First-year student Aaron Combs ’28 founded a Japanese-inspired matcha business in the most unlikely of locations — his Old Campus dorm room.
For most students, a craving for matcha means a trek to Atticus or the Elm. But for those living on Old Campus, a new matcha shop founded by a Yale first year is now open for business just seconds away in LDub.
Ukiyo, founded by Aaron Combs ’28, is situated inside his fifth-floor dorm in Lanman-Wright Hall, the residence hall for all first years in Pierson and Berkeley colleges.
The shop held its grand opening on Friday, welcoming customers lucky enough to have booked one of the few 15-minute slots available that day through Calendly…