{"id":225926,"date":"2026-06-23T16:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225926\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:13:12","slug":"incredibly-excited-cafe-franchises-1st-pennsylvania-location-coming-soon-to-bethlehem-eat-sip-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/225926\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Incredibly excited\u2019: Caf\u00e9 franchise\u2019s 1st Pennsylvania location coming soon to Bethlehem | Eat, Sip, Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 A new spot for unique drinks and desserts, including karak chai, date cardamom lattes, mango cold foam matcha and pistachio knafeh cookies, is coming soon to Northampton County.<\/p>\n<p>The first Pennsylvania location of Karak House Coffee Co., offering \u201can authentic Karak chai and specialty coffee experience,\u201d will open later this year at 318 E. Third St. in Bethlehem, co-founder and CEO Junaid Malik told 69 News.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"karak.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1975\" height=\"1050\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a3aa3d38c775.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"106\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A new location of Karak House Coffee Co. is coming soon to 318 E. Third St. in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n<p>The new caf\u00e9 will operate a few doors down from Sizzling Bites on the ground floor of the Third &amp; Polk Building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly excited to bring Karak House Coffee Co. to the Bethlehem community\u2026\u201d Malik said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are currently aiming for a fall 2026 opening. As we finalize our build-out and approach the date, we will have a more specific grand opening date to share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karak House was established in 2023 in Laguna Hills, California with a goal of bringing the authentic chai experience to a modern, welcoming setting, according to an online description.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"karak 2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1968\" height=\"1053\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a3aa3ca721a6.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"107\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A new location of Karak House Coffee Co. is coming soon to 318 E. Third St. in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n<p>Malik founded the business with his brothers, Zohaib and Rohail Malik, and the group has steadily grown the brand via franchised locations across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKarak House started the way every good chai conversation starts \u2014 with friends, a kitchen, and the words &#8220;let&#8217;s have some Karak,\u2019\u201d an online description reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 The recipe came from home. The hospitality came from how we were raised. The rest came from the people who showed up every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years, the brand has grown to more than a dozen open and coming-soon locations nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Karak House Coffee Co. is now setting up shop in prominent cities such as San Diego, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Tempe, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"karak 5.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1402\" height=\"1478\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a3aa3d10279e.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"211\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A new location of Karak House Coffee Co. is coming soon to 318 E. Third St. in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n<p>The Bethlehem caf\u00e9 will operate along a busy stretch of East Third Street in south Bethlehem, across from the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts and near other prominent institutions and venues such as Lehigh University, the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks and Northampton Community College\u2019s Fowler Family Southside Center.<\/p>\n<p>Guests of Karak House can enjoy karak chai, made the traditional way with black tea, fresh milk and a house spice blend simmered slowly, along with specialty coffee drinks, pastries and desserts.<\/p>\n<p>Popular selections include a date cardamom latte (espresso, milk, dates and cardamom; naturally sweet and deeply aromatic); iced pistachio Spanish latte (pistachio, espresso and sweetened condensed milk over ice); mango cold foam matcha (ceremonial-grade matcha, cold milk and mango cold foam on top); and pistachio knafeh cookie (crispy knafeh shell with pistachio cream inside).<\/p>\n<p>Other menu highlights include specialty teas such as Moroccan mint tea and Turkish black tea; specialty lattes such as a golden saffron latte and an iced strawberry matcha; and other hand-crafted lattes and espresso classics such as Americano, cappuccino, mocha lattes and honey lavender lattes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our shareable chai pots to seasonal lattes, mango matcha refreshers, and pistachio mochas \u2014 every drink is a tiny ceremony,\u201d reads a message on the business\u2019 website. \u201cHand-spiced, hand-poured, made the way we&#8217;d make it for family at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guests also can enjoy refreshers such as rose mint lemonade and cucumber mint lemonade; and house-made pastries and desserts such as croissants, macarons, cheesecake and assorted cookies.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Karak House Coffee Co. updates, follow the business\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/karakhousecoffee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 A new spot for unique drinks and desserts, including karak chai, date cardamom lattes, mango&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[153,98033,653,26653,9598,20423,11319,26652,98035,98032,98036,98034,98031,157,98030,434,28,30,29,1076],"class_list":["post-225926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-caf","tag-cafe","tag-cappuccino","tag-coffee","tag-drinks","tag-east-third-street","tag-hot-drinks","tag-junaid-malik","tag-karak","tag-karak-chai","tag-karak-house-coffee-co","tag-lattes","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-matcha","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-south-bethlehem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}