Brief (coffeeyo.com): The world’s first 24-hour smart unmanned coffee store has opened at Beijing’s Galaxy SOHO — a robot independently handles grinding, extraction, cup output and locker delivery, making a cup in under 30 seconds and setting a Guinness record of 202 cups in one hour.
Beijing News (reporter Chen Lin) — Recently, the world’s first 24-hour smart unmanned coffee store officially began operating at Beijing’s Galaxy SOHO. Unlike traditional coffee shops, this store completes the entire process — from grinding and extraction to making, cup output and locker placement — entirely independently by robots, with no manual intervention throughout, truly achieving “all-day freshly made drinks, drink whenever you want.”
The world’s first 24-hour smart unmanned coffee store officially began operating at Beijing’s Galaxy SOHO. Photo provided by Dongcheng District.
Walking into the store, a robot wearing a black baseball cap is taking a just-made cup of coffee out of the operation window and steadily placing it into the pickup locker. After consumers place orders through the self-service ordering system, the in-store smart large screen live-streams the entire making process of each cup — from cup fetching, dosing, extraction to latte art and cup output — every step clearly visible.
Every step of the robot making coffee is clearly visible. Photo provided by Dongcheng District.
Efficiency is the core competitiveness of this unmanned store. Relying on the deep integration of large AI models and embodied intelligence, the complex coffee-making process is broken down into standardized mechanical actions, with single-cup production time stably controlled within 30 seconds. The entire automated production line has parallel-processing capability, able to make 7 to 8 drinks simultaneously at most. On opening day, the in-store coffee robot launched a Guinness World Record challenge, ultimately achieving 202 cups in one hour — far exceeding the minimum requirement of 130 cups — and succeeded.
On opening day, the in-store coffee robot launched a Guinness World Record challenge. Photo provided by Dongcheng District.
While guaranteeing standardized, fast output, this unmanned store also values personalized consumption experience. Before ordering, customers can freely adjust parameters such as sweetness, coffee concentration and juice concentration, supporting fine adjustment from 1% to 100%, truly realizing “one recipe per cup.” Currently the store supplies more than ten drinks including fresh-milk latte and Durian Americano, and covers categories such as tea drinks, sparkling water and probiotic juice.
According to the store’s relevant person in charge, AI personalized-recommendation functionality is also planned to go live in the future, intelligently suggesting caffeine intake based on consumers’ health conditions, so that technology serves not only efficiency but also health.
In the early opening period, staff are arranged in the store for maintenance, and later it will transition to fully unmanned operation. Photo provided by Dongcheng District.
Traditional coffee shops mostly close in the evening, yet the coffee needs of late-night overtime workers, nighttime creators and cross-time-zone workers always exist. This store’s 24-hour operating model precisely hits this pain point of modern urban life. In the early opening period, staff are arranged in the store for maintenance, and later it will transition to fully unmanned operation, with no need for manual attendance, ensuring that any time from early morning to late night, entering the store yields fresh, freshly made drinks.
The landing of this first store not only adds a tech-heavy new consumption scene to the Beijing Galaxy SOHO commercial district, but also injects new vitality into Dongcheng District’s nighttime economy and 24-hour convenience service system.
Source: Beijing News — reporter Chen Lin. Editor Zhang Lei; proofreader Li Lijun.
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