Cuzen Matcha is an innovative at-home matcha system that produces freshly ground matcha from organic shade-grown leaves via a beautifully designed machine. The Matcha Maker and Matcha Leaf have been designed to work together to deliver the highest quality matcha drinking experience: the tea leaves are specially prepared to fit the compact ceramic mill, which produces a fine matcha powder that’s then automatically whisked into water, recreating the ancient art of stone ground Japanese matcha. The whole concept is engineered to reproduce the qualities of a traditional stone mill and bamboo whisk—with much less effort. Cuzen was founded in November 2020 by data scientist, Oki Hatta, and businessman Elijiro Tsukada, who previously opened one of the busiest matcha cafes in the world, Stonemill Matcha in San Francisco. Cuzen Matcha has already achieved a number of prestigious accolades including TIME’s 100 Best Inventions of 2020, Future of Foods Award at San Francisco Design Week Awards 2020, CES 2020 Innovation Awards Honoree, and was longlisted for the 2020 Dezeen Awards. Cuzen Matcha comes to market on the heels of a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, where it achieved 235% of its funding goal as well as rave reviews from some of the country’s top chefs and hoteliers, including Tartine’s Chad Robertson and SingleThread’s Kyle Connaughton. Cuzen’s award-winning freshly ground matcha-making system is currently available to order on Amazon and at www.cuzenmatcha.com.