Coffee Markup Language

The Plan

Coffee is the number two time waster for employees in an office environment after the toilette break.  Around 30 minutes a day can be wasted making brews on any given day.

The Coffee Markup Language is here to provide communication between Coffee Machines thus removing this time.

How it will work

Your computer (or remote control) will have options you can select for your coffee.  The infomation will be sent over a network to a web service which will translate this into 'Coffee Commands'.   Once the commands are received tiny microscopic sloths will operate the coffee machine.  All you need to do then is walk over and collect it.  

The beauty of this is you could also schedule a cup of coffee to be ready when you wake up or when you arrive at work.  

The Language

The language is a relatively simple XML feed.  See an example below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<coffee version="1.0">
    <cups>
        <cup type="large">
           <type>Espresso</type>
           <sugar>2</sugar>
        </cup>
        <cup type="tall glass">
           <type>Latte</type>
           <sugar>0</sugar>
        </cup>
    </cups>
</coffee>