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The "Clover". Is it as good as they say??
Does Starbucks make the "Clover"? If not, who does, and is it as good as they say?
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Permalink Reply by will frith on -
Woo-Hoo! I love to share. Bring it on - I'll definitely be around.
Joseph Robertson said:Will, next Seattle coffee fest I will bring my beans by if I get the chance.
Joe
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Permalink Reply by Joseph Robertson on -
I hope I will get a chance before the next fest, that's way to long for Clover fun. I love tech and especially coffee tech.
Joe
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Permalink Reply by James Liu on -
Clovers are extraordinarily high maintenance. It takes a lot of work to get a decent cup (at Intelly, we got to dialing in every coffee we put through it every day) but when you got an "on" cup of clover, it was something else. And they need a lot of service to keep functioning properly, and spare parts for repairs were sometimes hard to come by.
That said, while there is a Clover "profile" to every cup made on one, there is a lot of expressive potential to having independent control of grind size, dose, temperature, and brew time. Some of the best cups of coffee I've ever had have come off a Clover. But I personally would never make the business decision to use them in my cafe.
N.B., to my understanding, replacement parts should be available for the foreseeable future through Intelligentsia. Feel free to contact them if you want more info.
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