Kissako Uji Matcha Cafe opened its doors to the public last month during soft opening, offering authentic Japanese green tea, matcha, coffee, and premium fruit cookies. Located at Pioneer Center just across Ace Water Spa Hotel, Kissako aims to make matcha (fine powder green tea) addicts fall in love with their many green tea creations.
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Kissako's Hot Matcha Latte
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'Kissako' is a Japanese Zen term, or form of greeting that means to drink tea. The cafe serves authentic teas from Uji City, Kyoto, and Shizuoka, Japan, as well as Horiguchi Coffee, with single origin available. Green tea, aside from being delicious and flexible from hot to cold beverages and as ingredient to enhance desserts, is packed with many nutritional and cleansing benefits. To soothe and quench your thirst, they have beverages like Chocolate HÅjicha served iced or hot and Kissako Matcha Latte served iced or hot. A must-try is their authentic Jo Sencha (P190) hot tea which arrives on your table with a timer and a thermometer to give you a precise and complex, Zen-like tea experience.
Hot Chocolate Hojicha
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Jo Sencha and Matcha shortcake
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To pair with your green tea and coffee, Kissako Uji Matcha Cafe serves a variety of pastries, cakes, and parfaits. Sink your sweet tooth into desserts like Ichigo shortcake, Matcha roll cake, Matcha shortcake, Matcha ice cream, and Matcha and HÅjicha parfait.
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Matcha Parfait
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Visit Kissako Uji Matcha Cafe at Pioneer Centre, Pioneer Street corner Brixton Street, United Avenue, Pasig. Open daily from 10am to 10pm. Call 986-0942, Like them on Facebook ('Kissako Uji Matcha Cafe') and follow on Instagram (@kissako_cafe).