Cheese Tea Mega Chain HeyTea Simply Opened a Retailer within the Seattle Space

Followers of cheese tea have one thing to have a good time: As of August 30, the large Chinese language chain HeyTea opened its first Washington State location — and simply the fourth on the North American West Coast — in Bellevue’s Bravern mall.

Cheese tea is a comparatively new drink development the place (usually candy) iced tea will get topped by a layer of foamed milk and cream cheese. Within the U.S. the drink has taken a short while to catch on — most likely as a result of the identify causes some folks to think about literal chunks of cheese in a teacup — however it’s now a routine sight all through the Seattle space. HeyTea’s declare to fame is that it really originated the cheese tea craze at its first store in China’s Guangdong province again in 2012. HeyTea went on to open hundreds of shops in China together with places all through Asia and in Australia, Canada, and the U.Okay. The model opened its first U.S. location in New York Metropolis late final yr and has a pair of shops in Los Angeles.

HeyTea isn’t simply the primary cheese tea chain, it could be the swankiest. It prides itself on utilizing high-quality components like precise fruits and actual cream; the Bellevue location cooks the boba balls utilized in a few of its drinks in home. (Drinks begin round $7.) The inside of the store is modern like the inside of a spaceship, and the teas themselves are colourful sufficient to be trend statements — count on to see a variety of HeyTea cups with the “man ingesting some tea” brand on Instagram and TikTok.

HeyTea

HeyTea

The store matches proper it on the Bravern, a sprawling construction with luxurious residences on high and shops from manufacturers that Kreayshawn used to sing about on backside. The event is leaning into Bellevue’s rising status as a vacation spot for high-end worldwide restaurant chains —Jiang Nan, a Chinese language restaurant identified for its Peking duck and soup dumplings, is about to open there quickly.

Throughout its first seven days of enterprise, HeyTea Bellevue is operating a purchase one, get one at 50 % off promotion. It’s additionally handing out limited-edition fridge magnets of a brand variant the place the tea-drinking man is holding an umbrella within the rain whereas provides final.

HeyTea Bellevue is open each day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and till 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. It’s situated contained in the Outlets on the Bravern, at 700 one hundred and tenth Avenue Northeast #192 in Bellevue.