There's a new way to get coffee in the town of Brookfield, and it runs on robot baristas serving Stone Creek Coffee and local baked goods.
There's a new way to get coffee in the town of Brookfield, and it runs on robot baristas serving Stone Creek Coffee and local baked goods.
Octane Coffee officially opens its second fully automated drive-through location with a ribbon-cutting event at 11 a.m. Aug. 29 at 19555 W. Bluemound Road, just east of North Janacek Road.
The company's first "prototype" location in Pewaukee has served hot drinks since opening in 2023, giving "a good platform for us to learn what we needed to learn," founder and CEO Adrian Deasy told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The new Brookfield location, which the company has dubbed "Generation Two," will take things to the next level, bringing iced drinks into the mix, as well as food from both Farmer's Fridge and Grebe's Bakery in West Allis, Deasy said.
Octane Coffee plans to also open a third Milwaukee-area robotic drive-through kiosk on the city's south side at 300 S. Layton Blvd., the Journal Sentinel previously reported.
Automated robots, not people, are the ones making drinks and getting food around the clock at the drive-through. A full-time engineering staff is on call to help with any issues that arise with the machinery.
Customers must download the Octane Coffee Shop app to place an order from wherever they are. Then, using GPS tracking, robotic staff start making drinks as soon as the customer is on their way.
"We'll time things based on your GPS," Deasy said. Customers can also order from the Octane Coffee drive-through lot through the app, however their order will be placed in line with other orders.