TL;DR
HTeaO announces the grand opening of its Fort Smith location on Saturday, August 22, 2026, owned and operated by the Weaver family. The store offers ultra-premium tea, water, and coffee products, with a focus on quality, hospitality, and community.
WHAT**: HTeaO announces the grand opening of its Fort Smith location on Saturday, August 22, 2026. Located at 7500 Phoenix Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72903, the store is owned and operated by Blake, Clayton, Kimberly, and Megan Weaver.
HTeaO offers a range of ultra-premium tea, water, and coffee products and serves customers in-store and through convenient drive-thru services. Each location features more than 20 flavors of sweetened and unsweetened tea, made using a proprietary water filtration system and 100% natural ingredients.
The Weaver family is bringing HTeaO to Fort Smith to offer a convenient beverage option while focusing on quality, hospitality, and community. The store is located in a busy Fort Smith retail corridor and serves families, students, professionals and visitors from across western Arkansas.
"When we started looking at different opportunities, HTeaO stood out because it's a concept people genuinely enjoy," said franchise owner Blake Weaver. "It's simple, it's fun, and it's built around giving guests a great experience every single time they walk through the door. We feel fortunate to be introducing that experience to Fort Smith, and we're excited to build something that our family and this community can be proud of."
"One of the things that impressed us most about HTeaO is how much care goes into every detail, from the ingredients to the customer experience," added franchise owner Kimberly Weaver. "Our goal is to create a place that's friendly, consistent and easy to make part of your day. Whether you're stopping by on your morning commute or making an afternoon tea run with friends, we hope every visit leaves you looking forward to the next one."
The grand opening event includes free cups of tea from 10am to 12pm.
The opening weekend included promotions such as buy one get one free cups of tea on Saturday, August 22, and Sunday, August 23, and half-priced gallons of tea for the week of August 22–29. A buy one, get one free on all Brewhouse coffee was offered from Sunday, August 23 through August 29.
A daily buy one get one free promotion on any size HTeaO tea runs from 2–4 PM.
The HTeaO app is available for placing orders and earning rewards.
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This story was originally published in Franchising.com on August 14, 2026. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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