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PrintCoffee Shops that Use Clover Coffee Brewers
Did you read the article about high-end coffee brewers in the New York Times today? If so, you're probably wondering where you can find a coffee shop that uses one of the $11,000 Clover brewing machines mentioned.
Easy enough. Just use the Find a Clover map on the company's website. Turns out there are quite a few more than the handful of locations the paper mentions. After the jump, a video of a Clover in action, if you're curious.
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6 Comments:
I remember having a cup of clover brew at Intelligentsia and liking it quite well. But I'll admit, it's difficult for me to tell a great cup of Intelligentsia coffee from an amazing one. The quality is already so high that improvement can only be incremental. But now I see from this fascinating video that something else might be at work: the clover makes, essentially, the ideal cup of french-pressed coffee. That's our preferred brewing method at home!
ricestein at 11:26AM on 01/23/08
The Clover makes incredibly good coffee and was designed for commercial applications and is a high tech machine delivering quality even better than traditional press/vacuum coffee brewing methods.
The most recent Clover was just installed in Alexandria, Virginia at Grape + Bean, a new specialty coffee and wine spot.
dagndc at 12:00PM on 01/23/08
The best cup of coffee I ever had was from a clover at stumptown, but that's because stumptown sources (and does a great job roasting) the best single origin coffee available. I don't think starbucks has the chops to make it work.
8ptstars at 12:18PM on 01/23/08
I had a Clover cup at Ritual in SF, and while it was fun to watch, it wasn't the best cup of coffee- kind of gritty. Maybe she did it wrong? Or maybe my palate is just not nuanced enough to appreciate it. Looking forward to trying the Siphon thing though!
karenita at 12:34PM on 01/23/08
Meh. If a coffee house wants to spend over 10k on a coffee-making machine, it's their margin. I'd be just as happy to find a map that shows coffee houses that use a $20 french press, well-sourced fresh roasted beans and a quality grinder.
Tactful_Cactus at 1:48PM on 01/23/08
I am proud to live in what looks like the only spot in doxie with a clover. I tried seom coffee from the place java joe's that has the clover. It was good, but not life changing. Then again, I am not a coffee snob, generally drinking maxwell house from a mr. coffee, so what do i know?
SkinnyFatty at 2:52PM on 01/23/08