National Matcha Day is coming up on Saturday, and Toronto has turned the green tea powder into beer, sundaes, tiramisu and even Dubai chocolate.
Rooms 915 Dupont introduced matcha beer on Thursday, describing it as a blend of ceremonial-grade matcha and classic Japanese beer. At M2 Cocktail Bar by MATCHA MATCHA, the draw is an alcoholized matcha drink that costs $19 and carries 17 per cent alcohol.
The citywide spread is the point. Now Toronto compiled a list of out-of-the-box matcha-based drinks and desserts available across Toronto, showing how a trend that went viral in 2024 has moved well beyond lattes and into dessert counters and bar menus.
Bloom Cafe released a matcha sakura sundae last month and said the limited-edition item is planned to stay on the menu for two to three months. It is layered with house-made strawberry jam and matcha cookies, a combination built to catch the eye as much as the palate.
Other shops have gone smaller, cheaper or stranger. Matcha Haus sells a carrot cake matcha for $9.50, TonTon Matcha + Coffee is offering a matcha shot for $5, and 18feet released a strawberry matcha tiramisu in late April. Han Bingo sells green tea matcha bingsu starting from $9.99.
Marry Me Mochi joined the mix almost two months ago with a chewy Dubai chocolate flavoured with matcha pistachio cream, available at all 17 locations. Taken together, the Toronto items show how quickly matcha has become a flexible base for drinks and desserts rather than a single seasonal order.
The timing matters because Saturday gives shops a built-in excuse to lean into the trend again, but the menu changes already suggest matcha has settled in as a repeat seller. The unanswered question is not whether Toronto can find more ways to dress it up; it is how long the city’s cafes can keep stretching one ingredient before the novelty fades.
