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Take a Look at America’s First Matcha Bar

Here's the matcha latte, usually prepared with non-dairy milk.
Here’s the matcha latte, usually prepared with non-dairy milk. Photo: Melissa Hom

Matcha — fine-ground, powdered green tea — has all the nutritional benefits of green tea (and then some), with an intense energy boost that rivals coffee. It’s a traditional drink that’s offered in a few Japanese coffee shops around the city (Bosie Tea Parlor, in particular), but now single-concept MatchaBar is open in Williamsburg. The owners, brothers Max and Graham Fortgang, are importing their matcha directly from farms in Nishio, Japan, and they’ll serve tea, milk-based matcha lattes, as well as desserts and a food menu catered by Watty & Meg. And starting in October, the space will double as a speakeasy at night. Take a look, straight ahead.

The space.Photo: Melissa Hom

Iced matcha.Photo: Melissa Hom

Dessert!Photo: Melissa Hom

MatchaBar, 93 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn, 718-599-0015

Take a Look at America’s First Matcha Bar