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Somehow the Bookoo Themis Ultra is on every coffee bench that matters, and it costs about half of an Acaia Lunar. Here’s how a brand nobody had heard of took over coffee scales, and whether it’s actually any better.

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Bookoo Manufacturing Info

The Bookoo team got back to me with a lot of detail and a long response. It’s summarized below. If you’d like their full response to my inquiry, shoot me an email.

Where it’s made: The Themis Ultra is manufactured and assembled in Shenzhen, China, at a factory Bookoo has a long-term relationship with. Their core team is based in Guangdong and Hong Kong.

Design and outsourcing: Bookoo says the products are designed in-house and their contract manufacturing partner handles final assembly, packaging, and shipping. Components (batteries, housings, sensors, chips, boards, displays) are custom-made by specialized suppliers. Oversight covers first-tier suppliers and some second-tier, and contracts prohibit subcontracting without their approval.

Factory visits: Their supply-chain manager is at the factory almost daily, engineers are on-site at key production stages, and during a new product’s validation phase the team visits nearly every day, dropping to roughly weekly once production is stable.

Third-party labour audits: Bookoo does not use independent third-party labour audits. They rely on their own on-site visits and inspections, plus certifications and self-declarations from component suppliers. They call their systems foundational and still being refined as the company grows.

To their credit, they were upfront about the less polished parts: the factory uses some temporary and agency workers and does not run a standard five-day week (rest days rotate by shift). They also noted it employs deaf and hard-of-hearing workers, and provides meals or allowances, accommodation, safety training, and PPE.