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No more a long waiting time in cafes, as a vending machine can actually offer us a cup of coffee with a patterned foamy top too while costing less time and less money. This special vending machine appeared at the Yojiya Cafe in Haneda Airport, Japan, which uses drips of coffee poured carefully through milk to form a face on the top of your hot beverage. Currently the machine only offers coffee with the face of a woman floating on the top, and possibly in future the machine would come with other options like a hello kitty.

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Seemingly as ordinary as common instant coffee bags you’ve ever seen? Well, you’ll find you’re completely wrong when split the bag apart, because a stirrer is built inside the package to allow for a more convenient use. Got it? You no longer need to take a spoon or stirrer around, once you’ve had the Spoonin Instant Coffee.

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It is all the coffee: someone chooses to boil a pot of coffee, someone prefers to instant coffee, and someone may get fond of the AeroShot Pure Energy that delivers caffeine powder directly into your mouth. The AeroShot is packaged within a lipstick-sized cylindrical device but offers about 100 mg of caffeine, which is about the same amount of caffeine found in one large cup of coffee. Without calories or coffee breath, the AeroShot is aiming to provide people with an instant and healthy way to enjoy coffee. It may seem bit of weird, but still impressive and attractive.

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Although most people know coffee will be more drinkable if it is made with a certain temperature, they seldom find a way to make that happen. But fortunately the Coffee Joulies would help us. Special non-toxic material sealed within the polished stainless steel shell can absorb energy as it melts at 140 degrees Fahrenheit and thus to make coffee cool down. Also, the special material will begin to solidify again and releases the energy it stored if the coffee gets too cold. So to sum up, Coffee Joulies always offers the best coffee. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The idea behind this disposable coffee cup is really amazing: use as few materials as we can to make a cup and enjoy as much fun as we could to take the coffee. Collaborated by Young-an Seok, Young-woo Choi and Se-ryung Nam, Coffree is a foldable disposable cup that has coffee mix sealed inside. So simply tear the seal off, fold up the package, pour in some water and your coffee is then ready. Great! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Recently a new coffee shop opened in Wales and it is covered with toasts on all its walls. And on these toasts, you’ll see some portraits painted with jam. So when viewed from a distance, the coffee shop seems really special and when you get closer to it, the house also smells well. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You’ll see an inspiring vision after finishing this cup of coffee… And if you’d like to know what that will be, please get the Minor Miracle Mug home and enjoy your coffee. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Here’s one of the products that makes me feel excited all day long…It is the Twist Espresso Maker, an innovative device that features both an easy transportation and a convenient usage. Powered by the standard recyclable N2O cartridges built in, the smart design allows the users to easily make coffee anywhere— simply put the coffee grounds and hot water in, switch the device on, and then you can enjoy a cup of tasty coffee. The only drawback that I noticed is the time taken to make enough coffee for more than three people because the device only offers limited quantity every time. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Look at these lovely animals-cats, seahorse and beautiful landscapes-the sun, the moon, they’re actually appearing on the surface of coffee, isn’t that amazing?! They’re created by simply ‘drawing’ on the top layer of foam. And when we got such cups of coffee in hands, we’ll definitely smile and celebrate for so nice a day:) [Read the rest of this entry...]

Let me introduce you an easier way to move hot coffee, the ‘Coffee Mover’. It allows you to take eight cups at a time, without worrying about the coffee spilling out. Another ‘I should have though of it’ product. Three different types are available, and at least one type is believed to be the best for you. [Read the rest of this entry...]

‘Wow, your Latte looks so cute!’ ‘What a lovely cup of cappuccino!’ Perhaps that’s what we usually hear and say when enjoying a coffee time in a coffee house, as the coffee baristas there really makes wonderful coffee with eye-catching appearances. Today, we’ll show you how to DIY an attractive cup of coffee.

Simple as it is, you only need to prepare a plastic cover and engrave needed words like “I love U” on it. And other steps are the same as you’ve known. Looking forward to trying that now!

A cup made from coffee beans, what would be more suitable for coffee than this? Love coffee, love the coffee cup.

Though hot water is an essential factor to perfect coffee, it’s still not scientific to reheat the boiled water. The WMF1 coffee pad machine only heats as much water as enough for a single cup each time, solving the water problem. Despite the inconvenience to renew water, it’s actually good to your health.

It is hard for common people to realize how difficult it is to make a art coffee like this. But you can buy a coffee printer to help you get a cup of art coffee.

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You do not need an extra spoon to stir the coffee with a stick like this. Different from traditional package, this one made from solid plastic would make instant coffee more convenient. [Read the rest of this entry...]