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TEA PLACES · 名店

Reading a City Through Its Tea

Guides to the part a map can’t hold — which room to sit in, what the tea actually tastes like, and why a city drinks the way it does. Looking a shop up is a different job: that is the Matcha Atlas. We start in New York. Los Angeles, Paris, and the old tea houses of Japan are on their way.

USA EUROPE JAPAN
USA

New York

The city’s matcha scene has exploded. These guides make sense of it.

A bowl of freshly whisked matcha
MATCHA · 7 SPOTS
Where to Drink Real Matcha in New York

From a 30-year tea master's tatami room to the spot everyone lines up for — seven places for authentic, ceremonial-grade matcha, mapped and ranked.

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An iced matcha latte to go
MATCHA · 9 SPOTS
9 Trendy Matcha Shops You Can Take to Go

The buzziest matcha in New York right now — viral cafés, soft serve, and great lattes to grab and go. Mapped and reviewed.

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A Japanese tea cafe table with food
TEA & FOOD · 7 SPOTS
7 Cafés & Restaurants for Tea and a Meal

Where to sit down for real Japanese tea alongside a proper meal — from Showa-era omurice to afternoon tea.

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NEW YORK
More guides coming
Sencha & tea houses · newly opened spots · best for working
USA

Los Angeles

Sixteen specialists spread from Little Tokyo to Torrance — and a scene where the coffee shops get all the coverage.

Matcha being whisked to a fine foam
MATCHA · 6 SHOPS
Where to Drink Real Matcha in Los Angeles

“Ceremonial grade” means nothing on its own. Six shops that will tell you the farm — which matters more now that Japan has run short.

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EUROPE

Paris & beyond

Coming soon — the matcha cafés and tea salons of Paris, and the cities where Japanese tea is finding a new home.

PARIS
In preparation
The best matcha & Japanese tea salons in Paris
EUROPE
More cities ahead
London · and beyond
JAPAN

The home of tea

Coming soon — the historic tea houses of Kyoto and Uji, the places Sen no Rikyū would have known, and the towns where Japanese tea and pottery were born.

KYOTO · UJI
In preparation
Historic tea houses & the roots of the tea ceremony
JAPAN
Tea & pottery towns
Where the leaf and the bowl come from