CA · 20 places
Matcha in the Bay Area ranges from dedicated matcha bars that whisk to order to coffee shops, Japanese cafes and bakeries with deep matcha menus. This list covers San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland in the East Bay, and Palo Alto, Santa Clara and San Jose to the south.
Last checked 2026-09-23. Menus change, so check with the cafe before a special trip.
A Japanese tea brand's counter inside the Japantown mall, pouring matcha and hojicha drinks made with Hokkaido milk. Soft serve and tea-flavored baked cheese tarts are also on offer.
1737 Post St #368, San Francisco, CA 94115
Also in Palo Alto (250 University Ave), downtown San Jose and Campbell
A small Clement Street counter focused on matcha, known for dense matcha soft serve and a long list of matcha lattes. It uses a blend of Uji and Kagoshima matcha.
750 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118
Second location in Chinatown (612 Broadway)
A family-run tea house that opened in May 2026 and grinds its matcha in-house on traditional stone mills. The menu also includes black matcha and Taiwanese teas.
3512 Balboa St, San Francisco, CA 94121
A SoMa cafe run by a Shizuoka native that serves ceremonial matcha from the Shizuoka producer Oyaizu Seicha. Lattes are hand-whisked and made with Straus milk; matcha soft serve is also offered.
74 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105
A minimalist matcha cafe on Shattuck Avenue that lets guests choose among regional matcha varieties. It also serves matcha soft serve and crepes.
2319 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
A South Bay matcha shop whose drinks are made without syrups, covering lattes and fruit-and-matcha teas. It also sells matcha soft serve, taiyaki and matcha powder.
3005 Silver Creek Rd, Ste 142, San Jose, CA 95121
Also in Cupertino (19740 Stevens Creek Blvd); San Mateo location listed as coming soon
A compact matcha cafe from the team behind a Los Altos omakase restaurant, serving matcha drinks with Japanese sandos and rice bowls from morning through lunch.
121 Lytton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
A Santa Clara matcha shop offering matcha gelato in several intensity levels, matcha flights and matcha floats.
3030 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA
A local group of Japanese sando shops with a drink list built around matcha and hojicha lattes topped with flavored creams.
1849 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123
Also in the Mission (3515 20th St) and Inner Sunset (1248 9th Ave)
A SoMa spot that runs as a Japanese cafe during the day and a small-plates restaurant at night. Its daytime menu includes ceremonial matcha topped with lightly sweetened whipped cream.
140 New Montgomery St, Suite 1, San Francisco, CA 94105
A Berkeley tea house that hand-whisks Uji matcha to order, served as a straight bowl, shaken, or as a latte with optional boba. It also supplies matcha to local bakeries.
2086 University Ave, Berkeley, CA
Also in San Francisco (17 Kearny St, Union Square)
A Piedmont Avenue tea cafe with boba and desserts that offers customizable matcha lattes and seasonal matcha specials.
4098 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA
A small Bay Area tea chain known for matcha einspänners and fruit-flavored matcha drinks such as yuzu and ube.
Also in Saratoga, Milpitas and Burlingame
An Asian-American bakery-cafe on Clement Street known for kaya toast and pastries, with matcha on its drink menu.
1408 Clement St, San Francisco, CA
Also at Pier 70 in Dogpatch (1070 Maryland St)
A Berkeley bakery known for mochi muffins and mochi donuts that uses matcha across its drinks and pastries. It also runs a matcha-focused cafe in Walnut Creek.
2701 8th St, Berkeley, CA
Also a matcha cafe in Walnut Creek (1310 S California Blvd)
A small neighborhood cafe near the Castro with a sizable whisked-matcha section, from lattes and shots to tonics and lemonade.
499 Douglass St, San Francisco, CA 94114
A Vietnamese coffee shop near UC Berkeley with a long list of flavored matcha lattes next to its phin coffee and banh mi.
2199 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Also at 2528A Durant Ave in Berkeley and 530 Valencia St in San Francisco
A record-lined coffee shop in the Inner Richmond whose iced matcha drinks come with sweet cream tops and fruit purees.
189 6th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118
A Berkeley cafe that specializes in einspänner-style drinks, including matcha lattes finished with a thick layer of whipped cream.
An Oakland coffee shop that flavors its matcha lattes with house-made syrups such as ginger and lavender.
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