Tasty Chef Equipment List

This list ranks Tasty Chef machines by whether they belong on a milk tea aisle today. Names come from official Build Mode screenshots. We do not invent extra appliances. Sushi tools are preview-only while that pin is under construction on Tasty Town. Pair this page with kitchen layout and the kitchen flow planner.

How S, A, and B work here

• S — You need it on the milk tea demo line, or a second copy of it on that line.
• A — Real in the catalogue, easy to overbuy or place off the path.
• B — Shown for sushi or other announced shops. Do not drop these in the tea shop “just in case.”

Levels such as Lv.3/3 or Lv.5/5 are upgrades, not a reason to block the aisle. Two mid-level S machines beat one maxed machine in a corner.

Milk tea kit (playable)

S — Cup Rack / Advanced Cup Rack. Without cups the sentence cannot start. Advanced is extra capacity on the same tile of path, which is cheaper than a longer walk.

S — Black Tea Brewer. Milk Tea and Lemon Black Tea both need tea. Put it next to cups.

S — Milk Dispenser. Three of the four demo drinks use milk. If milk is across the room, rating dies. See recipes.

S — Ice chest / ice bin. Ice Off versus Custom is a menu toggle, but Custom ice still needs a bin at the pass, not in the warehouse.

S — Topping Station. Even a cap of 1 needs a station at the end of the line. Boba, jelly, red bean, coconut jelly, chia, pudding all finish here.

A — Matcha Tea Brewer. Required for Matcha Milk Tea. Buy the second tea type after Milk Tea tickets stay green, not as a starter pair unless you already practiced matcha.

A — Syrup Station / Advanced Syrup Station. Real in the bar. Easy to park in a dead end. Place on the line or do not buy the advanced copy yet.

A — Prep Table. Useful buffer. Not a substitute for a brewer. Do not fill the dining room with prep tables.

Build Mode also has Kitchen / Inventory / Decor tabs, Undo, Redo, Reset, Store All, Grid (G), and Equipment Info (H). Those are controls, ranked on controls, not extra machines.

Sushi kit (preview / B)

Official sushi Build Mode shows:

• Empty Kitchen Counter
• Fish Processing Station
• Shrimp Peeling Station
• Preparation Station
• Rice Cooker
• Conveyor Belt

B — all of the above in the milk tea shop. They belong in a pit-and-belt layout when Sushi Restaurant is Current Shop. Layout Plans can store more than one design (shots show Layout 1 Active). Warehouse sits beside the loop, not inside it. Until the town pin flips, these are screenshots, not a shopping list. Compare shops on restaurant types.

Bakery remains under construction. Do not pre-place ovens in tea.

Placement beats catalogue completion

A full S-tier kit in a maze still loses to a half kit in a corridor. The milk tea shop guide has the first-hour buy order. The gold economy tool stops you from buying Advanced everything on day one.

Co-op needs two widths of the same S-tier line, not two copies of a B-tier belt. Read co-op before you duplicate a Matcha Tea Brewer in a one-tile gap.

A 10-minute equipment drill

Open Build Mode. Grid on. Equipment Info on. Count how many S-tier stations sit on the walking sentence: cups, tea, milk, ice, toppings. If any S is missing, buy that, not an Advanced Syrup in the corner. If all S exist but the walk is long, Store All the worst cluster and rebuild. That is the whole list.

When Steam adds a named machine to milk tea, it enters S or A here. When sushi becomes Current Shop, the B row moves. We will not move a belt into S while the pin still says under construction.

More ranks: recipes, staff roles, hub at tier list.