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Is Espresso Really 'Good' Coffee?
Is it cold in here?:
OK, I will show my ignorance. What is a clover machine?
Method of Madness:
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/16-08/mf_clover
(Not sure why it says it's $4, it's only 50 cents more than regular coffee at my Starbucks, a large is usually about $3 after tax).
Carl-E:
You probably don't live in Boston, DC, NYC, LA, or Frisco (where the reviewer lived). Prices are elevated in these and other large metro areas.
And that thing is pretentious as hell. It's like a Bently - not as flashy as a Rolls, but dammit, it's still just a car coffeemaker. What gets me is that even though it's automated as all get out, it still needs a barista to whisk the beans and water together (seriously? You can't automate that?) and to squeegee away the grounds puck (again, WTF? that can be done by a machine...). I think it was designed so it doesn't create more unemployment!
I'll have to take one and retro fit the appropriate automated attachments for the home user.
I can see it now - hordes of former Starbuckians with signs saying, "Will barista for food"
Is it cold in here?:
A coffee machine with an Ethernet port could converse with Winslow.
DSL:
At my local supermarket, there is a Starbucks stand. A minor evil pleasure of mine is to walk by it to the deli counter, where there is a coffee vending machine that will take my 50 cents and allow me to push buttons for coffee as strong and sweet as I like it, with flavorings if I like. Fun, even on nights when I don't want coffee.
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