Third Culture Bakery

Third Culture Bakery is a Berkeley-origin bakery offering mochi pastries and matcha. Its published story says Chef Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu began the business in 2016, with pastries reflecting their childhoods in Indonesia and Taiwan. Its online shop lists the Original Mochi Muffin, Ube Mochi Muffins, matcha and roasted matcha.

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Third Culture Bakery is a Berkeley-origin bakery offering mochi pastries and matcha. Its published story says Chef Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu began the business in 2016, with pastries reflecting their childhoods in Indonesia and Taiwan. Its online shop lists the Original Mochi Muffin, Ube Mochi Muffins, matcha and roasted matcha.

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Matcha products: The online shop lists Third Culture Matcha and Third Culture Roasted Matcha.

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Reviewed 2026-10-19 · Review due 2027-01-17 · Version 1

Mochi Muffins

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Mochi Muffins: The online shop lists the Original Mochi Muffin and Ube Mochi Muffins in boxes of six.

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Started in 2016 by Chef Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu, with a bakery journey beginning in Berkeley, California

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Reviewed against captured first-party source passages by an assistant. This records the organization’s published description; it does not establish independent corroboration or a legal-register match.

Reviewed 2026-10-19 · Review due 2027-01-17 · Version 1

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Third Culture Bakery is a Berkeley-origin bakery offering mochi pastries and matcha. Its published story says Chef Sam Butarbutar and Wenter Shyu began the business in 2016, with pastries reflecting their childhoods in Indonesia and Taiwan. Its online shop lists the Original Mochi Muffin, Ube Mochi Muffins, matcha and roasted matcha.

Published description of Third Culture Bakery on the cited official website; observation dates are recorded with each source.

Reviewed against captured first-party source passages by an assistant. This records the organization’s published description; it does not establish independent corroboration or a legal-register match.

Reviewed 2026-10-19 · Review due 2027-01-17 · Version 1

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