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By: Chemically Imbalanced (espresso-jogged screeds) » consumed

Chemically Imbalanced (espresso-jogged screeds) » consumed — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:27:19 +0000

[...] — “why don’t you blog about the clover?” they said. “everybody’s doing it!” [...]

By: one pot

one pot — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:07:30 +0000

and yeah – apparently sbucks now has an exclusive on clovers.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:26:34 +0000

I was working on a brilliant scheme to have folks subscribe in advance to a year’s worth of clover coffee so we could afford one without a cashflow hit That idea is trashed. We always felt a ton of the value was in CloverNet.

Here’s hoping Greg Scace or someone can create a better one…

By: one pot

one pot — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:56:45 +0000

i know my friends at vita are wondering if starbucks will buy there clover at a premium – they also joked about putting a little starbucks logo on the side of the thing.

in all seriousness this obviously sucks for a bunch of indie shops and clover had a good day at the bank…

i just wonder if sbucks will re-engineer the thing do that it pumps out coffee faster and takes less skill.

By: lucey

lucey — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:24:39 +0000

or, no one else will want one?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:21:14 +0000

So far it means you can still buy one before April 2nd, but after that it becomes Starbucks proprietary property. All pre-existing clovers will still get support. Clover net is being shut down in the next 60 days. I still don’t know what to exactly feel about this, but after Coffeefest DC, and having 4 clover at morning coffee, and having them promise us 4 more for Coffeefest Atlanta, I do feel a bit betrayed and disappointed in them. They where brought to where they are now by independents, only to turn and sell out to their competition, exclusively.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:56:13 +0000

my question exactly…