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Meet the New Face of Service at Starbots

Your Coffee, Robotically Refined

Dré Labre
May 23, 2023
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Regardless of which timeline I find myself in, the mid-day slump is an unwavering constant. I usually combat this temporal lethargy with a small coffee kit tucked away in the janky time machine. However, as fate would have it, I found myself fresh out of beans this afternoon. The situation was brewing towards a crisis, and I knew I needed to locate a coffee shop, pronto. Fortunately, I stumbled upon a unique franchise sub-chain that was fully automated - a far cry from those monotonous Keurig coffee pod conveyor belt home subscriptions.

Enter the 'Roboristas' - a paradoxical blend of high-tech automation and human touch. You're probably furrowing your brow at the seeming contradiction, but hear me out. These Roboristas operate with an uncanny imitation of human movement, grinding, tamping, and steaming away with traditional tools and machines. It's almost as if they're performing a coffee ballet right before your eyes.

In their training regimen, the Roboristas had decades of surveillance videos to learn from - cherry-picking the best barista practices and customer interactions. They are uncannily good at small talk!

Their latte art? Practically worthy of a gallery display. Near-photorealistic. And just when you thought it couldn't get any better, they deliberately misspell your name on the cup when your order's ready. It was an amusing nod to the long lost human experience we've all grown to love (and meme) in coffee shops.


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Steph Clarke
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I assume the misspelling of your name would be done in the way that autocorrect misspells your name. The perfect blend of human and robot.

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