The robot that automatically brews coffee will make you a cup of Guatemala Flower God, Kenya AA Top

Swing Black COFFEE Black Coffee, which opened in early September this year, is known as "full use of robot hand-brewed coffee." it was buzzing on the Internet before the opening, triggering a great debate in the coffee industry. Whether it is the dialectics of "drinking fine coffee for 80 yuan" or "machines replacing labor", people can't help but hope that this upcoming coffee brewing revolution will bring about great changes in people's lives.

Open the bean list, no matter from "Guatemala Flower God" to "Kenya AA Top", this cup costs one or two hundred yuan for a cup of fresh brewed coffee at the manor level in boutique cafes, while Swing Black can drink it for only 80 yuan. The reason is that the robot "OTFES", which can automatically make coffee by hand, is not only concise in shape, but also completely designed and manufactured by Taiwanese. It made its debut at this year's SCAA (American Fine Coffee Association Special Exhibition) and was selected by Daily Coffee News as the "shining product" in the exhibition.

The developer Lin Zhide used to be the owner of an independent hand brewing coffee shop, because he had to concentrate on making the coffee, so he often felt unable to take good care of the guests in the store service, and the bar player's physical strength would also be affected for many hours a day, thus affecting the stability of the cup. after thinking that "the barista should be the bridge between the coffee and the guests, not just the brewing machine". With a background as a qualified worker and as an entrepreneur, he began to develop this automatic hand coffee machine, which took three years to develop and was purchased by Sasa Sestic, the champion of the 2015 WBC (World Coffee Competition). He will soon open Ona Coffee in Australia, while other agents and stores will be used in the United States, Hong Kong, and Japan, while Swing Black is the first demonstration store in Taiwan.

Under the concept of "Let the machine do things for people, while people do more important things", OTFES is not a simple American machine. It is well designed and can record any barista's cooking methods, such as water temperature, current, speed, time, etc., just like a record, as long as the barista decides the flavor the bean wants to present, he can ask OTFES to repeat his actions, and each cup ensures the taste and quality he wants. This requirement for stability and consistency is also a requirement of professional baristas, so baristas who use OTFES must have a sharper sense of taste and the ability to adjust the machine, not just to the machine. As long as the state of the beans changes, the formula setting in the machine will also change, so Swing Black baristas are defined as "coffee flavor research and development engineers" and "coffee experience designers", from adjusting the machine to introducing boutique coffee and services, all mention the value of barista work.

Huang Xiuling, director of Swing Black, a former owner of a cultural background and hand-made cafe, very much agrees with the practice of "highlighting human value", so she and Lin Chih-teh decided to put this idea into practice. The name Swing is inspired by the image of "Swing dance" spinning rhythm like a hand circle in the 1920s, while Black adheres to the attitude of black coffee. With the "precise hand brewing" of "OTFES", it ensures the stable quality of every cup of fine coffee for guests, and solves the unstable factors that hand-made coffee varies from person to person on the market. In addition, although it is known as a take-out bar, the intellectual, stylish and comfortable environmental design in the store conveys the life style that Swing Black wants to present, that is, the value of "simple, just, and sensual". As long as it provides urbanites with a proposal that they can enjoy good coffee every day, it can greatly expand the boutique coffee market and increase public acceptance of black coffee, which is the origin of the Chinese name "black coffee".

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