealing and serving. The correct fill zone stands out, and serving results appear in a small notice you can dismiss immediately.
In the wide layout, the current order comes first, customer portraits are easier to see, and taller screens show a little view of the shop.
Available in Vietnamese and English. Your progress, shop cash and scoring rules stay the same.
v2.6.2 — Easier sugar and ice choices with staff help
The drink station now stays in place while staff help pour tea, so you can scroll to choose sugar and ice and finish the drink.
v2.6.1 — Step outside and see your shop
View your storefront while preparing, pausing or decorating. The sign shows your shop name, and the awning, menu board, counter, walls and lighting reflect your chosen style.
Friends you allow to visit can also see your shop’s look. Decorations remain separate for each shop.
On desktop, the game uses more of the available screen height. The wide layout, Settings menu and dialog close buttons are easier to use.
v2.6.0 — A smoother day at the tea shop
Settings are grouped, with direct 3, 4, 5 or 8 minute trading choices. One button on the game screen mutes or restores sound; music and effects remain separate in Settings.
After closing time, finish orders already accepted while no new customers arrive. Waiting customers still have their remaining patience.
Enable a wide layout on desktop in Settings; smaller screens keep the portrait layout.
Customize the sign, awning, menu board, counter, walls, lighting and cup pattern separately; each shop keeps its own look.
Smooth Play owners can invite one friend as deputy manager to take turns operating and decorating the shop. Only one person runs it at a time; the owner controls the name and deputy access.
v2.5.2 — Two separate tasks for each shop
Sharing your result and reviewing on Product Hunt are separate tasks. Reviews are optional, can be marked complete once per shop, and carry no reward.
Local and Smooth Play shops can claim 50k shop cash after sharing once each Vietnam calendar day. Competitive shops still earn a badge instead of cash.
v2.5.1 — A thank-you for sharing your result
After sharing your result on social media, you can confirm once to receive 50k shop cash in local or Smooth Play mode. Competitive shops earn a Shop Friend badge instead, keeping the leaderboard fair.
An honest Product Hunt review remains optional and has no reward.
v2.5.0 — Two new looks for your shop
Added Bamboo garden and Peach garden themes, each with a matching plant vase, hanging ornament and cup sticker.
Apply a full look in one tap, change only the theme, replace all decorations or mix individual pieces. Undo your changes or restore the original look.
Open Decorate on the preparation screen, or Themes & decorations in the Pause menu during service.
All choices are free and saved separately in this browser for all your shops. They do not yet sync to other devices or appear to visiting friends. Progress, recipes and scores stay the same.
v2.4.1 — Share your day with an image and caption
Share from the daily summary with a portrait image showing your actual cups sold, profit and shop rating, plus an editable caption.
Use your phone’s share sheet where supported, or save the image and copy the caption for TikTok, Facebook, Zalo, WhatsApp or X.
v2.4.0 — A fresh look for your shop and ingredients
Refreshed preparation, drink-making and summary screens with tighter layouts and consistent colors and controls.
New artwork for tea jars, pearls, jelly, cream, fruit and cups, with clear stock counts and selected ingredients.
Cups now show glass, topping and lid details while the tea level follows your pouring. Existing progress and gameplay stay the same.
v2.3.5 — Open the full game page
The homepage Full screen button saves your progress and opens the dedicated game page at the top, without another start button.
Return to the homepage at your previous reading position.
v2.3.4 — Play right on the homepage
Start playing directly on the homepage, with your existing progress in the same browser.
Expand the play area without reloading your shop. The game pauses when you scroll away so you can read the guide at your own pace.
v2.3.3 — Cloud backup improvements
Improved Smooth Play backups while keeping the three latest recovery copies and protection against conflicting saves from different devices.
Existing backup copies continue to preserve your progress for recovery support.
v2.3.2 — Reach every topping on your phone
Fixed unlocking many ingredients stretching the game beyond the screen and hiding controls on the right.
Swipe across the tea, topping and flavor rows. Their scroll positions stay in place when choosing ingredients or updating the same order.
v2.3.1 — Smaller notifications during play
Fixed stock-purchase and drink-delivery notifications stretching over most of the phone screen.
Notifications now sit compactly at the upper right of the game and can be dismissed immediately. Dismissing or auto-hiding a notification does not rebuild the game controls.
v2.3.0 — A fresh shop for Smooth Play
Ranked shop owners can open a separate Smooth Play shop starting on day 1 with 400k, while keeping their ranked shop.
Choosing this second shop enables archiving after 14 days without ranked gameplay. Restore within 90 days of archiving; after that, the ranked save is permanently deleted.
Shops shows the recovery deadline. Restoring in time cancels that deletion countdown; your Smooth Play shop, account and friends are preserved.
v2.2.3 — Keep recovery copies when moving to Smooth Play
Moving an existing online shop to Smooth Play keeps progress, friends and privacy settings, with up to three recent saves retained for recovery support.
If the move fails, your original shop remains intact so you can safely try again.
v2.2.2 — Introducing the Smooth Play name
The mode is now consistently named Smooth Play Mode across the game, guides and update notes. Progress and backup behavior stay the same.
You can switch devices after backing up; avoid playing the same shop on multiple devices at once.
v2.2.1 — Safer play when signed out
Signed-out Smooth Play players now see a reminder to avoid playing the same shop on multiple devices, browsers or tabs at once.
Before changing devices, sign in to the same account, check progress and wait for Backed up. Conflicting saves are not merged. Ordinary Local play has no sign-in reminder.
v2.2.0 — Smoother play, safer progress
Local Mode remains the default, lightest experience with no sign-in needed.
Choose Smooth Play Mode when you want backups of the shop you already play. Progress backs up after trading days and important milestones.
Existing online shops get a one-time choice: keep Ranked play or move to Smooth Play while retaining progress and friends.
Before changing devices, check Backed up and choose to take over. Older sessions cannot overwrite newer backups; unsent progress stays on the device.
v2.1.1 — Clearer information and ad reporting
Added ad-report links while preserving close and hide controls.
Clarified simulated customer reviews and how replies are saved.
Download pages remain available. Native app development is paused with no release schedule. Existing saves are unchanged.
v2.1.0 — Recommendations during your break
Returning to a cached page keeps its existing recommendation without reloading it.
No summary ad on day 1. Starting on day 2, summary ads appear every other day and can always be closed immediately.
Recommendations respect frequency limits and open in a new tab so your shop stays in place.
v2.0.9 — Reliable sugar and ice controls
Choose sugar and ice levels with direct buttons instead of dropdowns.
Fixed form-control clicks rebuilding the interface before a selection was completed.
v2.0.8 — More efficient online saves
Duplicate-action protection now shares the shop save to reduce database writes.
Progress still saves immediately, with protection for reconnects and multiple tabs.
v2.0.7 — Worldwide rankings refresh every 3 minutes
Worldwide standings and your worldwide rank reuse a snapshot for up to 3 minutes to reduce queries.
Worldwide ranking visibility changes appear at the next update; visit permissions are still checked immediately.
v2.0.6 — Help shape our little tea shop
Share ideas and feature suggestions through the Discord link in Settings and What’s new.
The suggestions thread welcomes Vietnamese and English, whether you play locally or online.
v2.0.5 — Save when something changes
Idle actions that leave your shop unchanged no longer rewrite its save.
Identical privacy settings are no longer rewritten; actual changes still save immediately.
v2.0.4 — Lighter syncing, responsive play
Automatic syncing now runs every 3 seconds during service; player actions and pauses still save immediately.
Timers, staff progress and lid sealing update smoothly between syncs.
Reduced duplicate writes from older tabs while keeping the disconnection pause limit.
v2.0.3 — More efficient online play
Reduced database queries during online play and leaderboard loading.
Connection retries now back off during outages or when requests are limited.
v2.0.2 — A lighter online shop
Reduced database writes during syncing and idle play, including older tabs.
Your progress, ranking scores and recovery after a lost connection remain protected.
v2.0.1 — Lighter online syncing
Reduced unnecessary syncing during preparation, day summaries and pauses.
Optimized progress saving and loading of friends’ rankings.
v2.0 — A little tea street with friends
Sign in with Google to open a separate online shop and continue across devices.
Keep your existing local shop and switch shops from Shops & friends.
Invite friends, accept requests and visit each other’s menus and shop styles. Invited players can try local play first.
Choose a private shop, friends-only visits or visits from anyone signed in.
Opt into weekly friends and worldwide rankings based on correctly made drinks.
Online progress saves on the server and pauses automatically after a lost connection.
All new features are available in English and Vietnamese.
v1.3 — A day behind the counter
Welcome several guests at once, switch between orders and keep a separate drink for each guest.
Hold to pour, release at the target line, seal the lid and serve. Use +5% for fine control.
Automatic sealers and staff now prepare and serve drinks. An expanded counter adds room for another guest.
Learn at the counter with first-drink coaching and a paused clock while you practise.
Added oolong tea, Thai milk tea, a new shop illustration and customer portraits.
Improved mobile layout, pause controls, missing-stock hints and background music.
Continue your existing progress in Vietnamese or English.
v1.2 — The English edition is here
Play Little Tea Shop in English at /en/game and visit the English homepage at /en/.
Switch between English and Vietnamese in Settings. Both languages share progress in the same browser.
Added flavors, toppings, staff, online orders, a welcome screen, background music and progress backups.
v1.1 — Your first day in the shop
Open your shop with ingredient stock, drink orders, pricing, upgrades, reviews and daily summaries.
Progress saves automatically in your browser.
v1.0 — Welcome to the shop
Launched the Tiệm Trà Nhỏ homepage.