Loose powder in. A hot, repeatable matcha shot out in about thirty seconds.
01Hopper
No capsules. The hopper is closed and opaque, so light stays off the powder.
02Dosing
The machine sets the dose, not a scoop. The same amount of matcha in every cup.
03Sifting
Every dose passes through the Tamis™ mesh. Clumps are gone before any water arrives.
04Mixing
Hot water meets the sifted dose. 80°C / 175°F, never boiling.
05Shot
Smooth and ready in about thirty seconds, for the latte or the iced drink.
Coffee gets a machine. Matcha gets a spoon. So the dose swings, the powder clumps and the drink changes with whoever is on shift. LouJi™ doses, sifts and pulls the same shot every time.
No bar pulls the day's espresso at open and pours it until close. Matcha gets exactly that, because whisking to order takes a minute and a half and the queue will not wait. So the bar whisks a squeeze bottle, shakes it before every pour and tips out the rest at close. The queue moves. The drink gets worse every hour.
The colour dulls, the taste flattens, the powder sinks. The last of it is poured away.
Dosed, sifted and pulled fresh for every order. The same shot at eight, at noon and at five.
Matcha is ground leaf. Once it meets water and air, the green starts to break down. Bright jade at open, olive by the afternoon.
The sweet, fresh notes go first. What is left tastes flatter and more bitter. The last pour of the day is not the first.
Matcha does not dissolve. Left standing, the powder sinks. Every pour needs a shake, and the dose still drifts from the first squeeze to the last.
What is left in the bottle is tipped away. Powder bought, whisked and never sold, every single day.
And it starts with the scoop. A hand scoop swings by about a gram either way. At matcha prices, that guess is the most expensive habit on the bar.
LouJi™ beats the squeeze bottle. It doses, sifts and pulls each shot fresh in about thirty seconds. Hands-free in about thirty seconds, prepared fresh for every order. Nothing waits in a bottle. Nothing is tipped away at close.
Closed and opaque, so light stays off the powder. Loose powder, no capsules, no proprietary refills.
The machine sets the dose. The Tamis™ sifts it, so clumps are gone before any water arrives.
Hot water near 80°C meets the sifted dose. A smooth shot in about thirty seconds, ready for the latte or the iced drink.
Pods lock you into one brand and one bill. Powder keeps the choice open: your powder, your dose, a real shot.
Machine, matcha, a Tamis™, delivery and training. Judge LouJi™ on your own service, then decide.
Heavy scoops, dead batch and an hour a day of whisking: about €562 a month at 40 drinks a day, in our worked example. Powder you never sold. Time you paid for anyway.
Two numbers from your bar. Every other assumption is listed under the sliders.
A hand scoop swings by about a gram either way. At matcha prices that is expensive, and it is why the drink changes from one barista to the next.
LouJi™ sets the dose, sifts it and pours the same shot all through the queue. Less waste, and a drink you can repeat.
Powder, always. LouJi™ takes loose powder through the Tamis™. No capsules, no proprietary refills, no lock-in.
Compatible fine beverage powders. Matcha comes first because it is the hardest: it clumps, it settles and it burns. Other powders follow as testing completes.
Coffee machines are built for ground beans and a tamped puck. Fine powder clumps instead of packing. LouJi™ is built around the powder: dose, sift, then water.
Three routes: a paid pilot for a month, a matcha plan where the machine is included, or an outright purchase. All prices exclude VAT. Compare pricing
If you are searching for a matcha machine, this is it. LouJi™ is a powder-to-shot machine, and matcha is the first powder it is validated on. Compare the ways to make matcha
A squeeze bottle keeps the queue moving, but the drink changes as it stands: it oxidises, it settles, and the rest is tipped away at close. LouJi™ keeps the speed and pulls every shot fresh. See what one shift does to a squeeze bottle
Yes. The hopper takes loose powder, not capsules, so any compatible fine beverage powder runs through it. Buy the machine outright and keep your supplier. Or take the Matcha Plan and the machine comes with our matcha, LouJi™ Matcha Pro or Ceremonial Pro, at €0 a month. Both run on the same Tamis™ cartridge. Matcha is validated first; other powders follow.
Both are organic Japanese matcha, tested every batch. LouJi™ Matcha Pro is first and second harvest from Aichi and Shizuoka: balanced, with a mild edge that carries through milk, made for lattes and volume. LouJi™ Matcha Ceremonial Pro is first harvest only, from Aichi: vivid green, delicate and smooth, for straight shots and specialty menus. See the two grades side by side
The powder path stays dry until the last stage: the dose is measured and sifted before any water arrives. After every shot the wet path rinses itself with hot water, so residue is cleared between orders, not at close. Daily teardown is tool-free: drip tray and Tamis™ cartridge come out by hand in about a minute, and the 2.8 L water tank refills from the top without being lifted.
The Tamis™ is the replaceable sifting cartridge every dose passes through before water: a stainless-steel mesh. It is a consumable: after a month of service it is swapped for a fresh one, so the sift stays consistent. That is why every LouJi™ Pro comes with Tamis™ Care: one fresh cartridge a month, twelve a year in one delivery. Included in the Matcha Plan, €348 a year on an outright purchase. Swapped, never scrubbed. Very busy bars may need more; we quote those.
In order of signature. Demo units go into private field trials from November, Paris first, then Los Angeles in December: private demonstrations, dosing and consistency checks and workflow tests, and nothing they make is served or consumed. Certified LouJi™ Pro units ship from Q3 2027, allocated in the order agreements are signed. Request a pilot now and your place is held. Nothing is charged until you sign.
The commercial machine comes first. Leave your email and you are in line for the countertop version.