Marukyu Koyamaen Nishinotoin ★ 4.4
Marukyu Koyamaen's Kyoto tasting room on Nishinotoin, run by the Uji tea house founded 1704. Sit in a sashed garden tatami room and order matcha by farm.
Signature drink: Stone-ground matcha set
What to order at Ippodo Kaboku Tea Room
- Signature drink
- Ceremonial-grade matcha set
Neighborhoodkarasuma-kawaramachi
Hours10:00-18:00
Signature drinkCeremonial-grade matcha set
Location
Address: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0915, Japan
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Fukujuen Kyoto Honten ★ 4.2
A six-floor Uji-tea house on Shijo-dori, Kyoto. Tea blending in the basement classroom, a soba-and-matcha lunch on the second, hojicha creme brulee on top.
Signature drink: Single-estate matcha
Yugen Kyoto ★ 4.4
A modern matcha cafe and tasting room on Sanjo-dori, Kyoto. Matcha and hojicha by farm, plus the city's best Kyoto-style cold milk-matcha programme.
Signature drink: Kyoto-style iced matcha latte
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Gion Tsujiri ★ 4.3
The Gion outpost of the 1860 Uji tea-merchant Tsujiri, opening for matcha parfaits and matcha soba until 20:00, the latest such room in Higashiyama Kyoto.
Signature drink: Matcha parfait
Marukyu Koyamaen Nishinotoin ★ 4.4
Marukyu Koyamaen's Kyoto tasting room on Nishinotoin, run by the Uji tea house founded 1704. Sit in a sashed garden tatami room and order matcha by farm.
Signature drink: Stone-ground matcha set
Kagizen Yoshifusa ★ 4.6
An 18th-century wagashi maker on Shijo-dori with a tatami tea room behind the storefront. Tsukimi rabbit jellies and the most quoted kuzukiri in Kyoto.
Signature drink: Kuzukiri with kuromitsu
Fukujuen Kyoto Honten ★ 4.2
A six-floor Uji-tea house on Shijo-dori, Kyoto. Tea blending in the basement classroom, a soba-and-matcha lunch on the second, hojicha creme brulee on top.
Signature drink: Single-estate matcha
Yugen Kyoto ★ 4.4
A modern matcha cafe and tasting room on Sanjo-dori, Kyoto. Matcha and hojicha by farm, plus the city's best Kyoto-style cold milk-matcha programme.
Signature drink: Kyoto-style iced matcha latte
Alt. Coffee Roasters ★ 4.3
Alt. in Nakagyo in Kyoto is a one-woman specialty coffee shop, ex-dietician owner roasting her own beans, daily batch brew and a single counter inside.
Signature drink: Single-origin batch brew
Order: Daily batch brew of the rotating single origin on the chalk board.
Tip: Six seats; the owner roasts and pours. Closed Tuesdays. Cash and IC card only.