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People talk and work on arts and crafts during a \u201cHot Matcha Summer\u201d event hosted by Yelp and Dallas Matcha Club at Tre Stelle Coffee Co. on Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Dallas.<\/p>\n
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As Thursday wound down, a line formed outside\u00a0Tre Stelle Coffee Co. in Far North Dallas. It may have been late for coffee, but they were here for something else. (Hint: Think the color green.)<\/p>\n
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It was the start of Yelp\u2019s first Hot Matcha Summer in Dallas, a series that began last year in San Antonio and features\u00a0matcha-themed events at local businesses until early July.<\/p>\n
The kickoff, hosted in partnership with the Dallas Matcha Club, welcomed 75 matcha lovers on the guest list, with over 150 more on the waitlist, said Semhar Merkey, community manager at Yelp Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Tre Stelle, whose name pays tribute to a coffee shop in Eritrea, where founder and owner Jonathan Ghebreamlak\u2019s parents are from, hosted an excited crowd of mostly twentysomethings.<\/p>\n
They chatted, made beaded bracelets and colored printouts of Dallas Matcha Club and Hot Matcha Summer drawings while\u00a0drinking mango sticky rice matcha with a choice of milk\u00a0or banana milk matcha.<\/p>\n
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A barista prepares several matcha drinks during a \u201cHot Matcha Summer\u201d event hosted by Yelp and Dallas Matcha Club at Tre Stelle Coffee Co. on Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Dallas.<\/p>\n
El\u00edas Valverde II\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n
Part of Tre Stelle\u2019s recently launched summer menu, the mango sticky rice matcha uses cream of coconut, sweet condensed milk and mango puree, said Ghebreamlak. The banana milk matcha, a new product for the shop, uses the local milk brand Mooala.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Additionally, Sweet Tooth Society, another North Texas business, provided matcha blondies for the crowd to munch on.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m really happy that there are more matcha events popping up that matcha lovers like me and my friends can go and check out,\u201d said Truc Bui, 22, a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas. She loves the grassy taste of matcha and finds the earthiness goes well with other flavors.<\/p>\n
This was the first Dallas Matcha Club event for Katie Nguyen, 21, a recent University of Texas at Arlington grad who became friends with\u00a0Bui while both worked at a matcha cafe last year. \u201cI like the sense of community, and we are all kind of talking to each other in line,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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An attendee colors during a \u201cHot Matcha Summer\u201d event hosted by Yelp and Dallas Matcha Club at Tre Stelle Coffee Co. on Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Dallas.<\/p>\n
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Matcha is a milled green tea with roots in ancient China and Japan that has been trending in the United States. The drink typically has<\/a> less caffeine than coffee and contains antioxidants such as polyphenols, which have anti-inflammatory effects.<\/p>\n