"On a six-block walk I pass at least a half dozen, each with their own vibe: one focused on chai, another inside a yoga studio, a Starbucks that's surprisingly busy for late afternoon downtown. I passed them all up to get to one shop in particular, where a barista named Jarvis would address me by name and make me a thoroughly decent latte with rose-flavored syrup - nothing out of the ordinary in Seattle."
"Hill7 is a luxury apartment building located between the courthouse, the convention center, and a bunch of surface streets that function as an extended I-5 on-ramp. It's at the center of it all, and also nowhere in particular. To get there, I walk past vacant storefronts with graffitied signs advertising prime retail space, and also an Amazon Go store that looked deserted from the outside. Amazon would announce its imminent closure the next day."
Seattle offers many distinct coffee shops, but a robotic barista named Jarvis serves lattes in the Hill7 apartment lobby. The lobby stand shares space with a sushi vendor and sits amid vacant storefronts and a soon-to-close Amazon Go. Jarvis is a robotic arm built by Artly and positioned next to a customized La Marzocco espresso machine. Customers place orders on an iPad while Jarvis speaks over a loudspeaker, fetching cups, moving the portafilter between grinder and machine, and pouring latte art, aided by behind-the-scenes automation for grinding and brewing.
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