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Re:This robot serves up 340 hamburgers per hour by stephengillie on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @01:09AM (#5101740)
I'm starting to see the Seattle's Best Coffee machines (powered by Redbox, image[1]) replacing Starbucks stands inside grocery stores. The machines are way smaller, cost less, and make more consistent coffee. They seem like the younger sister to the "Microsoft Starbucks" machine [2], which are apparently available to anyone buying 4 cases of beans per month.

[1] https://lh3.ggpht.com/-0vJb6GbCYGs/Tn9dFJkPPUI/AAAAAAAAGtE/2...

[2]https://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communi...

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Re:This robot serves up 340 hamburgers per hour by mc32 on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @01:31AM (#5101825)
You probably already know this, but for those who don't Seattle's Best is a Starbucks company --they used to be the brand found in bookstores, when those were popular --now they seem to be the brand SBUX uses for in-store (substore) locations.
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Re:This robot serves up 340 hamburgers per hour by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @03:00AM (#5102055)
Seattle's Best started out as their own company that was then acquired by Starbucks in the 00's sometime. At around the time they were acquired, they became the cafe brand for Borders bookstore, and we all know how that worked out in the end :) B&N has always franchised Starbucks directly in their stores (or at least, for as long as I can remember).
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Re:This robot serves up 340 hamburgers per hour by damian2000 on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @01:29AM (#5101819)
Why is it Microsoft Starbucks? is it in the MS campus? Or running Windows?
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Re:This robot serves up 340 hamburgers per hour by aaronbrethorst on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @03:26AM (#5102103)
I believe they were first introduced inside of Microsoft (in '05 or '06, I think). And it was a huge relief, too, let me tell you. They replaced these awful Farmer Brothers industrial-style coffee urns.

You'd punch in your order (tall drip, decaf, etc.), and it would grind beans and brew your coffee all in about 20 seconds. They're quite spectacular.

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Re:This robot serves up 340 hamburgers per hour by stephengillie on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @04:21AM (#5102230)
They're a simply amazing blessing. You press 3 buttons (cup size, right or left coffee (right is always house blend), then "Start"), and a minute later you have delicious coffee. Anywhere on campus, any time of day or night. The machine does Short (8oz), or a Tall (12oz) which makes a beautiful latte in my 16oz cup with 4oz of milk.
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