The Freshest Cup

Published on Thursday, December 20, 2007, by Eric Slatkin / Edit Post

The Freshest Cup

by eric slatkin

You will most likely never have one of the Clover machines in your kitchen, but it’s possible that a café somewhere near you has one. Ritual Coffee Roasters in San Francisco showed us the secrets of the coveted Clover. Read about the inner workings of this single-cup brewing machine, as well as about some more-attainable brewers that we would happily settle for.
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  • I just had a $10 cup from a clover and it was quite possibly the best cup of coffee I have ever had.

  • Amazing i am so glad I went to the Roasterie for the best cup of coffee I have ever had. I am hooked now!!!!

  • Its a awesome machine and I am just glad they have one at the Roasterie here in KC. Makes a perfect cup of coffee every time.

  • Recycler, the roast typically used in the Clover is a medium roast that does have more caffeine than does a darker roast as you might enjoy for espresso. This would provide for more caffeine.

  • There's one here in Kansas City at The Roasterie Café and it's really amazing. It brings out flavors and characteristics in coffee that you only read about. There's on a sprinkle of Clovers and mostly at really hardcore coffee shops that are serious about their beans. If you guys can, I highly recommend getting a Cup of Excellence (a variety of top coffees from about a half dozen countries) or...+READ

    There's one here in Kansas City at The Roasterie Café and it's really amazing. It brings out flavors and characteristics in coffee that you only read about. There's on a sprinkle of Clovers and mostly at really hardcore coffee shops that are serious about their beans. If you guys can, I highly recommend getting a Cup of Excellence (a variety of top coffees from about a half dozen countries) or small batch origin (one country and small farm) on the Clover. Ask your barista, hopefully they'll be cool and guide you. Yummy!-COLLAPSE

  • Get an AeroPress, a home vacuum press for $30. Not quite as smooth as a Clover, but a reasonable substitute given the price.

  • Sadly, I want it badly.

  • Wow - an $11,000 coffee machine?! Why is it so expensive? I don't see some famous name attached to it...all it does is brew a cup of coffee one at a time.

  • We got one at a shop here in Toronto last summer, great brew... I figure it must get the most caffine out of the beans possible, nuclear !...my gf kept telling me to shut-up or quite dancing!...good times...