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Project Idea: the ultimate coffee machine

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e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

Coffee beans are the second most traded commodity.  The sad fact is that most coffee drinkers are drinking badly prepared coffee.  The coffee grounds are prepared days or weeks before it is used.  Much of the flavor is lost during this time.  The brewing water is too hot which changes the taste.  Also, the water spends too little or too much time with the grounds which also changes the flavor.  The ultimate coffee machine would need the following items (in no particular order).
-     A coffee bean grinder
-     A water heater with a temperature sensor
-     A microcontroller for control and timing
-     Motors
-     A separator for separating the grounds from the water (a filter or a centrifuge)
Coffee beans are the second most traded commodity.  The sad fact is that most coffee drinkers are drinking badly prepared coffee.  The coffee grounds are prepared days or weeks before it is used.  Much of the flavor is lost during this time.  The brewing water is too hot which changes the taste.  Also, the water spends too little or too much time with the grounds which also changes the flavor.  The ultimate coffee machine would need the following items (in no particular order).
- A coffee bean grinder
- A water heater with a temperature sensor
- A microcontroller for control and timing
- Motors
- A separator for separating the grounds from the water (a filter or a centrifuge)

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    Sounds like what you are discribing is a "super automatic" you see them a lot in resturants and coffee shops.

    there are a few home units out there but the profesional ones are expensive. They are also quite complex mechanicly and I have no idea how you would go about building one.

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    Sounds like what you are discribing is a "super automatic" you see them a lot in resturants and coffee shops.

    there are a few home units out there but the profesional ones are expensive. They are also quite complex mechanicly and I have no idea how you would go about building one.

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