Clover Coffee
Posted on 01. Dec, 2008 by Jason Coffee in News
What is a Clover?
A few months back when I first heard about Clover, I was super excited. This machine is unique, unlike any other. It creates a cup of coffee that gives you the fullest flavor possible, somewhat like a french press but without leaving any sediment in your cup. It’s 70 micron filter extracts almost all liquid from the grounds thus pulling the best parts of the flavor from the bean while leaving all the extracted grinds behind. Much to my dismay there are only 250 machines on the market. Well that is until a few months ago when Starbucks announced that it was purchasing Clover. I was both excited and saddened when I heard this news. Excited because this will expand the reach of this amazing feat of engineering and saddened because I would primarily only be able to try Starbucks Coffee’s in this modern machine.
What Does the Future Hold?
The most amazing thing, to me, about the Clover is that it involves the barista in the art of making a cup of coffee again. (In the last few decades we have lost this inclusion.) This is amazing for a number of reasons. It forces the barista to connect with what makes each cup unique, flavorful, & good. How the flavor profiles are affected by simple changes in blend, temperature, time, & even stirring technique. In turn it will create a dialogue about the coffee between the barista and the customer! How cool.
Hopefully, sometime soon, another company will create a similar machine so that we cannot only enjoy a “Clover” cup of Starbucks Blends but also some amazing single origin coffees & unique blends from around the world at our local Family owned shop.
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onetake
01. Dec, 2008
I was at a coffee shop yesterday in Pasadena (Tazza Bianca) that has one of the 250. I have to say — that was one good cup of coffee! Now I get what the buzz is about.
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Reiza
02. Dec, 2008
I’m posting my comment and now back to Twitter.
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Bondy
02. Dec, 2008
I Love Coffee Cup News
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skyM
02. Dec, 2008
Good luck with the follows
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ashley
02. Dec, 2008
What a cool thing! I adore my french press, but hate when I get some sediment in my cup…I wonder how many stores will actually be using this?
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jenn
02. Dec, 2008
i love coffee cup news
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Warren
02. Dec, 2008
I hope to taste a Clover Coffee soon. None in my area.
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Molly
02. Dec, 2008
I haven’t seen these in Boston yet, they are supposed to be hitting our market soon.
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Kreated by Kelly
02. Dec, 2008
Sounds delicious!!
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ameg
02. Dec, 2008
i’m in the sticks, so can’t try it
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Chris Depew
02. Dec, 2008
Posting here and now, back on to twitter.
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joemattrocks
02. Dec, 2008
posted here @josephmatt84
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Angela
02. Dec, 2008
Like you Tweets!! and Coffee of course. Happy Holidays @SDXHireHeroes
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Amanda (sambodhi)
02. Dec, 2008
Great information!
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Jon
07. Dec, 2008
How does the Clover produce press-style coffee so quickly? I’m thinking the extraction process should take at least 3 or so minutes. What is going on inside this machine? And the finished product seems remarkably clear . . . unlike the murkiness of pressed coffee.
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CoffeeCupNews
13. Dec, 2008
the chamber in the top is extracting all of the water out of the grinds and leaving them behind.
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landileigh
22. Dec, 2008
coffee cup news is awesome!
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Anne
22. Dec, 2008
coffee cup news is awesome!
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JeffC232
22. Dec, 2008
coffee cup news is awesome
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Anonymous
22. Dec, 2008
coffee cup news is awesome!
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AJ Ladd
23. Mar, 2009
It might be a great machine but a simple, non electric french press can’t be beat! I’m sure this single cup machine isn’t cheap either! Save your money and pay off your bills instead!
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Jason Coffee
23. Mar, 2009
well said AJ
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Neil
20. Aug, 2009
I would imagine that this will produce one clean cup of coffee. I wonder how long before a home version of this will be available. Not that I will be standing in line to buy one of these, but I may well stand in line to taste a cup or two when they come to a Starbucks near me.
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Shanda
20. Aug, 2009
I was a barista at Starbucks for 2 years and up until a few weeks ago. When I first heard about the Clover machine, I thought, wow! this is great! we can basically brew a “personalized” cup of coffee for each person. but the machines at the time were only being put in a few stores, and mine wasn’t one of them
What you said about barista’s connecting with the coffee and the customers is classic Starbucks. This is something that the company has always gone to great efforts to instill in their employees.
I really hope that I get a chance to try coffee brewed with the Clover machine. I think i would like to try a nice Sumatra. mmmmmmm
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Michael
21. Aug, 2009
Intelligentsia Coffee in Chicago embarked on serving coffee made on Clovers to make “more individualized cups of coffee.” I’m not sure if they ever went back to drip coffee.
BTW, Clover is now part of SBUX.
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Michael
21. Aug, 2009
I also left out of the last comment that a Clover retails for about $10k (in 2008), and SBUX purchased Clover in 2008.
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Jason Coffee
21. Aug, 2009
@Michael – That sounds pretty reasonable, I will put it on my Christmas list.
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Jason Coffee
21. Aug, 2009
@Shanda – Well I am sorry you did not get one at your store, hopefully one day soon.
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