Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour
by Udik on Thursday March 14, 2019 @02:23PM
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Not too sure about the "large latte", which in Italy might only translate to "cappuccino" (and it's not that large). Anyway, apparently two baristas from Milan have the world record of 623 espresso cups/ hour. :)
Re:A $33K robot barista serves 120 cups of coffee an hour
by jaclaz on Thursday March 14, 2019 @03:16PM
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I believe a "large latte" is more similar to what in Italy is a "latte macchiato" (though as you say is not very "large"[1]) than to a "cappuccino".
[1] "normal" bars in Italy only have two sizes of cups, one (smaller) for the espresso and one (larger) for the cappuccino (used also for tea, chocolate, ginseng, etc.). Large mug-sized cups normally exists only in homes where traditionally you have a caffelatte with bread or biscuits at breakfast (or sometimes instead of dinner)
Espressos? probably. Large lattes? Not so much. Steaming the milk would kill the throughput too much.
I would guess that the Italian would do a much higher proportion of shorter and smaller drinks.