• lazynooblet
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    210 months ago

    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?

      • @shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        110 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

      • @SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee
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        110 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!

    • @DillyDaily@lemmy.world
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      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.

    • @DingoBilly@lemmy.world
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      310 months ago

      Australia here, nothing similar here.

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

    • Dizzy Devil Ducky
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      110 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.

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        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.)

      • @tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        210 months ago

        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.

    • @egitalian@lemm.eeOP
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      110 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