Daily Whisk Matcha

Daily Whisk Matcha lives inside Ten Tomorrow, a small boutique on 11th Avenue in Kaimuki. The cafe is a counter and a few seats out front. Matcha is the program and the discipline. Drinks are whisked to order with a chasen, the bamboo whisk used in the Japanese tea ceremony, using Uji-sourced organic matcha. The matcha-cano is the unsweetened version, an Americano-shaped argument for what good matcha tastes like without sugar. The lilikoi soda and the chilly matcha lemonade run lighter. Coffee comes from Tradition Coffee Roasters, treated as a side conversation, not the main one. Mornings draw the Kaimuki regulars who walked over and the boutique's customers who stayed longer than they meant to. Order the matcha-cano if you want to taste matcha without the milk and the syrup getting in the way. Order the lilikoi soda if it is hot out and you want something brighter.