Report: Robo-baristas hit San Francisco

A new coffee shop is open in San Francisco. The blend of the day: artisan coffee and automated technology.



Taking a page from the AmazonGo experience, Cafe X is an automated coffee shop that opened in San Francisco’s Metreon mall on Jan. 30, according to the Los Angeles Times.



Encased in plexiglass, the kiosk contains two coffee machines equipped to brew Americanos, espressos, cappuccinos, lattes and flat whites. Customers order drinks from an app or one of two iPads mounted outside of the kiosk.



Upon receiving the order, the robot’s arm maneuvers a paper cup, pushes on syrup levers and brews the customer’s coffee order. The robo-barista can make a beverage in less than a minute, and can pump out 120 coffee drinks in an hour, the Los Angeles Times said.



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