Molly Tea to join Wegmans in Rockville

Molly Tea is "coming soon" to Festival Street at the Twinbrook Quarter development in Rockville, according to signage posted in the storefront windows. The signs state that this will be the Shenzhen, China-based brand's first Maryland location. Molly Tea has three existing stores, in California and New York City. At Twinbrook Quarter, it will join anchor tenant Wegmans in The Milton apartments by the Twinbrook Metro station.

Molly Tea specializes in jasmine tea. "Inspired by the Four White Flowers of the East, we select the best mountain tea leaves and scent them with fresh flowers, with focus on Jasmine aromas and Chinese tea," the company's US franchise website states. "Molly Tea aspires to explore all things Jasmine, allowing everyone to see the beauty of Chinese tea culture in their daily lives." Their specialties are Fresh Milk Tea, Snowy Whipped tea beverages topped with jasmine-infused whipped cream, and Fresh Oat Milk Tea.

The company boasts that its milk teas have the highest customer repurchase rates of tea chains in that category. Some beverages might also have seasonal appeal here in America. Molly Tea's White Champaca Milk Tea, for example, is said to carry the scents of chestnuts and frankincense. The Snowy Gardenia sounds like another Christmas season beverage. But, in a fragrant plot twist, the company compares its aroma to the "petrichor after a summer storm."