The experimentation temptation
Sep. 26th, 2008 01:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
murakoziThe high-ups in my company decided a while back to remodel the break room. The idea was that by making it look nicer and replacing the appliances and stuff, people would actually go there for breaks and to eat lunch and stuff. Part of the renovation was to replace the coffee maker in there with a much fancier unit.
The company occupies the entire 5th floor of the building. There are 4 coffee makers on the floor, 2 in each wing. I don't know who the manufacturer of the coffee makers is, but they're the standard kinda commercial ones with a water supply line and 3 heating plates. You put a filter and coffee into the hopper, put the hopper in, hit the 'brew' switch and eventually you have a pot of coffee.
So the one that was in the break room is gone and in its place they put Flavia machine in there. It uses little pouches containing coffee, tea leaves, syrup or whatever. You select what you wanna make, put the appropriate pouch(es) in, and it splorts out your beverage. The coffee is okay. Nothing too great, but a little better than the stuff the other coffee makers produce. The machine is capable of making cappucino and mochacino-like stuff, too. That involves using two different pouches. It'll prompt you to insert the hot chocolate or milk-like substance pouch, whir and spit a bit, then prompt for a coffee pouch.
That's what got me to thinking a bit. As far as I can see, there's no bar code or other identifying marks on the pouches you insert to make the various beverages. A few of the tea ones are narrower than the coffee ones, but that's it. So what is to stop one from putting the 'wrong' pouch thingies in there when doing the combination beverages? One could, for example, put in lemon tea when prompted for the milky stuff and then hot chocolate when prompted for a coffee pouch while the machine thinks it's making cappucino.
I'm half tempted to experiment with this. Of course, it'd be wasteful and I really don't want to get stuck with something like 'frothy lemony chocolate' or a cup of 'foamy creamy Earl Grey.'
The company occupies the entire 5th floor of the building. There are 4 coffee makers on the floor, 2 in each wing. I don't know who the manufacturer of the coffee makers is, but they're the standard kinda commercial ones with a water supply line and 3 heating plates. You put a filter and coffee into the hopper, put the hopper in, hit the 'brew' switch and eventually you have a pot of coffee.
So the one that was in the break room is gone and in its place they put Flavia machine in there. It uses little pouches containing coffee, tea leaves, syrup or whatever. You select what you wanna make, put the appropriate pouch(es) in, and it splorts out your beverage. The coffee is okay. Nothing too great, but a little better than the stuff the other coffee makers produce. The machine is capable of making cappucino and mochacino-like stuff, too. That involves using two different pouches. It'll prompt you to insert the hot chocolate or milk-like substance pouch, whir and spit a bit, then prompt for a coffee pouch.
That's what got me to thinking a bit. As far as I can see, there's no bar code or other identifying marks on the pouches you insert to make the various beverages. A few of the tea ones are narrower than the coffee ones, but that's it. So what is to stop one from putting the 'wrong' pouch thingies in there when doing the combination beverages? One could, for example, put in lemon tea when prompted for the milky stuff and then hot chocolate when prompted for a coffee pouch while the machine thinks it's making cappucino.
I'm half tempted to experiment with this. Of course, it'd be wasteful and I really don't want to get stuck with something like 'frothy lemony chocolate' or a cup of 'foamy creamy Earl Grey.'