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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

It's likely not as cool as Japanese vending coffee, but in the UK there are Starbucks/Costa etc vending machines all over. Do Americans (sorry assuming you are from US) not have those?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Have used a couple of hot coffee vending machines in the US and all of them were absolute garbage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I don't mind vending machine cappuccino but that's only like half credit as coffee lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The Tick: Armless bandit... Empty your bladder of that bitter black urine men call coffee! It has its price and its price has been paid!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

the ones at racetrac are pretty great imo. i get the lightest roast they have (more caffeine) and dump a bunch of sugar and cream into it but it's pretty good black, too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

But are those like a hot coffee dispenser, where you grab a cup and put it under a spout, push a button and it pours out a hot drink? Because we do have those in Australia.

But in Japan they have vending machines for canned drinks and cans of soup that are heated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Australia here, nothing similar here.

But this is like basically every street has a set of these vending machines. They're everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As someone from the west coast of The States, I can't say I've ever seen a hot drink vending machine in real life. At least not here where I live.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As someone from the west coast of The States, I can’t say I’ve ever seen a hot drink vending machine in real life. At least not here where I live.

We used to have them, but I haven't seen them for over a decade now.

If you remember the Terminator 2 movie, the scene where a security guard gets a cup of coffee, those are the kind of dispensers that used to exist.

(The link above shows the scene I'm speaking of. I tried to embed the URL into this comment so the picture itself would display, but I couldn't figure it out.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also from the US west, I've seen a bunch of hot vending machines! In several hospitals and schools in different states, a few gas stations. They will have coffee, tea or cocoa selections, a cup pops out and gets filled with fresh brewed coffee. They were usually around 1.50 to 2 dollars a cup, maybe more expensive now though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Ditto. Also rest stops.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

No, not that I've seen except for at highway rest stops. They have automated coffee vending machines that sells some brown nasty tasting water. Definitely not coffee