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Berkeley restaurant openings

Forest Tea Bar

07.15.25: Forest Tea Bar, which previously ran pop-ups under the name Three Tea Bowls, has opened a brick-and-mortar in Berkeley. Serving small-batch, stone-milled matcha sourced from a family-owned tea farm in Uji, Kyoto, Forest Tea Bar offers beautifully-crafted drinks ranging from hojicha and taro matcha lattes to ceremonial matcha over ice. For now, they’re open Friday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Forest Tea Bar , 2628 Shatt

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