{"id":3921,"date":"2012-09-27T10:20:51","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T16:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2014-03-05T16:26:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T22:26:26","slug":"a-look-inside-a-self-serve-cappuccino-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3921","title":{"rendered":"A look inside a self-serve cappuccino machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know those self-serve “cappuccino” machines that vend all different kinds of flavored coffees? The ones that look like this…<\/p>\n

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I saw one that was left open yesterday. While I wasn’t expecting a barista on duty, I wasn’t expecting to see this either…<\/p>\n

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It’s all powdered mix.<\/p>\n

The powdered mix is apparently measured out and sprinkled over a hot water tube and, at least at this location, dispensed through never-cleaned spigots. <\/p>\n

Yummy!<\/p>\n

Oh, and that spinning whirring noise when you press the button before the “coffee” flows? It’s not a coffee bean grinder revving up – it is just a special effect to sell the product.<\/p>\n

I don’t know why I had assumed there were actual coffee beans somewhere in those devices. From now on, I’m sticking to the real stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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