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Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour by rezeroed on Thursday March 14, 2019 @08:21AM (#19388541)
Starbucks is premium? In London I consider it bog standard.
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Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour by shawabawa3 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @08:27AM (#19388575)
I think "premium" means in relation to office provided filter coffee/pod coffee, not in relation to cafe coffee
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Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour by rezeroed on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:01AM (#19388794)
It's been years since I worked somewhere that didn't have bean machines. Figured it was the norm these days.
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Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour by bobthepanda on Thursday March 14, 2019 @01:16PM (#19391298)
They started off that way. It was one of the places in America that treated workers nicely and probably one of the first chains to source beans that were fair trade and sustainable.

Then they decided that moving into every big box store and rest stop was important.

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