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Jan 2025
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Rising Prices & AI Takeover | COFFEE BRE...

Rohan Cooke
About this episode

COFFEE BREAK less gooo. 


On today’s show: Will humans be obsolete in the industry’s future…What do we look for when ordering coffee… And what do climbing coffee prices mean for Melbourne’s cafe scene?? 


Hope you all are having a wonderful start to the new year. We are so happy to be kicking off 2025 with you!


Coffee Break is your weekly inside scoop into the coffee community. Everything from on the fly barista tips, honest and unfiltered cafe reviews (eek), hospitality stories and gate kept coffee secrets.


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