A new day dawns for coffee preparation

By Andrea Pyenson

Globe Correspondent / March 31, 2010

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There was more novelty to the coffee bar at the 2010 Northeast Regional Barista Competition than the bar itself. Baristas were making drip coffee using a prototype Luminaire Bravo-1 (LB-1), designed and built by five students from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham. The machine, which allows baristas to precisely control water temperature and flow rate for single-serve, ... (Full article: 275 words)