Albuquerque's matcha scene has its own character. The standout is Café es Amor near Old Town, which serves a four-matcha tasting flight, including one layered with Mexican horchata. Banh Me & U brings Kyoto matcha to a Vietnamese menu, with pandan and jasmine versions, and Shoku House on the West Side is a Japanese brunch café using ceremonial-grade matcha. Two well-loved coffee shops round out the list. All five below are verified open as of September 2026.
The most distinctive matcha in Albuquerque, and a good reason to visit Old Town. Café es Amor serves a matcha flight of four different matchas, so you can taste them side by side. One is infused with strawberry, and another is layered with traditional Mexican horchata, a pairing that works better than you might expect and that you will not find in many other cities. The rest of the menu is Mexican-inspired drinks and food. There is a second location in the South Valley.
A Vietnamese bakery and café that uses matcha from Kyoto in its drinks. The two to try are the pandan matcha milk, flavoured with pandan, which tastes a little like vanilla, and the jasmine matcha, made with jasmine tea. Both are unusual. The bánh mì and pastries make it easy to turn a matcha stop into lunch.
A Japanese brunch café on the West Side serving ceremonial-grade matcha, carefully prepared, hot or iced. It is the most Japanese of Albuquerque's matcha options, with a food menu to match. A daytime place: open 8:00 to 15:00, Monday to Saturday. Worth the drive if you are on the West Side.
A popular, art-filled coffee shop downtown with several hundred reviews on Yelp. Matcha is on the menu at a fair price, and the room, full of local art, makes it a good place to sit. Open seven days, 7:00 to 19:00, which makes it the easiest option downtown.
A neighbourhood café in the Northeast Heights with the matcha green tea latte among its signature drinks. It is a short drive from Banh Me & U on the same road, so the two pair well.
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Tips for drinking matcha in Albuquerque
- Start with the flight — Café es Amor's four-matcha flight is the most distinctive matcha in the city.
- Try the horchata matcha — it is a New Mexico take you will not find in many places.
- Montgomery Blvd pair — Banh Me & U and Lala Bean & Green are on the same road.
- Shoku House closes at 15:00 — and is on the West Side, so go in the morning.
- Zendo for downtown — open 7:00 to 19:00 every day.
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