Mundo Novo’s CS2 brings automated pour-over flexibility to busy cafes

Mundo Novo’s CS2 landed in San Diego with a clear pitch: automate the drudgery of pour-over service without sanding off the ritual that makes it sell. The New York-based company turned its single-head CS1 into a two-group machine, giving cafes a plumbed-in brewer built for higher-volume bars that still want the visual logic of a hand-poured cup.

The timing mattered. World of Coffee San Diego 2026 was the first North American show to use the World of Coffee name after the Specialty Coffee Association rebranded its flagship expo. The event was scheduled for April 10-12, 2026, and the association said it would draw more than 15,000 attendees from over 90 countries. For a machine like the CS2, that stage was the point: automatic pour-over is no longer being sold as a clever gadget for enthusiasts, but as serious café infrastructure.

What the CS2 automates is the part of pour-over that most slows a busy counter. Each group has its own heaters and motors, so a barista can run two different brew profiles at the same time, and if one side needs maintenance, the other can keep working. The machine keeps the boilerless heating technology and winding single-stream spout concept from the CS1, but packages it into a more permanent setup meant for steady service. Mundo Novo’s barista-facing touchscreen still controls the variables that matter most, including water temperature, spiral radius and the timing of up to six hot-water pulses.

That balance is what makes the machine interesting in the broader craft debate. The CS2 does not remove the brewer from the process so much as move judgment upstream. Baristas still choose the recipe, load the profile and decide which coffees earn the machine’s attention. Mundo Novo co-founder and CEO Julio Rizk has framed the design as a way to preserve the durability and customization of the original machine while making it easier to share profiles across a touchscreen interface. In practical terms, that means a shop can serve a washed Ethiopia on one head and a darker filter roast on the other without slowing the line.

Mundo Novo is also positioning the CS2 as a commercial product, not a novelty. The company has said the brewer should cost less than buying two CS1 units, and shipments were expected to begin by August. Its original 2024 launch for the CS1 opened pre-orders at $2,800, with fully customized units reaching $3,500, and the company said the brewer did not need internet to operate, though it had Wi-Fi for future updates. With warehouses in Dallas and Chicago, and a business built through roasting companies that place the machines through wholesale channels, Mundo Novo is betting that cafes will pay for consistency, uptime and speed, even if the craft now comes with a motorized assist.