To provide a cup-type beverage vending machine that can precisely change a recipe of a beverage for sale in a short time.

A cup-type beverage vending machine that comprises recipe storage means 81 for storing a recipe of a beverage for sale in association with the beverage for sale and recipe execution means 91 for preparing the beverage according to the recipe of the beverage for sale stored in the recipe storage means 81 when the beverage for sale is selected. In the cup-type beverage vending machine, the recipe of the beverage for sale can precisely be changed in a short time because when an external memory M in which the recipe of the beverage after change is stored is connected to a main control section 8, the recipe of the beverage after change stored in the external memory M is acquired from the external memory M, and the recipe of the beverage for sale stored in the recipe storage means 81 is changed into the acquired the recipe of the beverage after change, resulting in a precise change of the recipe of the beverage for sale in a short time.