About Ooika - Wantedly

Ooika

京都府

Bringing Heritage Matcha Home

Ooika helped redefine matcha as a craft product like fine wine—milling Tencha on traditional Japanese stone mills in the US for peak freshness, with radical sourcing transparency. Vogue calls it "possibly the most traditional matcha cafe in the country."

Values

Open communication

Open communication at Ooika means the same transparency we show customers: naming every farmer, cultivar, and harvest. Reasoning gets shared, not hidden. Decisions get explained.

Flexible work arrangements

Get the job done, you decide how and where. Our Japanese branch allows flexible work from home, and Western work culture enviroment.

No fear of failure

We move fast and break things, and fail fast to learn fast. We try ideas that seem risky. Even stupid ones. Because the opposite of a good idea may be a better one.

Move fast

Change at Ooika is guaranteed. Not small things, fundamental ones. Be like water. We mill fresh daily, give feedback instantly, and adapt the moment we learn something new.

Creativity and innovation

Curiosity is a job requirement. Stay open to irrational ideas. A full cup can't be filled. We were the first single-origin matcha company, mill in-house on stone, and built a vegan cold foam Starbucks couldn't.

Continuous feedback

Feedback is constant, not annual. Public praise in the moment, corrections instantly and privately with no hard feelings. Monthly 1-on-1s, team meetings, and pulse-checks.

Members

Marc

CEO & Founder of Ooika (USA/Japan Inc.)

Ooika

Chat with the team

Wantedly is a business social networking platform that makes it easy to connect with members of the company. Reach out for a casual chat about anything that interests you!