Day: August 13, 2025

An Ella robot operating at the Keukenhof
in the Netherlands.
Image: Keith Tan.Automation is becoming more commonplace in cafés and coffee service, but is new technology here to take part or take over? Are the days of the traditional barista coming to an end? The short answer is no, but robotics and artificial intelligence stand to significantly and perhaps permanently alter the profession as we know it.
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Image: Oran Tantapakul/stock.adobe.comAccording to Brazil’s Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), in July the price of a consumer coffee fell for the first time in 18 months. The price of a cup of coffee in the South American country dropped by 1.01 per cent. According to Reuters, for the preceding year and a half coffee was one
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Image: Parilov/stock.adobe.comMarcio Cândido Ferreira, President of the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafe), says the United States (US) coffee industry is playing a waiting game in response to the implementation of tariffs on Brazilian exports. President Donald Trump’s government has hit all imports from Brazil with a 50 per cent tariff as part of an executive order,
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