Coffee Equipment Company
| Industry | Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Seattle , United States |
| Products | Coffee equipment |
Coffee Equipment Company was a Seattle-based manufacturer of coffee equipment. The company focused on producing equipment that creates high-quality brewed coffee. It was purchased in 2008 by Starbucks.[1]
Its first product, the Clover 1s, brewed coffee one cup at a time. The machine combined a method similar to a French press with a vacuum mechanism that separated the liquid from the grounds.[2]
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz purchased the company after trying a cup brewed by a Clover machine and declaring it to be "the best cup of brewed coffee I have ever tasted".[3]
References
- ^ "Starbucks Coffee Company to Acquire the Coffee Equipment Company and its Revolutionary Clover Brewing System". Starbucks Newsroom. March 19, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
- ^ Edmonds, Molly. "How the Clover Coffee Maker Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ Cloud, John (November 3, 2008). "The Top 10 Everything of 2008: 5. The Clover coffee maker". Time. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2012.