Livermore Tea Restaurant One Of 9 Best In Bay Area: Mercury News

LIVERMORE, CA — The Bay Area is one of the coffee and tea capitals of the world, so making the Bay Area News Group's list of 9 great new Bay Area coffee and tea spots is a major accomplishment.

Junbi is a recent chain that has exploded across California thanks to its delicious fruit-based matcha teas. It opened a Livermore branch in January at the former location of Gong Cha, which sold Taiwanese milk tea. It boasts an extensive menu of matcha tea lattes, matcha cold brews, roasted green tea, milky tea, and non-caffeinated drinks, which feature creative mixtures of fruit, milk, and vanilla. Guests can add on boba, almond jelly, aloe, chia seeds, lychee, red bean, shots of espresso, and more.

Junbi also offers made-to-order rice bowls, and rice balls with salmon, snow crab, cod, and more. Guests can also enjoy soft-serve vanilla based ice cream made with premium matcha ingredients and toppings, matcha drinks blended with vanilla cream, and non-caffeinated slush food drinks.

Junbi is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily at 3046 W. Jack London Blvd. in Livermore. See here to order.