Pop-up cafes show Chicago’s matcha obsession is reaching peak even as shortages threaten supply
- Posted on September 8, 2025
- By Chicago Tribune
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Pop-up cafes show Chicago’s matcha obsession is reaching peak even as shortages threaten supply

Three pop-up cafes have customers going the extra mile to get iced matcha lattes, despite unprecedented threats to matcha stockpiles in Japan as demand outpaces supply.