Jin Jin Matcha, a popular neighborhood tea room and matcha cafe in downtown Tacoma, is finally coming to Seattle. Located in a charming mini atrium in downtown Seattle, the matcha cafe is having its soft opening this Friday and Saturday before the grand opening next month. If you love matcha, you’ll want to check it out—the owner was a trailblazer for matcha cafes in Washington.
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Owner Sarah Oh is a Washington native who returned to Tacoma during the pandemic and realized there was a shortage of matcha shops in the area at the time. Matcha wasn’t the viral trend then that it is today. Oh told Vogue last June that she went from being one of the first to reach out to matcha farmers in Japan and Korea in 2021 to seeing “matcha wars” during her last trip to Japan due to the 2025 harvest shortage.
For Oh, matcha is not about trends. Sustainability is at the heart of her operation. According to Jin Jin’s website, their ceremonial grade matcha is sustainably grown in the hills of Shizuoka, Japan: “Jin Jin Matcha works directly with a multi-generational family of tea farmers to bring ceremonial grade matcha to Washington.” Oh even visits her suppliers herself twice a year.
In the soft opening announcement on the Jin Jin Matcha Instagram page, they shared that they will currently be “serving a limited menu with more drinks and treats to come next month for our grand opening.” Their cafe in Tacoma, which opened in 2023, often offers classes, events, and items for sale such as ceremonial grade matcha tins, wellness products, and matcha candles. We hope to see the same in Seattle!
Seattleites can visit Jin Jin Matcha at 1325 4th Ave for its soft opening on Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17. The hours both days will be 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Their grand opening will be in February—we’ll keep you posted on that!