[Ntrails]

> People who like quality coffee will usually prefer a trained barista if one is available, unless they want to try the novelty of a robot.

I seem to recall (and I can't remember where I saw it) that Heston Blumenthal uses a very expensive automated coffee machine to remove the variance inherent in human baristas.

[dworin]

It's a Nespresso machine - it's not even that expensive.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/apr...