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I don't get one thing: since current coffee can dispense great coffee, cheaper, altough it cannot replace the social roles of a coffee shop why isn't one installed close to any coffee shop?

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Coffee is a dairy / flavor delivery platform for a lot of people. I don't think even the best vending machines can't compete with the selection of creamers and flavors a coffeeshop has to offer. There's also a lot of snobbery involved so even if the products were identical some people would enjoy a vending machine version less simply because they couldn't complain about the barista making it wrong or being too slow.

I don't dispute that an automated machine may be able to dispense great coffee, but I haven't seen it.

At my various client sites, all the automatic machines dispense vile coffee. And I'm not picky...I can stand drip brewed Folgers.

There's nothing wrong with drip brewed folgers.

My favorite is the one at the oil change place where they never clean the pot. Add some powdered creamer for extra deliciousness.

I have a nasty old drip coffee machine (the type you find in hotels, very high milage) sitting next to my fancy espresso machine at home exactly to make this type of coffee. I love all of god's coffee children.

There's nothing wrong, but little good either.

We have Melitta Bar Cubes in the office and they are quite good.

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