This new Honolulu cafe offers coffee and matcha on tap.
The Collective Cafe just celebrated its grand opening. The café is located next to The Collective Honolulu Barbershop in Kalihi; it’s in the same lot as Mitsu-ken.
The biz soft opened on Nov. 1 and celebrated its grand opening on Nov. 2.
The cafe's concept was inspired by a New York City coffee shop that’s known for its lattes on tap, according to Mike Vuong, one of The Collective Cafe’s business owners.
“We saw it (the coffee on tap) on social media and thought, ‘That’s crazy; I don’t think many people out here do it,’” Vuong says. “My buddy’s barber shop is The Collective Barbershop; he has another barber shop in ‘Aiea.
“We were looking for a space for him, and when this opportunity came up, it was a little bit too large, so he decided to split it,” Vuong adds. “It’s part coffee and part barber shop.”
The biz offers matcha and coffee on tap. Customers can choose from 10- ($5.50) and 18-ounce ($7.50) size drinks.
“We have ceremonial-grade matcha; we use it across the board for all of our matcha drinks,” Vuong says. “We do offer oat milk or whole milk to smooth out the Vietnamese coffee a little. Our black sesame coffee is definitely the most popular coffee; our strawberry matcha and our matcha cloud have also been very popular.”
Customers can also choose from ube, banana cream, pistachio, and Biscoff lattes. The Biscoff latte has a Cookie Butter foam and topping, while the strawberry matcha latte has a vanilla foam.
The Collective Cafe is currently open daily from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Customer parking is available.
“We just want everybody to come, enjoy what we’ve built here and enjoy some drinks,” Vuong says.
CONTACT
The Collective Cafe
2300 N. King St., Honolulu
Instagram: @collectivecafehnl
Open daily, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Kelli Shiroma Braiotta can be reached at kelli@alohastatedaily.com.
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