--- title: Now You Can Be The Person Who Brews Apple's Coffee description: Apple is hiring an "iCup Technician" to brew coffee. canonical: https://time.com/2951104/apple-icup-technician-coffee/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-02T17:49:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:20.758Z og:title: Apple Is Hiring an 'iCup Technician' to Brew Coffee for Employees og:description: Apple is hiring an "iCup Technician" to brew coffee. og:url: https://time.com/2951104/apple-icup-technician-coffee/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt353c574ef1ba3ce5/69869a4fe8524b861b603b9f/apple-coffee.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: apple-coffee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Apple Is Hiring an 'iCup Technician' to Brew Coffee for Employees twitter:description: Apple is hiring an "iCup Technician" to brew coffee. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt353c574ef1ba3ce5/69869a4fe8524b861b603b9f/apple-coffee.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now You Can Be The Person Who Brews Apple's Coffee  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 2, 2014 5:49 PM UTC  Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 2, 2014 5:49 PM UTC If you’re looking to work at Apple but you don’t have a degree in computer science, then there may still be hope. You could apply to be an “iCup Technician.” The job summary of [the listing](https://jobs.apple.com/us/search?#&ss=icup&t=0&so=&lo=0%2AUSA&pN=0&openJobId=34263877) on Apple’s website, posted June 28, 2014, says, “The Apple iCup Services is specially designed to provide a fresh brew coffee to all Apple employees within their department.” Applicants may not have to code for the position, but they should have “some computer skills.” The ideal person for this 40-hour-a-week job in Santa Clara Valley, California, would also have “prior experience working with coffee machines” and be someone who “continually grows in knowledge.” Can’t wait to see how many applicants start their cover letters with “iBrew.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2951104/apple-icup-technician-coffee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2951104/apple-icup-technician-coffee/"},"headline":"Now You Can Be The Person Who Brews Apple's Coffee","datePublished":"2014-07-02T17:49:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:20.758Z","description":"Proof that every position at Apple starts with the letter \"i\"","url":"https://time.com/2951104/apple-icup-technician-coffee/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Technology"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt353c574ef1ba3ce5/69869a4fe8524b861b603b9f/apple-coffee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt353c574ef1ba3ce5/69869a4fe8524b861b603b9f/apple-coffee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"apple-coffee","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2951104/apple-icup-technician-coffee/","name":"Now You Can Be The Person Who Brews Apple's Coffee"}}]}] ```