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What you wrote resonates with me. I have an espresso machine and grinder at home and I enjoy making coffee for guests and myself. I wish I could pull off even simple latte art.

In a post scarcity world, I imagine human work with its imperfections will have its own wabi sabi value. People already pay a hefty premium for artisan handmade products like pottery, furniture, even jeans.

“I could try composing wonderful musical works, or day-long entertainment epics, but what would that do? Give people pleasure? My wiping this table gives me pleasure. And people come to a clean table, which gives them pleasure. And anyway" - the man laughed - "people die; stars die; universes die. What is any achievement, however great it was, once time itself is dead? Of course, if all I did was wipe tables, then of course it would seem a mean and despicable waste of my huge intellectual potential. But because I choose to do it, it gives me pleasure. And," the man said with a smile, "it's a good way of meeting people. So where are you from, anyway?” ― Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons