Comments on: Microsoft Unveils Barista Barista Revolution

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:30:10 +0000

This is clearly a joke, The first 4 comments and responses were hilarious though. I love how the NakedLoon, much like the Onion, makes humorless people actually look dumb.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:48:07 +0000

There is no way on this planet called EARTH that your going to learn anything about being a barista by playing a video game that will cost you $120. If anyone is interested about perfecting your shots of espresso or pouring those beautiful rosettas, I suggest you start working with a REAL espresso machine with REAL coffee enthusiasts, in which the experience you get is just priceless.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:57:34 +0000

Great! :-(

Now everyone will think they are a barista…

On the positive side, this should spark a bit of interest in speciality coffee so could have very positive spin offs for the coffee industry.

By: Stevi

Stevi — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:29:59 +0000

I hate to say this, but being an actual barista and trainer for over 5 years in the coffee industry, I know that there is no way a video game can realistically teach tamping, steaming milk or latte art and it definitely is not as fun as doing it at an actual espresso machine. The excitement of the USBC can’t really be brought into the living room, you have to be there to watch a barista at work in a championship competition. Good luck with all of that.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:02:50 +0000

I can not wait to buy this one… I have been wanting to work on my latte art can not wait to see the realism in steaming the perfect picture of milk. I am convinced this is the key to perfecting my latte art. Hopefully this will give me the edge. Not mention this should give all those Communications majors a taste of what work will be like when they graduate with a degree and $40,000 in school loans.

By: » Microsoft Unveils Barista Barista Revolution » Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:51:28 +0000

[...] We’ve previously posted about the phenomenon of well-heeled consumers paying for the privilege of performing manual labor in food production that our country could otherwise only get illegal immigrants to do. But here’s a new twist on the continued glamorization of the food service industry — yesterday Microsoft announced a new video game for the Xbox 360 called “Barista Barista Revolution”: Microsoft Unveils Barista Barista Revolution | The Naked Loon. [...]