AACC has a new coffee vending machine in Careers, the only one on campus.

The gourmet coffee machine, which serves drinks from the coffee company Seattle’s Best, was installed on the second floor in January.

“I think if the [coffee machine] works, and the students get the coffee they want, then I think it’s great,” Events and Food Services Manager Peter Kaiser, who is in charge of all vending machines on campus, said. “I think it’s a good addition to our offerings.”

Kaiser said a vendor approached him about installing a coffee machine on campus when Seattle’s Best started making the units. His response, he said: “We could put one in and try it out.”

Kaiser noted that the campus has not had a coffee machine in the past because “they haven’t been very reliable in the past.”

Coffee machines must be located near a water source.

The vending company might put more of them on campus if this machine does well, Kaiser said.

First-year transfer studies student Amber Brown, who bought hot chocolate from the new coffee machine on a recent morning, said she hopes the college installs more so students don’t have to walk so far for their caffeine fix.

First-year nursing student Breanna Hilton agreed, suggesting the campus should add a coffee machine to the Health and Life Sciences Building.

“I’m shocked we don’t have one, actually,” Hilton said. “Yeah, it’s kind of crazy.”

Associate Editor Lily Peaper contributed to this story.