They’re going for a mastery of technique, then a mastery over all the important details of service,” Freeman said. “It adds up to an incredibly elusive experience. It’s hard to manufacture splendidness. It seems as though they have something very difficult figured out.

Japan’s Pour-Over Coffee Wins Converts – NYTimes.com

The Japanese dedication to details never seizes to amaze me.

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Kars Alfrink

Designer turned design researcher. Postdoc at TU Delft. Exploring contestable AI.