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There is no need to wait in line to buy coffee. Chinese open the first robot coffee shop in the United States.

Published: 2026-08-22 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/08/22, According to the World Daily riot, Henry Hu, a 23-year-old Chinese-American youth, drank five cups of coffee a day and hated waiting in line to buy coffee, so he used the US $100000 start-up bonus to set up the first robot coffee shop in the United States. His store, called Cafe X, is located at the Metreon Mall in downtown San Francisco.

According to the World Daily riot, Henry Hu, a 23-year-old Chinese-American youth, drank five cups of coffee a day and hated waiting in line to buy coffee, so he used the US $100000 start-up bonus to set up the first robot coffee shop in the United States.

His store, called Cafe X, is located at the Metreon Mall in downtown San Francisco and opened on January 30th.

Because of his invention, people who don't like waiting in line can now buy coffee very quickly.

He sells coffee mainly on robots that can make coffee; robots can accept orders from customers, who place orders on tablets, coffee, lattes, cappuccinos, everything.

The robot that makes coffee is round and doesn't look like a human. (the World Daily)

Henry Hu said his robot is not very smart, but it can do a lot of basic actions, such as putting the cup under the milk machine, under the syrup machine, and bringing the coffee to the window for guests who are standing waiting.

The speed of robot coffee making is also very fast, ranging from 100 to 120 cups an hour, depending on the complexity of placing an order; guests can choose what coffee beans to use, the amount of milk, and the taste.

Lattes made from hazelnut syrup (hazelnut syrup) and milk are delicious and have become the most popular robot coffee unlike lattes sold by vending machines.

Henry Hu, who studied at Badson College in Wesley, Massachusetts, won a $100000 start-up prize from Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel last June, a rule that requires winners to drop out of school to start a business. So he sold his car, found a friend's family support, and began to open a shop in San Francisco.

He said he had agreed with a number of technology companies in San Francisco to bring robots into the company to make coffee for their employees.

Henry Hu, the inventor of the coffee robot. (the World Daily)

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