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As automation accelerates, does coffee need to invest more in baristas?

The cafés investing in their baristas alongside that technology, rather than instead of it, will be the ones that keep the community feel that has long set coffee shops apart. The post As automation accelerates, does coffee need to invest more in baristas?

As automation accelerates, does coffee need to invest more in baristas?

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The cafés investing in their baristas alongside that technology, rather than instead of it, will be the ones that keep the community feel that has long set coffee shops apart.

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The coffee industry is moving quickly to adopt automation.

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The cafés investing in their baristas alongside that technology, rather than instead of it, will be the ones that keep the community feel that has long set coffee shops apart. The post As automation accelerates, does coffee need to invest more in baristas? The coffee industry is moving quickly to adopt automation.

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