A Milk-Tea Chain Sold Instant Noodles and Sold Out
Heytea’s Nissin Cup Noodles crossover cleared the RMB 88 bowl set within minutes, and bowls were reselling near RMB 140 the same day.
Heytea launched its Cup Noodles collaboration with Nissin nationwide on 13 November 2026 under the theme of a Heytea noodle shop, pricing the signature drink at 22 yuan and the bundle sets at 44, 46 and 88 yuan. Multiple Hangzhou and Shanghai stores sold out within minutes of the 10am opening, and a marketing staff member on site said no restocking was planned. The product rebuilds a cup-noodle ritual rather than a cup-noodle flavour: mango pudding strips stand in for noodles, coconut smoothie for broth, with corn kernels and water-chestnut balls as toppings, served in packaging that swaps CUP NOODLES for CUP HEYTEA. Foodaily reported the RMB 88 bowl set trading near double its price on resale platforms the same day. The commercial read is that the collaboration moved from repackaging to restructuring the product into a photographable ritual, and the resale premium — not the sell-out — is the metric that will decide whether imitators copy the format or the price.