New Technology at Coffee Guru

I hope my life is never so important that I don’t have 5 minutes to wait for a takeaway coffee.

I think you’re being unfair on Guru.

I go to the one near Myer in the Canberra center, the coffee is consistently good. The other places in walking distance make great coffee, but only some of the time.

Some MLA’s also frequent the same coffee shop – you can make of that what you will.

I wouldn’t use mhits, though. It’s a little too much like paypal for my liking. You have to have cash in an account before you can use it. Once the cash is in there, then what happens?

There’s also the social aspect. The Guru guys know us, and have the cups ready by the time we get to the counter.

Granny said :

Sounds a bit like an infomercial to me.

I agree – not very subtle at all.

I regret being negative, but it seems like a lot of trouble over something that has never really bothered me.

I’m stoked to see there are some Canberran businesses getting behind this. I remember seeing it featured on ‘The New Inventors’ on ABC quite some time ago and thinking it would be fantastic if it ever got used! And lo and behold..

Anyway, I think the main pro of the system is not so much to ‘avoid the wait’ but more for those of us who hate carrying coins around. I love the idea of putting $10 per week on to a ‘coffee account’ linked to my mobile. That way I know I won’t spend any more than that, and don’t need to fuss around trying to find coins for my morning coffee.

Brilliant, and well done to the Canberran inventor!

will they deduct the cost of the sms from the exhorbitant price they slug you for the coffee, on the basis they didn’t have to waste their time while you asked them for a cuppa?

I’m with SB and ed – coffee guru makes atrocious coffee. find a coffee shop with a good barista and they’ll be able to make GOOD coffee, FAST

i give top points to Aussie’s cafe at parl house for absolutely perfecting the above combination.

I like the concept, but I can see this being a chicken/egg situation. It’s no use to me as I don’t like Coffee Guru, therefore I won’t use it. If enough people are like this, then presumably no other businesses will pick it up because the numbers are low.

Still, I notice on their website they do ask if there are other places we’d like to use it. That’s a good start and might mean the chicken and egg tie for the win.

Sounds a bit like an infomercial to me.

Now they only need to find a quick way to type out your order into a text message……..

Can you imagine doing a group order from an office!!!!! AARRRHHHHHH!!!!!

Wow, saves all that time, and unnecessary human interaction, of errmmm going up to the counter and ordering a coffee!

We live in amazing times…

(I dispair.)

A good barista will be able to make a coffee in less than a minute on average during peak times (if they heat up enough milk for a few coffees), keeping the wait relatively short. I go to Bean in the City, even when there’s 10 people ahead of me I wait no more than five minutes for my coffee, and at $2.80 it’s the best value for money coffee I’ve found. It’s also very good coffee, and I know my coffee. I couldn’t be bothered texting ahead, I also quite like the fresh air while I wait.

mHITs is based in Canberra.

Now all Coffee Guru need is decent coffee…..one step at a time huh.

Do you actually know what the Yellow Pages is for?

Just go and try googling “glazier canberra” and marvel at the advertising cruft.

Perhaps if you said “white pages”, but even still – use whitepages.com.au, instead of google. Not every business has a website (even though they probably should, these days).

I had a look at the site – looks interesting. Point of note – there are a few other places using this so you don’t just have to go to Guru.