Coffee minion

As Seneschal of the Heterodyne, and with Spark Roast being as good as it is, and Vanamonde von Mekkhan liking it as much has he does, he has evidently created a coffee minion position, the Siege of Mechanicsburg.

Possibly relevant outside information
Shortly (about a month) after the coffee minion appeared in Girl Genius, a very similar coffeenaut appeared in the (at the time) new webcomic/graphic novel Power Nap. (Is this a shoutin, or does it come from somewhere else? Although the coffeenaut is a very minor character in Power Nap, he does have lines and recur.)