A real matcha machine should do what a trained hand does: sift the powder, dose it exactly, and blend it at the right temperature into a smooth shot. LouJi™ does all three in about ten seconds, with any matcha you love, and never a pod in sight. LouJi™ is a powder-to-shot machine: matcha is simply the first powder it was perfected on. It is not a dispenser or a shake maker: those stir powder into cold liquid. A powder-to-shot machine transforms an isolated, sifted dose into a hot, repeatable shot. LouJi™ is the first, and matcha is only the first powder.
Matcha is not coffee. It is an ultra-fine powder that clumps, settles and burns easily. Nine centuries of tea ceremony solved this with a sieve, a measured scoop and a bamboo whisk. An automatic matcha machine has to solve the same three problems, every single cup.
Every clump broken before water ever touches the matcha. LouJi™ passes each dose through the Tamis™, a replaceable 150-micron stainless mesh: the step a barista does by hand, done identically every time.
Tamis™ sifterThe right grams meet water at exactly 80°C (176°F): hot enough to bloom the flavour, never hot enough to scorch it. Built into the machine, not into a separate kettle.
80°C built inPowder and water blend into a smooth, full-bodied concentrate that pours in seconds. Straight, over milk, or over ice: the shot is the foundation of every matcha drink on a menu.
~10 second shotThe whisk, the leaf-grinder, the capsule: each answers the matcha question differently. Here is where each one stands.
| LouJi™ | Bamboo whisk | Cuzen Matcha Maker | Pod & capsule machines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works with any matcha brand | ✓ Any brand, any grade | ✓ | — Cuzen leaf packets only | — Brand capsules only |
| Cost control per serve | ✓ Dosed to the gram: no scoop waste | — Hand scoop swings ±1 g | — Their leaf packets, their pricing | — Their capsules, their pricing |
| Beyond matcha | ✓ Cacao, protein, collagen, mushroom, any powder | — Matcha only | — Tea leaves only | — Whatever is sold in capsules |
| Sifts the powder before water | ✓ Tamis™ 150-micron mesh, every shot | — Only if you sift by hand first | — Grinds whole leaves instead | — No sifting |
| Hot water, built in | ✓ 80°C (176°F), in-machine | — You heat the kettle | — You fill the cup yourself; no built-in water heating | ✓ Fixed system |
| Hands-on effort per serve | Press once, walk away | Two to three minutes of whisking | Fill cup, place whisk, press | Insert pod, press |
| Ongoing refills required | ✓ No proprietary powder lock-in: a fresh Tamis™ sifting cartridge every month | ✓ None | — Leaf-packet subscription | — Capsule purchases |
| Your café keeps its own matcha supplier | ✓ Always | ✓ | — Their leaves, their supply | — Their capsules, their supply |
Cuzen® column based on published product information: [1] cuzenmatcha.com, Matcha Maker (ceramic mill grinds whole leaves; 20 g leaf chamber; magnetic whisking cup), [2] cuzenmatcha.com, Starter Kit (pour the leaf packet into the hopper; fill the whisking cup to the water line; leaf subscription), [3] CNN Underscored review (water is poured by the user, cold or heated separately; Cuzen-supplied leaves). Bamboo-whisk and pod columns describe those categories in general. Retrieved August 2026. Cuzen® and all other names are trademarks of their respective owners; LouJi™ is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Nine centuries were right about the method. They just never had to serve forty cups before noon.
The chasen exists to break clumps and suspend the powder evenly. LouJi™ honours exactly that standard mechanically: sifted through the Tamis™, dosed to the gram, blended at temperature. Two to three minutes of careful wrist-work becomes a ten-second pour, and the hundredth cup tastes like the first. The whisk stays for the ceremony, LouJi™ runs the queue.
Cuzen sells you the leaf. LouJi™ frees the powder.
The Cuzen Matcha Maker is a genuinely clever home appliance: it grinds whole tencha leaves from its own packets and whisks them into a small cup of water you fill yourself, with no built-in water heating. If you want their leaf, freshly milled, it delivers.
LouJi™ starts from the opposite belief: the matcha you already love, or your café already serves, should stay yours. Any brand, any powder, sifted fresh through the Tamis™ and extracted with built-in hot water at 80°C (176°F). No proprietary powder subscription: keep your supplier, your grade and your margin.
Pods lock the brand, the grind and the bill. Powder keeps the craft open.
Capsule systems trade freedom for convenience: one supplier, one recipe, one recurring invoice, and a bin full of aluminium. LouJi™ refuses the trade. Loose powder in a sealed 400 g hopper, up to approximately 100 shots between refills at a 4 g dose, and the only consumable is the Tamis™ sifting cartridge: every Residency includes one fresh Tamis™ every month, replaced in approximately ten seconds.
The hundredth order, poured like the first.
By hand, matcha is the slowest drink on the menu: a single careful cup can hold up an entire line. The LouJi™ Pro Model turns it into the fastest, while your bar keeps its own matcha supplier, its own recipes, and every euro of the margin.
The margin math is blunt: with your powder around €150 a kilo, a hand-dosed matcha drink costs about €1.20 in powder and whisking time. Through LouJi™ on the 36 month Matcha PRO plan, about €0.68 all-in: powder, bar time, machine and Tamis™ together. You keep about €0.52 a shot: at 60 drinks a day, LouJi™ saves approximately €31 a day, and by day three those savings have covered the entire €69 monthly machine payment. And remember the double standard: at the prices shown here, matcha costs approximately six times more per gram than the specialty coffee you meter with a €20,000 setup.
Prefer one monthly number? The Powder to Shot Plan supplies LouJi™ Matcha PRO from €149 per kilo on a 36 month plan, a fresh Tamis™ sifting cartridge every month, and puts the machine on your bar from €69 a month on the Residency. The shot itself drops to about €0.68 all-in on that plan.
All-in, the drink goes from €1.20 by hand to €0.68 on LouJi™: about €0.52 kept per shot. Working estimates, confirmed on your counter.
Build your café bundle → See the Powder to Shot Plan →A matcha machine automates the traditional preparation of matcha: sifting the powder, dosing it precisely, and blending it with water at the right temperature into a smooth, concentrated shot. LouJi™ does all three in about ten seconds, hands-free, with no bamboo whisk and no clean-up.
By hand, about €1.20 with your powder around €150 per kilo: five grams scooped and roughly ninety seconds of whisking. Through LouJi™ on the 36 month Matcha PRO plan, about €0.68 all-in: 4.0 g at €149, a ten-second shot, machine and Tamis™ allocation included. You keep about €0.52 a shot, and by day three those savings have covered the entire €69 monthly machine payment.
All-in, the drink goes from €1.20 by hand to €0.68 on LouJi™: about €0.52 kept per shot. Working estimates, confirmed on your counter.
Through The LouJi™ Residency, in two layers. The Tamis™, the sifting cartridge that touches your powder, comes with every LouJi™ Pro: a fresh one in every monthly box, about €0.02 a drink at a typical bar. The cartridge is the machine, so we don't sell one without the other. On top sits the optional Powder to Shot Plan: LouJi™ Matcha PRO in 1 kg bags with Care included, priced by the same term as the machine: €199 per kilo on 6 months, €179 on 12, €149 on 36. The machine joins monthly on the same term: €69 a month on 36 months, €99 on 12, €129 on 6, with the Tamis™ riding free in every matcha box, or, from 12 months, €98 a month machine plus Tamis™ if you keep your own powder. Nothing is bought outright. The powder itself stays open: keep your own supplier any time. See the plan →
Cuzen grinds whole tea leaves from its own leaf packets and whisks them into a small cup of water you fill yourself; the machine has no built-in water heating. LouJi™ is built around powder instead: any matcha brand and any powder, sifted through the replaceable Tamis™ mesh, extracted with built-in water heated to 80°C (176°F). One sells you the leaf; the other keeps the powder open.
Yes. LouJi™ is an open powder platform: any matcha brand, any grade, plus cacao, protein, collagen, mushroom and other powders. No capsules, no proprietary refills, so your café keeps its own matcha supplier.
It replaces the labour, not the standard. The whisk exists to break clumps and create a smooth suspension. LouJi™ achieves the same result mechanically: powder sifted through a 150-micron stainless mesh, blended at the right temperature, so every cup pours smooth and identical without a steady wrist. The whisk stays for the ceremony, LouJi™ runs the queue.
Yes. The LouJi™ Pro Model is built for high-volume bars: roughly ten-second shots, an auto-cleaning cycle between serves, and a tool-free replaceable Tamis™ sifter for all-day service, while your café keeps using its own matcha. Build your café bundle →
Never. Pods lock you into one brand, one recipe and a recurring bill. LouJi™ runs on loose powder: choose the powder, control the dose, pull a real shot. Start with our own first-harvest ceremonial matcha, or keep the matcha you already love.
All 25 Founders Editions are claimed. Cafés join through The LouJi™ Residency: any powder, never a pod, café-quality every single time.
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