The 5 Best Matcha Cafés in Memphis (2026)

Memphis's most nationally recognized café brand — Cxffeeblack is a culture-forward, Black-owned roastery and café in the Binghampton neighbourhood, rated 4.9 across 207 reviews. The café has generated significant national press attention for its approach to specialty coffee as a cultural force and community institution, while the quality of its drinks — including the matcha programme — has earned a devoted local following. Open Monday through Friday from 7:30am and weekends from 9am, all with a consistent 4pm close, it is a true morning-to-early-afternoon destination. The matcha here is well-sourced and executed with the same care as the coffee.

A 4.9-rated neighbourhood café with Memphis's most impressive review volume on this list — 433 reviews, the highest count of any entry here. Aldar Cafe on Summer Ave has built an exceptionally broad following across Memphis through quality, consistency, and one of the more generous schedules on this list: open Monday through Friday until 9pm and Saturday until 10pm, it is the city's top choice for an evening matcha. The combination of high volume, top rating, and late hours makes Aldar the most data-backed matcha recommendation in Memphis. Open from 8am on weekdays and 9am on weekends.

A 4.8-rated suburban café in Cordova, east of Memphis proper, MoQana has built a strong local reputation with 232 reviews and late hours that make it the Memphis area's best choice for a very late evening matcha. Open Monday through Thursday until 10pm, Friday and Saturday until midnight, and Sunday until 10pm — the only café on this list serving matcha past 10pm. For visitors staying in the east Memphis or Germantown corridor, MoQana is the destination; for those willing to drive from midtown for the midnight Friday option, it is worth the trip.

A beloved Midtown Memphis institution, Just Love Coffee & Cafe on Madison Ave holds a 4.8 rating across 134 reviews and has been a fixture of the neighbourhood's independent café scene. The matcha programme here is part of a broader quality drinks menu that attracts the Midtown creative and professional community for daily visits. Open Monday through Friday from 7am to 5pm and weekends from 7am to 4pm — firmly a daytime destination but one of the most consistent on this list for weekday morning matcha. The Madison Ave location makes it easy to walk to from many Midtown hotels and residences.

Downtown Memphis's premier specialty café — Humble Drip at 7 N Main St holds a 4.9 rating across 76 reviews and has become the go-to for quality matcha in the city's historic core. Located on N Main in the South Main Arts District, it serves the downtown professional and visitor community with a quality-first approach to all its drinks. The limited hours — Monday through Thursday 7am to 3pm, Friday until noon — make it strictly a morning destination and mean that the Friday close at 12pm should be noted when planning. But within those hours, it is the best matcha stop downtown, with a character and level of craft that justified every 4.9 review.