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.
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 the right temperature, adjustable from 60 to 80°C, hot enough to bloom the flavour, never hot enough to scorch it. Built into the machine, not into a separate kettle.
60–80°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 | ✓ Adjustable 60–80°C, in-machine | — You heat the kettle | — You fill the cup yourself; cold-water design | ✓ 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 | ✓ None: open powder platform | ✓ None | — Leaf-packet subscription | — Capsule purchases |
| Your café keeps its own matcha supplier | ✓ Always | ✓ | — Their leaves, their supply | — Their capsules, their supply |
Comparison based on each maker's published product information, July 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.
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 cold water you fill yourself. 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 60 to 80°C. No packets, no subscription, no cold-cup compromise.
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 hopper, hundreds of shots between refills, and the only consumable is a stainless mesh you swap in 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: dosed by hand, a matcha drink costs about €1.70 in powder and whisking time. Through LouJi™, about €1.05, exact to the gram. At sixty drinks a day, that difference pays for the machine in under fifty days.
Pre-order the Pro Model Calculate your café's scoop leak →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 €1.70: four grams plus a ±1 g scoop swing at today's matcha prices, and roughly ninety seconds of whisking. Through LouJi™, about €1.05: 4.0 g dosed exactly and a ten-second shot. The difference pays for the machine in under fifty days at sixty drinks a day.
Cuzen grinds whole tea leaves from its own leaf packets and whisks them into cold water in a small cup you fill yourself. 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 an adjustable 60 to 80°C. 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.
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. Pre-order the Pro Model →
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 tin you already love.
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