...and you'll never be able to go back to decaf again

Yet another sighting in the category "kitchen appliances that know better than you do". 
Previous members include the 'fridge that keeps buying broccoli every time you throw out the old ones,
and of course the Nutrimatic machine.  :-)

James Pappas, JL Hufford Coffee and Tea's Product Manager, believes that the technology enabling an appliance to learn and react to its user's preferences, so-called "ubiquitous computing", is already both available and affordable. "The software for a basic [artificial intelligence learning algorithm is currently available and quite inexpensive", says Pappas, whose store specializes in "super-automatic" coffee machines.  "This is simply the next logical step", claims Pappas.

What will it be like to use such a machine? "For the first several weeks, the machine learns the drinking patterns of its users. Then it adapts. Every Sunday afternoon, it's French vanilla cappuccino time. Each weekday morning, it starts brewing a triple espresso at 7:00 am. After dinner, it does up a creamy decaf café au lait." How does it know where you are or at exactly which moment you'll be ready for your drink? Pappas is tight-lipped about this aspect, the crux of his invention, but he hints at GPS tracking or existing RFID technology. What is certain is that some machines, like the Jura-Capresso Impressa F9 already have ports which could be connected to a computer. Once the computer is networked, the possibilities are many.

- milan

"Conspire with the garbage disposal all you'd like, Frigidaire, I'm still not eating that Broccoli you're buying."