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One more big trend for coffee machines nowadays created automatically, which can save time for barista
is IoT (Internet of Things), the machines are getting during busy days.Moreover, as people start to consider
connected to Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, collecting different data their dark hot coffee not as a common drink, but more
to make life of barista and a shop owner easier. The and more as a pleasure and a social beverage, the ma-
Remote Digital technology has been introduce in some chine has to be able to satisfy these new needs of con-
coffee machine since the end of nineties. With that a sumer, by delivering an higher quality beverages in a
technician was informed in real time if the machine had nice atmosphere. That is how, the design of machines
a problem. The recent evolution of the communication start to become more and more important. Recent Host
platforms and the apps are creating new opportunities Milan was full of machinery eye-candies, just to name
for further development of this technology. Today a few: Stella by UNIC with wooden side panels and sea-
machines of some producers are able to communicate green front panel, Leva by La Marzocco full of metal
with the technical staff and with the store manager in accents, Storm by Astoria, bright machine made in black
order to send them useful information about their and red colors and Aurelia Wave by Nuova Simonelli,
productivity, their performance, the deviation from the side panels of which are made in a wave shape.
standard parameters, and to send alarm before the So minimizing wall of machinery at the bar in a
machine stops wirking properly. These new technolo- coffee shop and making machines more automatic gives
gies allow also to interact remotely with the machine. barista an opportunity to focus more on customer, their
There are so many application of IoT already utilized by needs and proving more knowledge. Little by little out
the coffee machines and for sure new others will be in- of a person who just makes coffee, barista becomes the
troduced in the nearest future. Good example is My whole chain’s representative, enabling him or her to be
Concept by WEGA, this machine is one of the first ones more relaxed and more consistent with their work flow
to help coffee shop owners to realize how productive their and more efficient. The
business is: My Concept unites all the machine in a café machines have a new goal
to one network, so the owner can check how many drinks now to be as productive
machines produce and how productive they are, barista as ever, but also they
have the possibility to formulate a menu, copy it in real need to look nice, as
time, and share it on a multiple set of My Concept ma- customers want to enjoy
chines, throughout the world. not only the taste of cof-
But there are not only machines for espresso, fee but also a visual ex-
Poursteady is a pour-over coffee machine combining perience they can get in
precision motion-control with unprecedented speed a coffee shop.
and reliability, the machine allows you to skip manual
brewing and dial in your pour-over recipes, adjust the
volume of water, patterns and wait times for each pour
and save your custom recipes and assign them to your
stations, making even filter coffee faster than usual.
One more machine that allows to save time for barista
is LatteArtist by Thermoplan, coffee machine that is new grinder from Victoria Arduino:
able to do pour-over latte art. Famous Latte pattern is Mythos II

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