Robotic Espresso Taster

 

FEBRUARY 23, 2008 -  Researchers at Nestle Switzerland have developed a "machine" capable of "tasting" espresso coffee. The instrument which uses a method called PTR-MS, was sucessful replicating those profiles of a trained tasting panel. Paper published in the January issue of Analytical Chemistry . Will this mark the end of the "coffee cupper" as we know it?

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