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What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world? (lemm.ee)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (11 children)

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?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Have used a couple of hot coffee vending machines in the US and all of them were absolute garbage.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 2 years 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.)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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