Juillet cafe is small cafe tucked into a little plaza on north road near lougheed skytrain station. I come here regularly to study and almost always order their premium matcha latte. They have multiple matcha’s with different flavors including: strawberry, lavender, ginger and ube. Their strawberry, lavender and ginger are apart of their premium matcha menu, while their ube matcha is apart of their normal menu. For the purpose of this post, we are going to be discussing their two most popular drinks, the premium matcha latte and the strawberry matcha latte (pictured above).
Their premium matcha comes in a 12oz cup and is priced around $8 and their strawberry matcha latte is around $8.40, both excluding the price of alternative milks, which falls in the general price range of matcha lattes nowadays. They carry and use Paragon Tea Room and Ippodo matcha powder for their premium menus both having a nuttier and grassy flavor profile. The regular matcha does come slightly sweetened with a simple syrup while the strawberry matcha obviously uses a strawberry puree/jam.
I am personally not a big fan of flavored matcha’s because the added flavor almost always overpowers the taste of the matcha and it feels like i’m paying for a strawberry latte at times. Their strawberry matcha is not bad and I have ordered it on multiple occasions but it’s definitely not my go-to. However, I will say that in comparison to other cafes, the strawberry doesn’t fully overpower the matcha but I think my palette in general doesn’t like the mixing of the two flavors. the strawberry jam is not super sweet and is bit more tart. I am a fan of drinks that are on the sweeter side so if like drinks that aren’t super sweet this might be more suited to your taste!
Their premium matcha latte is my personal favorite and is one of my favorite matcha lattes overall. I appreciate that it come slightly sweetened and the matcha flavor is strong. again, it has nutty and grassy profiles and the drink is a vibrant green attesting to the quality of the matcha powder they use. It’s not super sweet which kind of goes against my previous statement that I prefer sweeter drinks, but I can compromise when the overall flavor of the drink is yummy!!
The overall atmosphere of the cafe is an added bonus considering they have never kicked me out even if i’ve been there for 4+ hours doing school work… Almost everyone is studying or on a laptop so I would say if you’re also looking for a good study cafe this is the place to go!
| premium matcha latte | strawberry matcha latte |
| taste: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 | taste: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 |
| quality: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 | quality: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| price: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ | price: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
| overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 |
i <3 matcha 
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