Tea house / Koreatown, Los Angeles
A quiet practice of comfort through tea.
DAMO is a small matcha and hojicha house on West 8th Street. Stone ground matcha, hojicha pulled into cream, and a plate of da-gwa the way it is meant to be eaten, slowly.
Open every day
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Find us
3510 W 8th St
The practice
Made in front of you, one cup at a time.
The counter is the whole room. Matcha is whisked to order, hojicha is stirred and left to settle, and the cream is built on top rather than blended through, so the first sip and the last sip are not the same drink.
Nine of our drinks are marked as signatures on the board. If you are here for the first time and cannot decide, the hojicha einspener is the one regulars send their friends in for.
9
Signature drinks
7
Open seven days
4.5
Google rating
Da-Gwa / 다과
The part most matcha bars leave out.
Da-gwa is the plate of confections that traditionally comes with Korean tea. Dried persimmon, yak-gwa, tteok, sesame brittle. Not a garnish on the saucer, a course of its own.
The Signature Da-Gwa is an assortment for sharing. If you want to try one thing, take a single yak-gwa with a hojicha and sit for a while.
See the da-gwa prices
Inside
The room and what leaves the counter
From Google
What people say
그린티 덕후에게 신선함을 주는 망고 크림 맛챠🤍 할매니얼 스타일의 다과 샘플러도 취.저😘 +그 다음에 가서 먹은 쵸코포레스트는 마이뉴최애 메뉴가 됨… 녹차랑 초코 조합은 그저 사랑💚🤎
A mango cream matcha that still feels new even to a green tea obsessive. The old school da-gwa sampler is completely my taste too. The Chocolate Forest I got on the next visit has become my new favorite. Green tea and chocolate together is just love.
초콜릿 포레스트 꼭 드세요!너무 맛있었어요😋 쫀득하고 달콤한 초코크림과 녹차가 잘어울렸어요~ 쓰지않고 부드럽게 마실수있는 음료였어요 오트밀크나 아몬드 밀크로 변경할 수 있었어요
You have to get the Chocolate Forest. It was so good. The thick, sweet chocolate cream went really well with the green tea. Not bitter at all, smooth the whole way down. You can swap in oat or almond milk too.
호지차 아인슈페너와 다과세트 주문했는데 커피는 너무 맛있어서 원샷 때리고 또 샀음🥹 곶감과 크림치즈도 엄청 잘 어울리고 떡도 엄청 부드럽다 ❤️
I ordered the hojicha einspener and the da-gwa set. The drink was so good I finished it in one go and bought another. The dried persimmon with cream cheese is a great match, and the tteok is incredibly soft.
깔끔한 말차 전문점 입니다. 좀 단걸 원하시면 아인슈패너로 주문하세요. 사진은 말차 딸기 라떼 입니다.
A clean, well run matcha specialty shop. If you want something sweeter, order it as an einspener. The photo is the matcha strawberry latte.
카페도 너무 이쁘고 아인슈패너 호지차는 신세계스러운 맛! 독특했어요 ㅎㅎ
The cafe itself is lovely, and the hojicha einspener tastes like a whole new world. Really distinctive.
Come in
Visit the Koreatown shop
Also open
DAMO Arts District
A second, larger DAMO opened in the Arts District. Same tea, a very different room: a converted warehouse with concrete floors, paper lanterns and moon jar paintings along the back wall.
1325 Palmetto St #100, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Monday to Sunday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
213-266-8939
Separate shop, separate hours and phone number.
Say hello
Send us a message
Questions about a large da-gwa order, a private booking, or anything else. Leave a note and we will come back to you. For anything urgent, the shop phone is the fastest way.
213-277-1701