The Fastest Barista In The World Is A Robot, 120 Cups Of Coffee In 1 Hour

With the coffee craze enveloping the world, more and more people are craving for that delicious caffeine shot in the morning. Unfortunately, this also means more people lining up for their brew, forcing customers to wait for a long time. Thanks to advancements in robotics, however, this is no longer the case. Enter the robot barista that can serve 120 drinks in an hour.

The new barista in town is called Gordon and it was made by a company called Cafe X Technologies, USA Today reports. Speaking with the publication, the company’s CEO Henry Su cited the frustrating amount of time that people spend waiting in line to get their coffee as the reason for building Gordon.

“A lot of us spend a lot of time in line waiting for coffee,” Hu said. “And we decided to do something about it.”

San Francisco is one of the top metropolitan areas with a dense concentration of heavy coffee drinking population. This makes it the perfect spot for testing out the robot barista that Café X has been working on for over a year. Gordon first started serving drinks on January 30th, serving customers faster than any human barista is capable of.

As for what the robot offers, the beverages are pretty typical, including café lattes and espressos. The drinks also cost anywhere from $2.25 to $2.95 for every 8oz cup. To order, customers can either use the interface at the stall or use the accompanying app. Once the order has been placed, the customer will be called to pick up the beverage using the designated four-digit code that they were given, Futurism reports.

On a gloomier note, Gordon is also a perfect example of how people can be put out of a job because of automation. By being able to serve customers just as well as human baristas but faster, robots can easily replace two or three workers.