Human experts spend years roasting and tasting coffee from many places to learn about the beans.
They might then combine a coffee bean from Africa with another one from South America to come up with a new blend.
But, a coffee roasting company in Helsinki, Finland is hoping that artificial intelligence, or AI, can help ease the workload.
Kaffa Roastery recently launched its "AI-conic" blend at the Helsinki Coffee Festival.
The blend is a mixture of four kinds of beans, including Fazenda Pinhal from Brazil.
It is the result of a joint project by Kaffa and Elev, a local AI business.
Elev told The Associated Press that its computer models, similar to ChatGPT and Copilot, created a blend that would "push the boundaries of conventional flavor combinations."
Svante Hampf is the founder of Kaffa Roastery.
He and his partners wanted to do an experiment to see what blend the computer would produce.
"We basically gave descriptions of all our coffee types and their flavors to AI and instructed it to create a new exciting blend," Hampf said.
The "AI-conic" blend combined beans from Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia and Guatemala.
It is described as "a well-balanced blend of sweetness and ripe fruit."
Hampf said he thought the combination was "somewhat weird."
He was surprised that the AI program chose to make the blend out of four different kinds of beans.
Most humans choose only two or three beans.
However, after the first blind test of the new blend, Kaffa's coffee experts agreed that the AI-assisted blend was perfect.
There was no need to change.
Elev's Antti Merilehto said "AI-conic" is an example of "how AI can introduce new perspectives to seasoned professionals."
The International Coffee Organization says that the 5.6 million people in Finland drink the most coffee per person in the world.
And the roasters at Kaffa said they hope the AI project will help to bring more things to the strong coffee culture in the country.
Hampf called it a "first step," adding, "I think AI has plenty to offer us in the long run.
We are particularly impressed of the coffee taste descriptions it created."
I'm Dan Friedell.
人类专家花了数年时间烘焙和品尝来自许多地方的咖啡，以了解咖啡豆。
然后，他们可能会把来自非洲的咖啡豆和来自南美的咖啡豆混合在一起，制成一种新的混合物。
但是，芬兰赫尔辛基的一家咖啡烘焙公司希望人工智能可以帮助减轻工作量。
卡法烘焙坊最近在赫尔辛基咖啡节上推出了它的“AI-CONIC”混合咖啡。
这种混合物是由四种豆子混合而成的，其中包括来自巴西的法泽达·平哈尔。
这是卡法和当地人工智能企业Elev联合项目的结果。
Elev告诉美联社，它的计算机模型，类似于ChatGPT和Copilot，创造了一种混合，将“打破传统口味组合的界限”。
斯凡特-汉普夫是卡法烘焙的创始人。
他和他的合作伙伴想做一个实验，看看计算机会产生什么样的混合物。
汉普夫说：“我们基本上向人工智能描述了我们所有的咖啡类型及其口味，并指示它创造出一种新的令人兴奋的混合咖啡。”
“AI-CONIC”混合物由来自巴西、哥伦比亚、埃塞俄比亚和危地马拉的豆子混合而成。
它被描述为“甜味和成熟水果味道的完美结合”。
汉普夫说，他认为这种组合“有些奇怪”。
他很惊讶，人工智能程序选择用四种不同的豆子混合而成。
大多数人只选择两到三种豆子。
然而，在对新混合咖啡进行了第一次盲测后，卡法的咖啡专家一致认为，人工智能辅助的混合咖啡是完美的。
没有必要改变。
Elev的安蒂·梅里莱托表示，“AI-CONNIC”是“AI如何向经验丰富的专业人士介绍新视角”的一个例子。”
国际咖啡组织表示，芬兰有560万人，其人均咖啡消费量是世界上最高的。
卡法的烘焙师表示，他们希望人工智能项目将有助于为该国浓厚的咖啡文化带来更多东西。
汉普夫称这是“第一步”，并补充说，“我认为从长远来看，人工智能有很多东西可以为我们提供。
它创造的咖啡味道描述给我们留下了特别深刻的印象。”
我是丹·弗里德尔。