We love starting the new year with little changes that help us feel our best — such as cutting back on caffeinated beverages like coffee. But sometimes, we still need a pick-me-up to help us get through our day.
Swapping your morning cup of joe for a steaming green tea or matcha can give you the energy boost you need without the jitters — with just 29 mg of caffeine per cup versus the 96 mg in coffee.
Sip around at these 10 local shops and cafes:
Leaves Book and Tea Shop
| Magnolia
Located inside Stir Crazy Baked Goods, the tea shop sells 10+ kinds of green tea including strawberry sencha, citrus jasmine, and dragonwell.
Gong Cha Fort Worth
| Sterling Creek
The boba tea shop serves milk teas, slushies, and coffee drinks. Try a green tea with passionfruit or peach.
Cherry Coffee Shop
| Magnolia
Missing the holidays already? Grab a horchatcha heels — with homemade horchata, sweet matcha, and cinnamon — before they’re gone.
Ampersand
| West 7th
The coffee shop-slash-night club serves an assortment of teas. Try an iced strawberry fields matcha.
Fort Worth Coffee Co.
| Camp Bowie
Choose from a loose-leaf tea or a matcha latte. Plus, ask about seasonal offerings.
Sip, sip, hooray for healthy and delicious beverage choices at Vaquero Coffee Co.
Photo by @reckless.travels
Vaquero Coffee Co.
| Downtown
Order an iced matcha or spicy Mexican hot chocolate on your way to work.
P’tit Tea Maison
| West 7th
Stop by the pink tea shop for a green Thai milk tea or a drink with matcha fondue.
Pax & Beneficia
| Downtown
Try something new with a mint-matcha cream soda with peppermint cold foam.
HTeaO
| Multiple locations
Sip back to your Texas roots with a tall glass of iced green tea in various flavors including unsweetened, sweet almond, or sweet blueberry.
Black Coffee
| Eastside
Pair your tea latte with a gluten-free apple cider donut.