“A group of engineers who previously worked at Apple and NASA created an $11,111 coffee maker that measures the liquid’s heat as it brews to maintain the “perfect” temperature,” Susanna Kim reports for ABC News.
“Blossom Coffee company is the brainchild of coffee fan, Jeremy Kuempel, and two colleagues,” Kim reports. “Kuempel is an MIT engineering graduate who previously worked on Apple’s iPad and at electric-car maker Tesla.”
Kim reports, “The company debuted its first luxury product at Tech Crunch’s Disrupt Conference earlier this month and is taking pre-orders for about 10 of the Blossom One Limited, which are intended for commercial use and will be available in the spring, the company said. The Blossom One Limited is about the size of a traditional desktop computer, measuring 7 inches wide. So far, restaurants, cafes and private individuals have inquired about owning one.”
Read more in the full article here.
More info, images, specs, etc. about the Blossom One Limited here.
For that price, that Blossom 1 Limited better be able to drive to the store for coffee, put water in itself and give me the mug with a smile. (I don’t want a cup of anger.)
Can it brew coffee in space?
Does it blend?
Does it have a USB port?
I don’t think it brews at all. It extracts.
Apple engineers, the ones who priced the $666.66 Apple computer?
For that price, can it also make me breakfast in bed?
. . . while playing me my favorite AAC songs?
For that price, you should get a Pono…
Whats a Pono?
Wander back in the MDN posts and look for ‘Neil Young’. Pono is ‘righteous’. Pono is triangular. Pono is a massive bandwidth hog, if it really is as vaporously stated.
Glad the freemasons had input on the pricing of this ridiculous “product”.
“Freemasons?” Are you serious? Arnold, Freemasons are charitable, generous and honorable. Oh, and, the moon landing actually happened. Any other conspiracy theories I can clear up for you?
Arnold, my dear, consider knowing something about those you choose to denigrate before you do so.
Arnold: I get it! Much appreciated.
What’s there to get or thank? It was a disgusting comment.
If you don’t get it, it’s not worth the bandwidth to explain it. Think about numerology and how things like 777 permeate our mythology.
Wow, lots who hate humor around here.
I think someone forgot to put a ” ” in front.
Sounds like the “Lisa” of future intuitive, stylish, easy-to-use and “perfect brew every time” coffee makers.
These guys are so wrong. Look up, Black Blood of the Earth. This is coffe done right, and instead of MIT arses, these guys come from Berkley. http://www.funraniumlabs.com/the-black-blood-of-the-earth/bbote-vs-coffee/
“… these guys come from Berkley.”
Doesn’t the caffeine clash with all of the
tetrahydrocannabinol embedded in their dope sucking brains?
Yes, because no one outside California ever smokes dope.
Speaking of a dope…
Ah yes, and here’s one of them now. I’m sure you only imbibe for medicinal purposes, eh Buzzy.
‘Cuz ‘Berkley’ NEVER produced any arses!
Let me put it this way. If you can afford this coffee maker, which I can’t, you’d get Minka Kelly to serve you coffee in bed.
I got my first Mac last year. I know what I’m aiming for next year. Minka & Macs melt like M&M’s in your mouth.
Watch out for those Asian companies Samdung is that you.
It is cool lookin’.
They needed an ex-Apple designer on the team. From the front those legs look like a stuck on afterthought. For $11,000 I’d expect a bit more visual design excellence.
Good grief. You’d have to have a gold-plated palate to even think about what the differences would be in a blind taste test. Who has taste buds that sensitive to the subtle tastes in different coffee brews? In this world, there are great coffees (available at decent inexpensive prices), decent coffees (served in many restaurants), “mud” (served at truck stops), crap branded coffees (Starbuck$ and Peets), and totally undrinkable “coffees” (served at Denny’s, & any fast food drive-thru). BBotE is one heck of a decent coffee but the only bad thing is that one shot and you’re boosted for the day. I like to have several espressos made at home throughout the day, drinks that won’t leave me wide awake all night.
Sorry for the long essay…I was just writing while my espresso was brewing! 🙂
This is what happens when you give an outfit, like NASA, an unlimited supply of ‘other peoples’ money’. Private industry, for profit, is the answer.
Private industry, for profit, is what Starbucks is. I wonder what Lewis Black would have to say…
Uh, NASA had nothing to do with this product. Are you really this dense?
‘“A group of engineers who previously worked at Apple and NASA created an $11,111 coffee maker that measures the liquid’s heat as it brews to maintain the “perfect” temperature,” Susanna Kim reports for ABC News.’
I’ll bet it was the guys from NASA who drove the price up. Other than that, STFU Mike.
“…previously worked at Apple and NASA …” has nothing to do with NASA being involved with this coffee thing. S.J. collected coke bottles for dinner money but it’d be a stretch to say Coca Cola is somehow involved in Apple.
” …Other than that, STFU Mike…” appears this poster either has a love/hate relationship with “Mike” or is just another very lonely soul with nothing better to do on a Saturday but spout nasty drivel. Have fun either way.
Don’t be too hard on Mike, he’s probably stoned out of his skull.
Yeah, science is only for people with money. It should only be used to accumulate more money not for the benefit of mankind ever.
Coffee is evil.
I just signed up for one; I can’t wait!!!
Not really an insane price computer controlled commercial machines already sell for more.
I’ve watched a demo for this expensive gadget. It looks kewl. It’s automation is fun. But I’m rather happy with the coffee I get from my local independent café.
A shout out to Freedom Of Espresso! <3 <3 <3
A Howard Wolowitz design?
So at roughly $3 a decent cup at a Starbucks or where ever, it would take about 3,700 cups of coffee to pay for itself.
Or a little over a year, I’d say. That’s about right. 🙂
It’s obvious that if these engineers had worked for Dell and Walmart the coffee makers would cost $20 and come in all 8 Crayola prime colors.
wow.
Too bad they didn’t had a little help from Sir. Ive.
That thing looks horrible.