Finns adore their coffee. On average, people in Finland consume 12 kilograms of coffee per year, making them the second highest per-capita coffee drinkers, only surpassed by Luxembourg. Finland is also frequently ranked as the most technologically advanced country in the world. Hence, it's logical that they welcome a combination of the two — technology and coffee.
Therefore, an artisanal coffee shop in Helsinki, Finland, received attention when they began selling an AI-created blend.
“We essentially provided AI with descriptions of all our coffee varieties and their flavors and instructed it to develop a new, enticing blend,” explained founder Svante Hampf while introducing “AI-conic” at the annual Helsinki Coffee Festival, as reported by The Associated Press.
AI-conic coffee
The AI program was given information about what constitutes a good coffee blend. It was then tasked with creating a new blend based on the types of coffee already available at the roastery. The AI chose a “somewhat unusual” combination, according to Svante: it combined four different types of coffee, instead of the typical two or three. It selected a unique mix of beans from Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia and Guatemala.
Nonetheless, this unexpected choice resulted in a well-balanced blend of sweetness and fruitiness that was appreciated by the human experts at the event. In fact, following a blind taste test, human experts agreed that the blend was flawless an