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2. Coffee bags are to pack roasted requires many laborers. A café in the United States called "Café X" uses a robotic
ground coffee into a pulp bag with a barista and only takes 20 seconds to brew coffee.
hanging hoop to cling onto the cup, then Vending Machine
pour in hot water. Everyone must have heard of the "Tao Bin Vending Machine", a beverage
3. Coffee capsules are roasted vending machine originating from the phone top-up kiosk or "Boonterm Kiosk".
ground coffee packed in a hard plastic Tao Bin Beverage Vending machine is a technology researched and produced by
capsule or aluminum and must be used Thai people, and nothing is imported or imitating any country or anyone. Making
only with a specially designed coffee it up to meet the consumers of today's era's needs and behaviors with a busy and
machine. always hurry lifestyle. Tao Bin Beverage Vending Machine operates without a time
However, Single-serve Coffee limit, another convenient choice in daily life.
made of plastic and aluminum are
single-use and unrecyclable, which
causes "plastic waste" harm to the
world with its waste and pollution, nor More Information Service Info C005
did they respond to the "Zero Waste"
concept, so in response to the idea born
innovation called "Coffee Ball" or
"Coffee B" was designed to replace
plastic capsules. Made of several layers
of algae to encapsulate freshly ground
coffee, preventing oxygen from coming
into contact with the coffee grounds on
the inside, one of the reasons causing
coffee to go stale quickly. The odorless,
colorless, and tasteless algae do not
affect the coffee ground's aroma; most
importantly, it is biodegradable. The
"Globe" coffee machine, made from
recycled materials, is designed to
respond to a more comfortable and
simpler lifestyle. After brewing, the
round parts of the algae mixed with the
coffee can be used as fertilizer, which
takes only a few weeks to decompose.
Kopi Luwak (Civet coffee) relies
on something other than Civet for
production
There's a development of coffee
with similar properties to the civet coffee
but at a lower price tag, mellow taste,
not bitter, and easy to drink with a
unique aroma that contains more
"GABA" than general coffee beans and
lower caffeine levels. The idea is to
produce civet coffee by fermenting it to
imitate a civet's digestion process and
develop it into a "Vagaso", a coffee
brand that does not rely on animal
production. The production process is
divided into three parts: starting with
the 6 – 8 months coffee beans drying
process, then bringing it into a biotic
process with three strains of
microorganisms such as Lactobacillus,
Aspergillus oryzae, Acetobacter aceti
and enzymes, the fermentation process
will break down protein into smaller
molecules such as amino acids,
peptides and more resulting in "Biotic
Coffee".
Café X: Robotic Barista
Today's world is beginning to step
into the "automation" era with the rise
of the labor shortage. Consequently, a
robot has been replaced human labor,
especially in the food business, which
has a complex production process and

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