Kaffa Roastery, a Helsinki-based coffee company, has collaborated with AI consultancy Elev to create a new coffee blend called AI-conic. The blend was determined by feeding data on Kaffa’s coffee beans into an AI model, which selected the bean varieties and their proportions. Kaffa’s roasters then determined the roasting profile. The resulting blend, consisting of four different beans, was deemed “perfect” by the roasters after a blind tasting, requiring no further human intervention. Kaffa showcased the AI-conic coffee at the Helsinki Coffee Festival, and the company’s founder expressed excitement about the potential of AI to assist in the coffee industry. The AI-generated tasting note describes the blend as “Juicy and dynamic. A well balanced blend of sweetness and ripe fruit.”