Comments on: The Clover Coffee Machine

By: JC

JC — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:36:01 +0000

Coffee almost as good as my $20 AeroPress!

By: BeClover

BeClover — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:47:11 +0000

I am trying to compile a comprehensive list of locations that have Clover machine in place and collect as many recipes as possible. All the data is for public use, just to keep the Clover community going. I started with locations and have quite a few now. Would be great if someone could share recipes as well at http://www.beclover.com

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:09:55 +0000

Yeah, if you’re going to ENJOY a cup of coffee, sit down and use a proper ceramic cup. If you need a fast cup on the go to wake you up, don’t pay premium prices.

I really don’t have a problem with professionals paying outrageous amounts for equipment. It’s an investment, and other restaurant cooking gear can cost as much. To compete for the many customers these machines will serve, you have to have an edge. If someone paid that much for a personal brewing system, I would think they are nuts.

By: Guido

Guido — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:48:37 +0000

I’m a big coffee fanatic, and there’s huge differences between different beans, makes and roasts of coffee – I can taste most of them too, and I love it that coffee gets some cultural appreciation.

But … I just looked at YouTube for one of those aforementioned videos of Clover coffee. The process is lovely, the coffee looks delicious. But then they poured the brew into an ol’ plastic cup. A PLASTIC CUP! For heaven’s sake, is there any better way to ruin even the most average coffee than using a frickin’ plastic cup for it??

Heretics!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:16:54 +0000

$6 for a cup of coffee? That’s nothing! Monkey poo/civet coffee goes for about $40.

By: Louisa

Louisa — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:20:17 +0000

I prefer Diet Mountain Dew. But that’s just me being all highfalutin.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:46:35 +0000

@sw:
Hmm, my favorite coffee shop in Los Angeles (Intelligentsia) has only Clover-brewed coffee. I’m not sure if it’s that Intelligentsia isn’t Starbucks or that the beans were freshly roasted and fresh in general or something, but I like it a fair bit (although I don’t order coffee most of the time, more of the other drinks..tea, espresso, whatever). While the final price depends on the coffee of your choice, I think it’s around $2-3 for like a medium sized cup. I was there today morning and I remember seeing a sign for two different coffees that were priced at $2 and $2.50.

However, I don’t really disagree about how the money could be better spent..I think the coffee I make at home with my cheapo grinder and french press (prolly $150 at most) with the same Intelligentsia beans taste just as good. Maybe it’s the coffee itself and not how it’s made. *whistles*

By: ted

ted — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:48:24 +0000

They spell the word “existence”.

Coffee’s gross.

By: Pol x

Pol x — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:01:29 +0000

lo a culture circling the u-bend with increasing speed.

By: Night train

Night train — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:20:17 +0000

I used to not be into brewed coffee, but the clover has opened my eyes and put joy in a cup.

By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:55:43 +0000

Me and my $0.24 diet coke laughs at all those coffee snobs.

By: creesto

creesto — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:43:08 +0000

My local java fave, Stauf’s Coffee Roasters here in Columbus, Ohio has had one for about a year now. My wife works there, and has pulled a couple of Clovers for me in the past. The coffee was good, but the cup sells for about double what a normal cup sells for at the counter. My wife tells me that many people prefer the clover cuppas, and sell 6-9 cups sold each day. Given that a two group La Marzocco espresso machine sells for under $20k, the $11k price seems somewhat high, but then ALL the high end professional coffee gear is pricey, whether in this country or in the Land of Extreme Coffee, Italy.

Sorry if I made you blow the final gasket, SW!

By: SW

SW — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:52:08 +0000

some people just have too much money. how about using that $20k for something that betters society? i don’t even want to know what people are paying per cup, it’ll just make me angry.