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cuzenmatcha.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202621 issues · 99 checks
This review found 21 issues worth fixing on cuzenmatcha.com, 5 of them high impact, across 99 checks. The most urgent: 22 text elements with low contrast. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
90A- #1,630 of 81,769 reviewed websitesbeats 97%
- #703 of 40,563 online storesbeats 97%
- #678 of 35,943 Shopify storesbeats 97%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 122 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 128 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 126 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
cuzenmatcha.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Mobile performance score: 87
87/100Your mobile performance score is 87. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
1,885 HTML elements
The page has 1,885 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Yotpo, rechargecdn.com and Klaviyo and others), adding 772 KiB and 469 ms of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 246 KiB11 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (246 KiB).
Improve image delivery
250 ms · 82 KiB5 images could be 82 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 250 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
237 KiBAbout 237 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
5 long tasks on the main thread
5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 117 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Render-blocking requests
100 ms6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 100 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
62 KiBAbout 62 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Legacy JavaScript
19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Minify JavaScript
6 KiB6 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
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Main-thread work: 1.9 s
A phone's processor spends 1.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 687 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 9.0 s
9.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 9.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.8 s
3.8 sYour largest element takes 3.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “The Cuzen Matcha Maker set on a wooden table in the middle …”.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 122 ms to 126 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors wait 1.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 125 ms
125 msReal visitors wait 125 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 586 ms
586 msReal visitors wait 586 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 2.9 s
2.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 2.9 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 101 ms
101 msScripts block the page for only 101 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.1 s
1.1 sThe first text or image appears after 1.1 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.1 MB in 217 requests
2.1 MBYour homepage downloads 2.1 MB in 217 requests on a phone: scripts 872 KiB (80), other files 737 KiB (85) and images 272 KiB (10). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
CUZEN-August-Day1-008_3200_x_1557.jpg is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (21 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit
0.59 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.59 g of CO₂e: 70.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
22 text elements with low contrast
22 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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Every image has alt text
All 24 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
52 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 55 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
44 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 44 pages on cuzenmatcha.com and 9 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 129 characters
Your meta description is 129 characters: “From leaf to cup at the push of a button. Easily make freshly-ground matcha with our organic leaves and award-winning t…”.
Title: 46 characters
Your title is a healthy 46 characters: “Freshly-ground matcha made easy I Cuzen Matcha”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://cuzenmatcha.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://cuzenmatcha.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (562 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page points its canonical at the homepage
/discount/CZ2026 declares the homepage as its canonical URL, which tells Google it is a copy of the homepage and keeps it out of search results. A site-wide template setting usually causes this.
2 pages share a title
/ and /discount/CZ2026 all use the title “Freshly-ground matcha made easy I Cuzen Matcha”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
2 pages share a meta description
/blogs/matcha-recipes and /blogs/matcha-recipes/tagged/singlethread use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
5 pages without an H1
/pages/our-story, /pages/why-freshly-ground-3, /pages/press-page, /pages/pop-ups and /pages/use-and-maintenance have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 27 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
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Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught Error: Yotpo Loyalty SDK loader script already loaded”.
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Tap targets are thumb-sized
23 of 24 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
1 link through redirect chains
1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://instagram.com/cuzenmatcha.
No Referrer-Policy
No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
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Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (cuzenmatcha.com).
Valid certificate (50 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for cuzenmatcha.com and is valid for another 50 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
http:// redirects to https
http://cuzenmatcha.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 35 links work
All 35 links checked from your homepage (30 internal, 5 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
cuzenmatcha.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.
DNSSEC is off
cuzenmatcha.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.
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Domain is 7 years old
7 yearscuzenmatcha.com was registered in Aug 2019 through Squarespace Domains II LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Aug 2027
cuzenmatcha.com is registered until Aug 2027.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 1 trust badge. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
About 468 words of copy
The homepage carries about 468 words of visible text.
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Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “New Matcha Powders — Shop now.” and “Start your ritual”.
9 calls to action
The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “New Matcha Powders — Shop now.”, “Start your ritual” and “Shop Matcha Maker”.
4 short forms
4 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email link.
Email authentication
No SPF record
cuzenmatcha.com has no SPF record, so mail servers can't tell which servers may send email as you. Your mail lands in spam more often, and anyone can send mail pretending to be you.
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be cuzenmatcha.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.
Email authentication score: 35/100
Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.
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DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Klaviyo (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
4 cookies set on arrival
4Opening the homepage sets 4 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
15 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 9 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
None of the apps your storefront loads is on the list of apps with a known security problem.
Apps your storefront loads
Langify · Judge Me Reviews · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Yotpo Subscriptions · Ang Extra Menu · Yotpo Loyalty Rewards · Hyper Menu · rechargecdn.com · cloudfront.net
Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- San Mateo
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 21 issues on cuzenmatcha.com, including 4 speed issues, 1 SEO issue and 2 conversion gaps. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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