Southern California

• Verve Coffee Roasters (Manhattan Beach) - 10/10 -

• Dayglow (Silverlake) - 10/10 - (I got a matcha/espresso)

• Handlebar Coffee Roasters (Santa Barbara) - 10/10 - (fresh green, oat milk just foamy enough, perfectly unsweet)

• Scout Coffee Roasters (San Luis Obispo) - 9.5/10 -

• Gjusta (Venice Beach) - 9/10 - (iced, vibrant green, could be slightly sweeter)

• Urth Caffe (LAX) - 9/10 (could almost give it a 10 but I know I’ve just been missing matcha for a month so in the interest of fairness)

• Urth Caffe (Torrance) - 8.5/10 -

• Blue Butterfly (El Segundo) - 5/10 -

• Two Guns Espresso (El Segundo) - okay -

• The Boy and the Bear (Redondo) - okay -

• Hilltop (Inglewood) - not good -

• Offset (El Segundo) - not great -

• Peet’s Coffee (El Segundo) - good -

• The Source (Hermosa Beach) - 8/10 - (iced with almond milk, tasted a bit old)

• Copa Vida (Pasadena) - 6/10 - (matcha was dark, but masked by sweetener in oat milk)

• Bluestone Lane (Manhattan Beach) - 8/10 - (great taste, slightly darkened, brand new place)

• Sidecar Doughnuts (Manhattan Beach) - 4/10 - (matcha is dirt colored)

• Honey Hi (Echo Park) - 5/10 - (matcha is great, pumpkin seed milk not so much)

• Brio Brio (Lake Forest) - 3/10 (not fresh matcha at all, too sweet, $7 for an iced matcha)

• Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (Laguna Hills) - 6.5/10 - (good fresh flavor, too sweet, crushed ice in iced is a weird touch)

• Goodboybob Coffee Roasters (Manhattan Beach) - 8/10 - (just needs more matcha)

• Cafe Gitana (Hermosa Beach) - 8/10 - (needs to be a little sweeter, but excellent green color)

Northern California

• Altamont Gen. (Occidental) - 10/10 greener w/ every sip

• Steelhead Coffee (Cal Heights, San Francisco) - 9/10 - (iced w oat, unsweetened)

• Avid Coffee (Sebastopol) - good -

• Taylor Lane (Sebastopol) - very not good -

• Howard’s Station (Occidental, CA) - 3/10 - (matcha was old and grey)

• Hardcore Espresso (Sebastopol) - 4/10 - (not vibrant green, needed honey to mask the taste)

• Sightglass (Divisadero, San Francisco) - 8/10 - (an excellent matcha with oat, no WiFi and not many places to sit, too many hipsters with beanies around)

• Andy town (Sunset, San Francisco) - 8.5/10 - (iced with oat milk)

Texas

• Try Hard Coffee (East Austin) - 6.5/10 - (tastes like house made oat, got it iced, a little dark for my liking)

• Two Hands (SoCo, Austin) - 9.5/10 - (iced with oat, perfect ratio of matcha powder to water/milk, a little sweet)

• Carpenter Coffee (Barton Springs, Austin) - 8/10 - (light green, could use more matcha powder, but perfectly sweetened with oat milk, iced)

• Greater Goods Coffee Co. (East Austin) - 8.5/10 - (beautifully bright green, housemade cashew/etc. milk is really good, lacks a tiny bit of sweet)

Rockies

• Lost Coffee (Aurora, CO) - 6/10 - (not thoroughly mixed, but fresh; Molly said tastes like grass)

• Moab Garage Co. (Moab, UT) - 5/10 - (not ceremonial grade, a little watery, but at least it’s bright green)

• Publik Coffee House (Salt Lake City, UT) - 10/10 - (perfect, oat milk, great color and level of sweetness)

• Clyde Coffee (Missoula, MT) - 8.5/10 - (well mixed if a little bit dark, but perfectly sweetened. Could be bigger)

• Persephone Bakery (Jackson, WY) - 9/10 - I can’t honestly remember from the photo alone, but it looks bright green and perfectly frothed

Arizona

• Moxie Coffee Co. (Phoenix, AZ) - 9/10 - (classic ceremonial, lightly if at all sweetened)

• Cartel Roasting Co. (Tempe) - Nearing great -

• Toasted Owl (Flagstaff) - Solid -

Washington

• Retreat (Green Lake, WA) - perfection