ranking every matcha i tried!
· 2 min read · food, matcha, drink
Matcha. The taste of grass, I love it. Here is every place I have tried and my thoughts.
My Top 5
(Updated September 21, 2026)
- Airoma Cafe (Fountain Valley, CA): Matcha Einspanner -> big cup and actually tastes the matcha
- Brew Story (Huntington Beach, CA): Banana Cream Matcha -> actually really good, decent cup, good flavors, strong matcha
- Matsu Matcha (Cupertino, CA): Biscoff Matcha -> best biscoff matcha (i love biscoff)
- Community Goods (Los Angeles, CA): Rocky's Matcha -> probably tastes the best but cups are a scam
- Da Vien (Milpitas): Banana Matcha -> was my go to, good value, big cup
My Bottom 5
- Starbucks (Anywhere) -> last resort, decent after recipe change
- La La Land (Glendale) -> actually nasty
Airoma Cafe - Fountain Valley, CA (5/5)
Actually too good of a cup. Worth the 10 minute line wait, the drive to LA, and the price.
Brew Story - Huntington Beach, CA (4.9/5)
Actually really good, decent cup, good flavors, strong matcha.
Matsu Matcha - Cupertino, CA (4.6/5)
Best biscoff matcha (i love biscoff).
Community Goods - Los Angeles, CA (4.6/5)
Probably tastes the best but cups are a scam.
Da Vien - Milpitas, CA (4/5)
Was my go to, good value, big cup.
Berkeley
8 Gram Matcha - Berkeley, CA (4/5)
Best in Berkeley for matcha.
Binge Coffee House - Berkeley (Telegraph), CA (3/5)
Earl grey matcha + biscoff only good drink, better than 8 gram if you like flavored matcha.
De Matcha - Berkeley, CA (2.5/5)
Was good for a few months, not the baseline it used to be. But heard it got better, have yet to try again.
Yume Mori - Berkeley, CA (3/5)
Good but cups are a scam.
Livermore + Dublin + Pleasanton
Junbi Matcha - Livermore, CA (3.5/5)
Good flavors, one of the better franchise matcha places.
Boba Bliss - Dublin, CA (3/5)
Milky matcha, but I do like their other drinks.
Macchi - Pleasanton, CA (3/5)
San Francisco
Tadaima Mission - San Francisco, CA (3/5)
Okay.
Matcha Cafe Maiko - San Francisco, CA
Nagomi - San Francisco, CA
Kiss of Matcha - San Francisco, CA
Q Specialty Coffee - San Francisco, CA
San Jose + Milpitas
Academic Coffee - San Jose, CA (2.5/5)
Best nextdoor to SJSU, but still not great, was good tho.
Lacaphe - San Jose, CA (3.5/5)
Good but not great.
Izumi Matcha - San Jose, CA (2.5/5)
Was the best, fell off, not the baseline.
Aroma - San Jose, CA (4.8/5)
Might be the best in San Jose.
Maruwu Seicha - San Jose, CA
Matcha Matcha - San Jose, CA
Ceré Tea - San Jose, CA
UG Tea - Milpitas, CA (3.5/5)
Decent. But really good cookie butter matcha smoothie.
Los Angelos + Orange County
rōk coffee and tea - Los Angeles, CA (4/5)
One of the best matchas, but one of the smallest cups ever.
Stagger
ToroTea
La La Land - Glendale, CA (1/5)
Save your soul but, I did hear they updated their recipe.
Las Vegas
Hatoya Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV (2/5)
Most expensive matcha I tried ($15), not worth it.
Urban Matcha - Las Vegas, NV (4/5)
Good matcha, good price in Vegas.