Opening at Temasek Polytechnic · Singapore

The barista at Temasek Poly is a robot arm

KAFEI grinds, tamps, pulls and pours on its own, so cup nine hundred tastes like cup one. Order from your phone between classes and collect when your number lights up.

KAFEI robot coffee machine, front view
Order and queue screen
Six axis barista arm
Twin collection bays
One order, start to finish

Four steps, about a minute

The arm runs the same routine every time. Watch it happen through the glass while you wait.

  1. 01

    Order in the app

    Pick your drink, strength and milk. Pay by card or PayNow. Your queue code appears straight away.

  2. 02

    The arm loads a cup

    It takes a clean cup from the stack, checks the bay is clear and sets up under the group head.

  3. 03

    Grind, tamp, extract

    Beans are ground to order, dosed by weight and pulled at a set pressure and temperature. Milk is steamed on the same cycle.

  4. 04

    Collect at the bay

    Your code lights up on the screen and your phone buzzes. The cup slides out at the bay. Take it and go.

Now serving · TP Block 1 Live
A0042
Flat white · Oat · Double shot
Order received
The machine

A whole cafe in two square metres

Sealed cabinet, glass on three sides, everything serviceable from the front. It parks against a wall and runs from a single power point and a water line.

KAFEI machine, left three quarter view
Left three quarter
KAFEI machine, right three quarter view
Right three quarter
Cups per hour
Up to 120
Average wait
60 seconds
Menu
18 drinks
Hours
Runs all day
Footprint
2.0 m²
Payment
PayNow, card
Cups
Regular, large
Cleaning
Auto rinse cycle
The KAFEI app

Order before you get there

Free on iOS and Android. Save your usual, top up once and skip the queue for the rest of the semester.

Find us

First stop, Temasek Polytechnic

The first KAFEI machine lands on the TP campus in Tampines. More locations follow across Singapore through the year.

Location
Temasek Polytechnic
21 Tampines Avenue 1, Singapore 529757
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 8pm
Saturday, 8am to 2pm
Enquiries
hello@kafei.sg