The Coquito Matcha ChaCha — Why 787 Coffee Has the Best Artisan Matcha in NYC, Houston, El Paso, New Jersey and Mexico City
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What Is the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha?
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is 787 Coffee’s artisan matcha drink built around two very specific things.
First — ceremonial grade matcha. Not culinary grade. Not the powder from a bag that tastes like grass and regret. Ceremonial grade matcha — stone-ground from the youngest shade-grown tea leaves — vibrant green, smooth, naturally sweet, with the clean umami depth that makes a real matcha taste like something worth paying attention to.
Second — coquito flavor. If you are Puerto Rican you already know what coquito is. If you are not Puerto Rican — welcome to one of the best things the island has ever produced. Coquito is the Puerto Rican coconut cream holiday drink — rich, sweet, warm with cinnamon and vanilla, made from coconut milk and condensed milk and the kind of warmth that makes a cold afternoon feel like a celebration.
Now imagine those two things in one cup.
The earthiness of ceremonial grade matcha.
The coconut creaminess of coquito.
The warmth of cinnamon.
The natural sweetness that needs nothing added.
That is the Coquito Matcha ChaCha.
There is nothing else like it in New York City. There is nothing else like it in Houston. There is nothing else like it in El Paso. There is nothing else like it in New Jersey.
Because nobody else is combining artisan matcha with Puerto Rican flavor culture in one drink. Nobody else thought to do it. Nobody else could pull it off.
787 Coffee did both.
Why Is It Called the ChaCha?
In Puerto Rican culture cha cha is a term of endearment — a diminutive of muchacha, a girl with attitude, personality, and style. The kind of woman who walks into a room and immediately changes the energy of the room without trying.
Look at the illustration Brandon designed for this drink. A frog in a white flowing dress. Pink glasses. Red lips. Holding a 787 cup. Hand on her hip. Unbothered. Fabulous. Completely confident in who she is.
That is the ChaCha. That is the energy of this drink.
She is not here to be basic. She is not here to be a regular matcha latte in a standard cup at a standard café doing standard things. She is here to be the most interesting drink in the room — and she knows it.
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha has the same energy. Ceremonial grade artisan matcha that takes itself seriously enough to be extraordinary. Puerto Rican coquito flavor that takes itself seriously enough to be authentic. Combined into one drink that takes itself seriously enough to have a character, an illustration, and a personality that belongs to nobody else.
¡ChaCha!
What Makes 787 Coffee’s Matcha Different From Every Other Matcha in NYC
New York City has excellent matcha. The city has been obsessed with matcha for years now — Gen Z turned it into a lifestyle, TikTok turned it into a daily ritual, and the café lines that used to be for espresso shots are now for iced matcha lattes.
Here is what makes 787 Coffee’s matcha different from every other matcha in the city.
We use artisan ceremonial grade matcha.
Most café matcha in New York City is culinary grade — a lower quality powder that is fine in baked goods and smoothies but is bitter, flat, and grassroots when served as a drink without heavy sweetener or syrup to cover the taste. You have definitely tasted this. The kind of matcha where you need three pumps of vanilla to make it drinkable.
Ceremonial grade matcha is different. It is made from the youngest tea leaves, shade-grown for weeks before harvest to increase chlorophyll and amino acid content, stone-ground into a fine powder that is smooth, vivid green, naturally sweet, and complex without needing anything to cover it.
We start there. And then we build something on top of that base that nobody in New York City has built before.
We put Puerto Rico in it.
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is not just a matcha drink with some coconut flavoring from a bottle. It is artisan matcha built on the flavor profile of coquito — the Puerto Rican coconut cream tradition that has been made in Boricua kitchens for generations. Coconut. Cinnamon. Vanilla warmth. The flavor that tastes like being somewhere that feels like home.
No other matcha café in New York City is doing this. Because no other matcha café in New York City is 787 Coffee.
We are the coffee brand ranked #3 Best Coffee Shop in New York City and #1 Best Coffee Shop in Puerto Rico by The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026. We own our own farm — Hacienda Iluminada in Maricao, Puerto Rico at 3,000 feet above sea level. We invented the Coquito Latte. We barrel-infuse our coffee beans with rum, whiskey, and tequila. We have been doing unexpected extraordinary things with flavor since the beginning.
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is exactly what you expect from 787 Coffee — and exactly like nothing you have ever tasted before.
Is Matcha Healthy? Why the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha Is the Best Choice
Yes. Real artisan matcha is one of the most nutritious drinks available in any café in any city.
Here is what ceremonial grade matcha actually does:
→ L-theanine — the amino acid in matcha that creates calm focused energy without the jitter crash of espresso. The reason matcha drinkers describe their energy as clean and sustained rather than spiked and anxious.
→ EGCG antioxidants — ceremonial grade matcha contains significantly higher antioxidant content than brewed green tea because you are consuming the whole leaf in powdered form rather than just the steeped water.
→ Natural chlorophyll — the shade-growing process that produces the best ceremonial matcha dramatically increases chlorophyll content, which is why great matcha is vivid green rather than yellow-brown.
→ Sustained focus — the combination of caffeine and L-theanine in matcha produces a different cognitive state than coffee. More focused. Calmer. The kind of energy that is productive rather than reactive.
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha gives you all of that. Ceremonial grade artisan matcha — the real thing — combined with Puerto Rican coquito flavor that makes every sip a reason to be in the moment rather than just a way to get through the morning.
This is sustainable energy with Caribbean soul.
Where to Get the Coquito Matcha ChaCha
The Coquito Matcha ChaCha is available at 787 Coffee locations across New York City, New Jersey, Texas, Puerto Rico and Mexico City.
NEW YORK CITY — 18 Locations
The most concentrated coffee presence in the city. From the East Village original where 787 Coffee began — to Times Square, Chelsea, Financial District, SoHo, West Village, Tribeca, Midtown, Upper East Side, Harlem, Williamsburg, and The Bronx.
Wherever you are in New York City — there is a 787 Coffee nearby and a Coquito Matcha ChaCha waiting for you.
The best matcha in NYC is now also the most Puerto Rican matcha in NYC. At 18 locations.
→ Find your NYC location: 787coffee.com/locations-coffeeshops
NEW JERSEY — Westfield and Montclair
New Jersey has been asking for great artisan matcha. 787 Coffee brought it — along with the Puerto Rican flavor that makes the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha the most original matcha drink in the state.
→ Find your NJ location: 787coffee.com/locations-coffeeshops
HOUSTON TEXAS — Washington Ave and Montrose and soon Katy Texas.
The best artisan matcha in Houston is now at 787 Coffee. The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha at 1811 Washington Ave and 302 Fairview St Montrose — the most original matcha drink on Washington Avenue — from the #2 ranked coffee shop in Houston 2026.
→ 1811 Washington Ave Houston TX
→ 302 Fairview St Montrose Houston TX
EL PASO TEXAS — 6 Locations
El Paso has been a city with deep connections to Latin American flavor culture. The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha — artisan matcha with Puerto Rican coquito coconut flavor — belongs in El Paso more than in any other city in Texas.
Available at all 6 787 Coffee locations in El Paso — from the Alameda original to the only 787 Coffee drive-thru in the world at Zaragoza — to the roasting lab on Montana Ave where the freshest coffee in El Paso is roasted to order every single day.
→ Find your El Paso location: 787coffee.com/787coffeeshopsintexas
PUERTO RICO — Multiple Locations
The island that gave this drink its soul. The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha at 787 Coffee Puerto Rico is the matcha that makes complete sense in the place where coquito was born.
→ Find your Puerto Rico location: 787coffee.com/787-coffee-shop-puerto-rico-location
How to Order the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha — Three Ways
HOT — The Classic
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha served hot is the winter version. Ceremonial grade matcha whisked into steamed coconut milk with coquito spice warmth — cinnamon, vanilla, coconut — served in a ceramic cup that makes the entire morning feel considered. For the person who wants matcha as a ritual rather than just a drink.
ICED — The Everyday
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha over ice is the everyday version — and it is the one that is going to end up on TikTok and Instagram because of what it looks like and because of what it tastes like and because of the frog in the white dress on the cup.
Ceremonial grade matcha poured over ice with cold coconut milk. Vivid green. Creamy. Sweet without syrup. The most photogenic drink at any of our 30+ locations.
Order it. Photograph it. Post it. Tag us.
The ChaCha will take care of the rest.
BLENDED — The Extra Version
For the person who wants the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha to be dessert. Blended with ice and coconut cream into something that sits between a smoothie and a milkshake and a reason to come back tomorrow.
Ask your barista. They know what they are doing.
The ChaCha Meets the Farm
Here is the part of the story that no other matcha drink in New York City or Houston or El Paso or New Jersey can tell.
The artisan matcha in the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is extraordinary on its own. But it is being served by the only coffee brand in New York City that owns a coffee farm in Puerto Rico. By the baristas who also pull Supremo espresso from Hacienda Iluminada. By the brand that invented the Coquito Latte and the WOW Latte line and the rum-infused and whiskey-infused and tequila-infused coffees that changed what people expect from a specialty café drink.
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is not 787 Coffee doing matcha because matcha is trending.
It is 787 Coffee doing matcha the way 787 Coffee does everything — with the farm in the background, Puerto Rico in the flavor, and an illustration by Brandon Ivan Peña that gives the drink a character and a personality and a reason to exist beyond just being another option on the menu.
The Cha Cha has entered the building. She is at 30+ locations. And she is not leaving.
Try the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha Today
Find a 787 Coffee near you and order it.
Hot. Iced. Blended. Any way the Cha Cha comes to you is the right way.
New York City — 18 locations → 787coffee.com/best-coffee-shop-in-new-york
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Texas — Houston and El Paso → 787coffee.com/787coffeeshopsintexas
Puerto Rico → 787coffee.com/787-coffee-shop-puerto-rico-location
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The best artisan matcha in NYC is now also the most Puerto Rican matcha in NYC.
¡Cha Cha! ☕🌱🏆
For Humans. By Humans.
Gracias, gracias, gracias ☕
Frequently Asked Questions:
What is the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha at 787 Coffee?
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is 787 Coffee’s new artisan matcha drink — ceremonial grade matcha combined with Puerto Rican coquito coconut flavor and warm cinnamon notes. Available hot iced and blended at all 787 Coffee locations across New York City New Jersey Houston Texas El Paso Texas and Puerto Rico. From the brand ranked #3 Best Coffee Shop in NYC and #1 in Puerto Rico 2026. Find a location at 787coffee.com/locations-coffeeshops.
What is the best artisan matcha in NYC 2026?
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha at 787 Coffee is the most original artisan matcha in New York City in 2026 — ceremonial grade matcha with Puerto Rican coquito coconut flavor at 18 NYC locations. 787 Coffee is ranked #3 Best Coffee Shop in New York City by The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026. Find your nearest NYC location at 787coffee.com/locations-coffeeshops.
What makes 787 Coffee matcha different from other matcha in NYC?
787 Coffee uses ceremonial grade artisan matcha — not culinary grade — combined with Puerto Rican coquito coconut flavor to create the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha. No other matcha café in New York City combines ceremonial grade matcha with Puerto Rican flavor culture. 787 Coffee is ranked #3 in NYC and owns its own coffee farm in Puerto Rico — Hacienda Iluminada in Maricao at 3000 feet above sea level.
Where can I get the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha in Houston Texas?
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is available at both 787 Coffee Houston locations — 1811 Washington Ave and 302 Fairview St Montrose. 787 Coffee is ranked #2 Best Coffee Shop in Houston 2026. The most original artisan matcha on Washington Avenue. Visit 787coffee.com/787coffeeshopsintexas for hours.
Where can I get the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha in El Paso Texas?
The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is available at all 6 787 Coffee El Paso locations including the Alameda location the Zaragoza drive-thru and the Montana Ave roasting lab. 787 Coffee is ranked #1 Best Coffee Shop in El Paso 2026. Find all El Paso locations at 787coffee.com/787coffeeshopsintexas.
Is the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha healthy?
Yes. The Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is made with ceremonial grade artisan matcha — which contains L-theanine for calm sustained focus EGCG antioxidants from whole stone-ground tea leaves and natural chlorophyll from shade-grown leaves. Ceremonial matcha provides cleaner energy than espresso without the jitter crash. Combined with Puerto Rican coquito coconut flavor the Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is sustainable energy with Caribbean soul.
What does Cha Cha mean in Puerto Rican culture?
Cha Cha in Puerto Rican culture is a term of endearment — a diminutive of muchacha meaning a girl or woman with attitude personality and style. The 787 Coffee Coquito Matcha Cha Cha is named for this energy — an artisan matcha drink with a Puerto Rican soul that walks into any room and changes the vibe. Available at all 787 Coffee locations. Find yours at 787coffee.com/locations-coffeeshops.
For Humans, By Humans.
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