Food / Technology

Robots v. Humans: Who makes a better coffee?

21:30 pm on 25 April 2025

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Imagine a high-tech robot arm, in a perspex box operating a souped-up instant coffee machine… Sound better than grabbing your morning flat white from a barista? 

Eight ‘till Late hosts Ellie and Corey chat to RNZ Asia’s Yiting Lin, and New Zealand Specialty Coffee Association volunteer Wayne Burrows, to get to the bottom of it.

Photo: RNZ / Yiting Lin