Kumbo Matcha

A counter built on matcha grades

Matcha is the whole point. The counter keeps a curated selection of premium matcha powder grades rather than one house green tea, so the useful question on arrival is which grades are open and how each one is being prepared that day. Coffee is not the reason to climb the stairs, and the room does not pretend otherwise.

Upstairs in the Anusarn building

Kumbo sits on the second floor of the old Anusarn building on the San Pa Khoi and Charoen Muang side of Chiang Mai, which makes it a place you go to rather than one you pass. It opened quietly at the end of October 2025 under the banner Matcha and Crafts, and the craft half is visible in the room: selected goods share the space with the tea counter. Time Out included it in a 2026 round-up of Chiang Mai matcha cafes, a scene it framed as one that keeps faith with Japanese tea tradition while experimenting around the edges.

Order by grade

Ask what is open and order by grade, since the powder is where the attention goes. Treat the crafts and goods as a second reason to stay rather than the reason to come, and expect a daytime, drink-first pace. This is a room for people who want the tea to be the main event, not a background to a laptop.