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The poster outside of the ChaHalo store in Plano on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.<\/p>\n
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ChaHalo, a Chinese milk tea brand, is opening its first North Texas location in Plano around early August, according to the store\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n
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The brand is from Xi\u2019an, a city in north-central China. It offers drinks made from fresh milk and brewed whole-leaf tea, modernizing Chinese tea culture so it attracts more young people, said Eva Gao, owner of the\u00a0Plano location.<\/p>\n
ChaHalo was founded in 2016 and now has almost 1,000 stores in China and six locations in the United States, according to its website<\/a>. Several more U.S. shops<\/a> are upcoming, including in Plano and Houston.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The 1,100-square-foot space in Plano will have big glass windows and be decorated in shades of brown from the furniture and light wood-colored walls.<\/p>\n Customers visiting during soft and grand openings can choose from a smaller menu of signature drinks and receive store gifts: a ChaHalo horse charm and a cowboy-themed fridge magnet designed by Gao, a fine arts major in college.\u00a0<\/p>\n The anticipated outside look of the ChaHalo store in Plano.\u00a0<\/p>\n Eva Wu The anticipated store design of the ChaHalo store in Plano<\/p>\n Eva Wu<\/p>\n Milk tea drinks will cost $6.49 for medium and $6.99 for large, including signature drinks like Osmanthus Oolong Milk Tea, Rock Oolong Milk Tea, Jasmine Green Milk Tea, Dark Milk Tea infused with salted plums and Grape Flavored Oolong Milk Tea.<\/p>\n The tea frapp\u00e9 series, which adds a whipped cream top to the milk tea base, includes the signature ChaHalo Black Milk Tea Frapp\u00e9 ($7.49 for medium, $7.99 for large). It is a rare drink to find in Dallas, Gao said.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Other items include pure tea and drinks with boba, such as Jasmine Green Tea ($4.49) and Fresh Milk With Handmade Boba ($7.49). The full menu will be offered after the opening events.<\/p>\n Milk tea is having a moment in the United States. The national industry is expected to reach $2.9 billion in 2029, according to IBIS World<\/a>, an industry research firm. Here in Dallas-Fort Worth, the popular Taiwanese store Chicha San Chen opened in Carrollton in January 2025. Feng Cha<\/a>, a brand born in Richardson, Texas in 2017, opened several new stores last year. And Molly Tea, another famous Chinese brand, is scheduled to come to Carrollton this summer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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