Historical Case: Provide an analysis of the case and your rationale for selecting it.

“A similar project is Mr. Java.77 Mr. Java is a smart coffee machine: place your coffee cup with a thin tag glued to the base under the spout and it makes you the coffee that you want and gives you the news you want, too. Joseph Kaye gets the news from London and a double tall latte; others choose an espresso with their sports scores, or a cappuccino with the latest weather report. Again, this project aims to transform the act of making coffee from a transaction into an experience. It also suggests a different sort of convergence in the domestic sphere—a convergence not of devices, but of experiences.”

Designing Technology for Domestic Spaces: A Kitchen Manifesto, Genevieve Bell and Joseph

https://www.media.mit.edu/ci/projects/mrjava.html

We liked the idea of making coffee or having coffee as being a more engaging experience in the morning and wanted to bring this to life. Coffee often signals "waking up" or the start of  one's day, so music would be a fitting accompaniment to making one's morning cup.