It's over for even baristas
>wastes the excess at the endwhy?
>>107262843Thank God I'm an odd barista
>>107262843Tech like this has been possible for decades.The reason why it's not taking off is the people producing and maintaining these machines earn 20x more than a barista on average and you still need about 1/10th of them.
>>107262941you'll still get the dick.
>>107262995fuck, beat me to it
>>107262941It's a robot made by a company called Anno [1][2].This particular clip is from Hangzhou airport [3].The coffee company is called Lavedge (you can see it on the cup and the photo in [2]).[1] https://www.robotanno.com/web/index.php?topclassid=1&classid=160&id=1282&lanstr=en[2] https://www.cbs42.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/868417297/98-consistency-0-staff-anno-robot-redefines-airport-coffee-in-60-countries/[3] https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPVahBTiQJH/
>>107263174On a side note, is any alternative frontend for instagram still working?
>>107262912They spend less money over time on the robot compared to a human worker, and can charge a premium for the novelty on top of that.A few mL of milk down the drain isn't worth crying about, and they can likely just calibrate it better anyway.
>>107263021>>107263174You are replying to ChatGPT.
>>107263246>They spend less money over time on the robot compared to a human workerThat's the advertisement the robot company puts out, yeah. Then something goes wrong and the cafe has to spend a ton of money getting it fixed.
>>107263793>has to spend a ton of money getting it fixeddepends on what goes wrongserious hardware failures would be rare enough that it'd still cost less than the wagie (at least outside of any particularly melanated areas)
>>107262843This looks good, except for wasting a bit at the end like >>107262912 said>>107263246Ok I get it but it doesn't feel good to see it going to waste. I'd be ok with a variation of those couple of mls but getting the whole cup of milk. I'm actually sure that a huge portion of customers would feel the same.
>>107262941why would a barista care if you asked for no sugar? isnt no sugar easier than adding sugar?
>>107262912I think it's to do with the percentage of foam you need vs milk as there needs to be a bit of milk left over to pour out the foam into the pretty pattern.
>>107262912It's supposed to rinse the mug.They didn't calibrate the "optimal" amount of milk.
This feels so soulless, what's even the point anymore?Oh well, I'm not a faggot who wastes 9$ for a toilet water quality coffee either way.
Just needs a fleshlight
>>107262843Yeah dude, that 10,000 dollar robot that requires reqular maintenance (5000 dollar fee because you're not allowed to do it yourself and have to call the company technicians to replace an o-ring) is certainly cheaper than having some guy pour milk into a cup
>>107264244It actually is retard frog poster
>>107262843
>>107264250No, it isn't, because instead of replacing the employee you now have to pay for the employee and the robot, because the robot can't do anything other than sit in the same spot and swivel 30 degrees, it's not going to get up and do your taxes, mop your floors or wash your dishes.
>>107263950Yes and the little bit at the bottom tends to be more a liquid than a foam, which doesn't look good.>>107263859Latte art makes the coffee taste slightly worse and yeah you waste some milk.You do it because it looks good not because it is a good thing to do.Normally you won't notice the waste because the barista will hold the jug under a tap to clean it not turn it over like that robot does.It's only a tiny amount of milk though, remember it's frothed so it's about double the volume of normal liquid milk.
>>107262995lol
>>107262941>>107263021Do Americans really do this?
let me guess, you need more?
>>107264302Depends how busy the cafe is.If the barista can start the next order while the robot finishes the late art you can maybe use three baristas instead of four, or at least serve a few more customers per hour with the same number of baristas.It might be worth it or it might not.Busy coffee bars are already full of expensive machined like $20K+ espresso machines, $3K+ grinders and $1K+ milk frothers.No idea what that robot costs but I think for most busy coffee bars the cost and maintenance won't be an issue but it might be an issue that customers will prefer handmade coffee over robot made once the novelty wears off.
>>107264520I need less
>>107264533Sounds like an industry for retarded goyslop consumers, making coffee takes like 5 minutes and I don't have to pay 20 dollars for a sip
>>107262941Drawing a dick is barista code for "I want to have sex with you", silly.You're supposed to pretend you're insulted and then the barista will take you to the back room to "work it out" but then give you a blowjob.
>>107264604>5 minutesHow? You just pour hot water and it's done.
>>107264553>post more expensive shit>and more items in total>says that he needs less
>drinking the caffeinated jew
>>107262843>putting milk in your coffeesickening
>>107264650>dissolving goybeans:O>dissolving goybeans (presoaked and freeze dried):|
>>107264640You need a grinder either wayYou need a cup either wayA kettle can be used for more than just coffee, or you can boil water in a pot or anywhere elseA metal pour-over filter costs $10 and lasts forever
>>107264672Coffee doesn't dissolve in water, retard, and your chemically synthesized coffee-like product will never be real coffee nor taste anything like real coffee.
>>107264553I don't like pour-over cuz it can only make watery coffeemoka pots aren't perfect but they're closer to an espresso. if you want watery coffee you can just add hot water to it.
>>107264684i can get a moka for less than 10bucks, so point invalid
>>107264688Sure thing retard, the water turns brown because of added food coloring...>chemically synthesizedIt's literally plain brewed coffee, with water removed, dumb nigger.
>>107264715the bean itself doesn't dissolve, only partially distributes in the water and gives it flavour, something that your synthetic garbage lacks>It's literally plain brewed coffee, with water removedyeah, just like american cheese-like product is cheese with the cheese removed
>>107264748>flavour>obsessed with america>thinks the rest of the world uses corn syrup in everythingpick one, lil bro
>>107262843>baristashow is that a real job, why does it have a name what are they even doing, where are they?at Starbucks they just use the machine, so they just ask questions and press the right button, so it's not a real jobmaybe there are some "craft baristas" who actually make good coffee, but even that is basically a meme jobcoffee+milk is a solved problem, you just mix them in the correct proportionsSo it's a fake job, just like people working at a factory doing jobs of robots were fake jobsJust like cashiers are fake jobsIt's not necessary for society, they're just artificially created for minimum wage jobsSo it's good we're getting rid of them, they never should've been in the first place
>>107264782your slop will never be real coffee nor taste anything like real coffee, you can either accept it or keep crying like a little bitch
>>107263859Not the chinksChinks love opulence and vanityThey don't even know that milk comes from a cow they think it comes from a store And even the ones that do know wouldn't care, they got their product and that's what matters to them
>>107264811Ok autistic retard, nobody cares about your $5000 special coffee roasting and brewing kit, fuck off.
>>107262843Now post the one where it just throws the coffee across the room.
>>107262843A real human would have done the same thing in a quarter of time.This saves the wage of the human at the expense of losing sales due to the low speed not being able to pump enough coffees per minute.
>>107264843So you're a proud cuck who buys whole beans and then filters them out manually. I hope you don't throw those coffee grounds straight into trash and make actual use of them, otherwise you have no cope for your mental illness.
>>107264866It's a tourist attraction at an airport right now.
>>107264866It takes at least 25 seconds to pull a shot (usually closer to 30).So it doesn't matter if it takes 1 second or 25 seconds to pour the milk.
>>107264866You know you can just buy these in bulk. They are a one time investment (mostly). Meanwhile, workers need a regular salary, paid leaves, etc. They can't even work 24/7 so you have to hire 3 of them if you're planning to keep your store open 24/7.
Fully automated coffee machines have been a thing for decades.People still prefer human baristas.
>>107262843You can do this just as well, and cheaper, if you ditch the stupid arms. There's a place for articulating robots, and this isn't it. This is just a novelty, it's not about the coffee, it's spectacle. >>107264520Yes, actually, I like real espresso and a moka pot, while nice, doesn't produce the same drink. That said, you don't need a $10k machine, a lowly gaggia classic with a pid mod pulls excellent shots, and you can get a chinesium flat burr grinder that will do the job.
>>107265045>You can do this just as well, and cheaperHow would you make latte art without arms?
>>107262843Can they do this with hot chocolate? Coffee is icky to drink but I'd install this in my kitchen if it could make hot chocolate for me and my wife whom I have sex with and my three incredible children.
>>107264959Who would've have guessed people want fair and humane working conditions?
this has to be the only place where somebody will be called a cuck for making their own coffee, right? what a sad state of things.
>>107265068Point is that it saves the wages of three humans, not one.
>>107265080You know that those three wages it saved are the customers lots of businesses lost, so in the long term, if all these entry level jobs get completely erased, the 60 to 70% of the world would be jobless and the economy would crumble apart.Now add the fact that they want to erase the high level jobs like programmers and scientists, and literally what jobs would be left apart from the two business owners controlling all the market and politicians?
>>107265115That's where Universal High Income comes in.
>>107262843Add some boobs and a cute face to that and it’d be compelling.
NIGGER
>>107265056
>>107265185>le printerIt's not the same thing.
>>107265045What's the difference between espresso and moka pot coffee?
>>107265045>>107265185a fellow James Hoffman enjoyer, I see
>>107265207Texture and flavour
>>107265207moka pot coffee isn't as concentrated as a real espresso
>>107262843Looks like camel cumWho wants some hindu Indian designed poop robo arm from spilling camel spunk in my lattePrecisely why I started brewing from scratch at home (even grow my own coffee beans) & stopped letting the jews running Starbucks rob me blind like a Parisian Gypsy over a decade agoThe free wifi was niceBut McCafe is a waaaaay better valueThe day they raise the price to several bucks for the same dollar cup fuck that shitI USED TO BE ABLE TO BUT 2 DOUBLE CHEESEBURGERS A SMALL FRY AND A DRINK FOR 5 BUCKSNOW THE JEWS MADE IT 25 fucking DOLLARSI CAN RAISE MY OWN CATTLE SLAUGHTER MY OWN COWS SCROOGE MC WEISENHEIMER
>>107263246>A few mL of milk down the drain isn't worth crying about
>>107262995
>>107262843Why not just have a robot with a nozzle fixed nozzle and move only the cup?This is a robot version of a concept car.
>>107262843Nope, it's over for shit batistas. Those who know their shit will always be serving the non subhumans who value human interaction.
>>107265185>uses a laser to burn the pattern onto the coffee or pastry and creates carcinogenic acrylamide in the process
>>107268280the fuck are you even talking about? How do you even "burn" a color pattern on top of milk or beer foam etc? it's "inkjet" with food coloring instead of ink.
>>107265031>>107266381foam coming out of the nozzle taste bad, it has to be poured for the right texture. but im picky and most people dont really care and thats good enough
>>107263246That’s few mL of milk per cup of coffee. Is the profit from single cup of coffee bigger then the drained milk?
>implying i dont go to starbucks to stare at the barista while she makes my drink after i pay and refuse to leave the line until it's finished
>>107264802It’s like cashiers, they just hold the item and scan the code before asking you to press your credit card on the card reader. It’s a meme job that was automated multiple decades ago and only now they realised that they can just ask one of them to guard 8 self checkout stations instead.
>>107268819no, they make the drinks dumbass
>>107262843this lil clanker shit can never brew with soulqt jiggling hotpants now the market demand is there>>107264666>not stimmaxxing peak efficiency in all your endeavoursdigits say it all
>>107264941You have never been a barista.Espresso shots taste bad if you leave them sitting for a while so if this robot takes over 10 seconds (5 honestly) to mix espresso with hot milk, it's over. I could see robots being used as novelties at like Capital One cafe or corporate buildings that can afford them, unthinkable to me that cost + regular maintenance at random spots will ever why the fuck would anyone decide cutting edge tech should operate 12$/hr positions?I fucking hate this website.
>>107262843>the price of that coffee will still be 5 bucks or higher so what's the fucking point then ?
>>107269172I should also mention that robot is making the drink very slowly. Robot can't multitask 3-4 drinks at the same time like typical baristas might because there is one slow ass arm. Which means for like 97% of cafes where there's rush hours one robot arm is not going to be as valuable per dollar. And if it fails there is no one to make coffee for a week+ until the very expensive engineer comes out to fix the sensor or replace some wiring. Human gets an injury? Hire another in days for zero upfront cost.
>>107265031It's not so much just a robot that pours coffee, it's one that does that novelty latte art. The one element that people probably felt was automation-proof. Machines have long existed that can dial in precise amounts of grounds, water volume, temperature, etc. But those more or less just had to heat and squirt stuff into a cup.This thing can probably be programmed to deliver all the known designs, deployed anywhere, and updated instantly as some new design is developed. If not also deliver a perfect pour every time ... critics will start leaning into finding beauty in "human imperfections" over the robot's consistency. But for most drinkers, the robot's pour will be good enough.
>>107262843this is old shithave you been living under a rock?https://robotsdoneright.com/Articles/history-of-the-industrial-robot.htmlto be completely honest we have that capability since ages nowits just that robots are an upfront investment when you can hire and fire wagies as you need them
>>107262843No, you don't understand. People go to coffee shops and buy their overpriced latte in the morning because of the social interaction. Men go to coffee shops because they want their coffee to be served by a young, slim, beautiful, blonde girl with a smile.
>>107271298>blonde girlLol.
>>107262843this should be a goid thing, but it probably isn't
>>107268800Of course it is, are you stupid?A whole pot of coffee costs pennies to make, and a single cup of that sells for at least $2 before even factoring in the "wow robot barista" novelty tax.They could dump out a whole liter of milk and make up the cost in the same order.
>>107262843It even has this alcoholic hand shaking like real bariatas do.
>>107268800Absurd questionWould the cost be covered if it ended up in the cup?Would the $3 fee magically become worth more if more dairy product had ended up inside the receptacle?
>>107262843proof status: pudding
>>107271298I only ever go to coffee shops for the coffee, I dont give a fuck if it was made by a smoking hot girl or a robot. This whole "soul" mumbo jumbo about coffee made by people sounds like yet another mumbo jumbo the likes of "add these mineral crystals at the end of your cables so your music will sound better" shit audiophiles eat up like tards. I dont consume the "experience", I consume the product, and I'll get the one that tastes better to my tongue, not "which one was done by a smiling barista?".
>>107269172>>107269215t. Starbucks worker
These are almost certainly torque controlled for safety reasons and as a consequence expensive
>>107262995spbp
>>107263834>cost less than the wagie kek wagies are dirt cheap, there's a reason you don't see robots doing wagie jobs everywhere
>>107274711I worked for a local place in 2017. Most of the weeks income is made during morning peaks. If ur slow people leave. Robot coffee will always be a meme.
>>107274973It was the same for cars back then. If the west wont make the barista robots affordable, the chinese will reverse engineer them and sell them for cheap. There will be lots of accidents in the beginning until all imperfections are sanded out and barista robots become the norm, be it western robots, chinese robots or both working in armony. Cant stop this train.
>>107262843those already exist in south korea
>>107265031people moreso like the 20k espresso machine making it
>>107275639
>>107275739What is the point of this image?
>even
>>107275845To make you upset (mission accomplished)
>>107275860It didn't know it just makes no sense
>sorry barista machine broke
>>107276374>sorry the employee died or is sick
>>107276375The idea of going to a McDonald's and them telling me I can't have an ice cream because the guy who makes them died made me laugh really hard thank you Anon
>>107262843Expensive gimmick. All of that shit can be put into a single, simple machine
Daily reminder>Worst of the nerftroon era>100k daily>Best of the bufftroon era>10k daily
>>107262843Honestly looks pretty good, but it's way too slow for any crowded café. Being a barista at rush hour is kinda insane, you have to be much faster than that. >>107264802There is definitely a learning curve to this believe it or not. This probably doesn't apply to low level slop like Starbucks, but during college I worked at a small but expensive café and it was surprisingly hard to become a genuinely good barista. Being able to foam the milk correctly (unless there is a dedicated machine for it) and pouring these symbols into the cup takes quite a while to master, but what I found harder was dialing in all the various types of coffee in the machine. That café had about 20 different bean types from all over the world and my boss was really strict about me learning all the details on how they were harvested and how to brew them optimally. Every morning shift I had to taste every bean type individually and correct any parameter of the brewing process if something tasted even slightly off. Even if you may not care about stuff like that, people who regularly go to cafés care a lot>>107264866Yeah I think it could be good as a assistance, but complete replacement like in grocery stores would be unrealistic. It's a cool gimmick, but humans are definitely better at it>>107265031these automatic machines are complete dogshit and not comparable to the taste and flexibility coming out of espresso machines.
>>107262843coffee machines already exist wtf? I hate midwits so much. They want to make arm shit when rails or stationary shit will do just fine.
