It’s finally possible to get cafe and bar-quality drinks at home. Frazy, a cafe and bar-quality custom beverage startup, announced plans to debut FrazyBot, the world’s first robotic beverage machine that makes fresh, customized specialty drinks such as coffee, cocktails, tea, boba and more at home with only the push of a button at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
It’s impossible to get cafe and bar-quality drinks at home today. Available machines only make certain drinks, are too large to fit on countertops or require many ingredients for preparation — and none of them customize complete drinks like a barista or bartender. FrazyBot’s “Ingredient-Sensing Robotic Technology (InSeRT)” makes drinks more affordable than the average café or bar, eliminating the need to go anywhere and offering a pressure-free opportunity to try new beverages and experiment with flavors and combinations.
FrazyBot is modular and comes with a base module that has a touch panel and water reservoir. It’s compact enough to take up minimal space on the kitchen countertop and offers a choice of different drink modules — each specially designed for coffee, tea, boba, cocktails or mocktails. Users can easily snap the drink module into the base module, insert the ingredient box and push a button to make their favorite delicious drinks. This also allows users to add their own milk or alcohol.
Frazy enables customers to order the exact drink they want off the website with every detail considered, whether it’s a red velvet latte with an extra shot of espresso and oat milk or a strawberry margarita with a hint of lavender syrup. Fresh ingredients are packaged in a small, shelf-stable, air-tight box and promptly shipped to the users. The single-use box is inserted into the machine along with water or a chosen alcohol (depending on the type of drink), and with one press of a button on the touch panel, the exact drink is created and prepared as if it were in a café or bar — including grinding the beans, frothing the milk, salting the rim, latte art like hearts or a caramel drizzle on top of the whipped cream. No other machine on the market is able to deliver this kind of precision and professional presentation. Afterward, the machine self-cleans and expels trash into the single-use box, keeping the countertop tidy and the beverage ready to enjoy (available on the models that ship).
The FrazyBot robotic beverage machine will showcase and demo the following beverages at CES 2024:
- Cafe Latte: Espresso, low-fat milk and light sugar, complete with smiley face latte art on top made of chocolate powder;
- Iced Coffee Frappuccino: Blended iced espresso, almond milk and extra sugar with whipped cream, caramel drizzle and cinnamon sprinkle;
- Spicy Margarita: Tequila, fresh lime juice, fresh ginger, fresh mint leaves and jalapenos with slushed ice, a tinge of chili powder, salt on the rim and lime wedge on the side.