A matcha machine has to do what a trained hand does: set the dose, sift the powder, and hydrate it at the right temperature into a smooth shot. LouJi™ does all three in about ten seconds, with matcha you already buy, and never a pod in sight.
LouJi™ is a powder-to-shot machine. Matcha is simply the first powder it was validated on. It is not a dispenser or a shake maker, which stir powder into cold liquid: a powder-to-shot machine takes an isolated, sifted dose and turns it into a hot, repeatable shot.
Matcha is not coffee. It is an ultra-fine powder that clumps, settles and scorches easily. Nine centuries of tea ceremony answered that with a sieve, a measured scoop and a bamboo whisk. A machine has to answer the same three problems, every cup.
The dosing mechanism establishes the dose from the bulk powder, mechanically, so it does not depend on a steady hand.
The Tamis™ sifts the isolated dose through a stainless mesh, so clumps are broken before any water arrives. The Tamis™ sifts, it does not weigh.
Integrated hot water near 80°C meets the sifted dose and pours a smooth concentrate in about ten seconds. Straight, over milk, or over ice.
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| Question | LouJi™ | Bamboo whisk | Cuzen Matcha Maker | Pod and capsule machines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works with powder you already buy | Yes, compatible fine beverage powders. Matcha validated first. | Yes, any matcha you own | Cuzen leaf packets | Brand capsules |
| How the dose is set | Mechanically, by the dosing mechanism | By hand, with a scoop | Ground from whole leaves in the machine | Fixed inside the capsule |
| Sifts before water | Yes, through the Tamis™ | Only if you sift by hand first | Grinds whole leaves instead | No sifting step |
| Hot water | Integrated, near 80°C | You heat a kettle | You fill the cup yourself | Integrated |
| Hands-on effort per serve | Press once | Two to three minutes of whisking | Fill the cup, place the whisking cup, press | Insert the capsule, press |
| Recurring items | A replaceable Tamis™, and no proprietary powder lock-in | None | Leaf packet subscription | Capsule purchases |
| Built for café service | Yes, about ten seconds a shot, designed for back-to-back service | Slow under a queue | Positioned as a home appliance | Varies by model |
Cuzen® column based on published product information: cuzenmatcha.com, Matcha Maker (ceramic mill grinds whole leaves, leaf chamber, magnetic whisking cup) and Starter Kit (pour the leaf packet into the hopper, fill the whisking cup to the water line, leaf subscription), and a CNN Underscored review (water is poured by the user, cold or heated separately). Bamboo-whisk and capsule columns describe those categories in general. Retrieved August 2026. LouJi™ figures are pre-production targets and are confirmed at production lock. Cuzen® and all other names are trademarks of their respective owners, and LouJi™ is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Three routes, all excluding VAT. The full detail, and an editable calculator, are on the plans page.
Most machines sold as matcha machines either grind leaves or stir powder into cold liquid. LouJi™ sets the dose, sifts it and hydrates it with integrated hot water, which is what a café actually needs behind a bar.
Yes. It takes compatible fine beverage powders and there are no capsules. If you would rather we supplied the powder, the Matcha Plan includes the machine.
It is designed for compatible fine beverage powders in general. Matcha is validated first because it is the hardest of them, and other powders follow as testing completes.
A sieve is a bar tool somebody has to use and then clean. The Tamis™ is a replaceable cartridge inside the machine that sifts every dose automatically, and it is swapped rather than scrubbed.
Put a LouJi™ Pro on your bar for a month and judge it against whatever you use today.