Doug MacDowell

The Lineage of Coffee Maker Computers

A hand drawn timeline of the lineage of coffee maker computers by Doug MacDowell artist

The lineage of coffee maker computer builds spans 22 years with a curious 15 year gap in the middle. This hand drawn timeline shows the lineage of coffee maker computers. There are a total of 5. In 2002 Nick Pelis built the first ever coffee maker computer named The Caffeine Machine. Then, the builds went cold for 15 years until 2018, when a person named Ali “THE CRE8OR” Abbas collaborated with a company named Zotac to make the Zotac Mekspresso to feature in a trade show. One year after in 2019, a man whose username is Logarythm made the Mr. Coffee PC. This unassuming build is perhaps my favorite. 5 years later, after COVID-19, NerdForge, a youtube channel specializing on fun builds, built a "PC that makes coffee". During this time I was making Coffeematic PC. A hand drawn visualization of the lineage of coffee maker computers by Doug MacDowell A hand drawn visualization of the lineage of coffee maker computers by Doug MacDowell