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Article: INDEPENDENT SHOPS LAMENT WIDER ACCESS TO MACHINE THAT SET THEM APART STARBUCKS' PURCHASE TAKES SHINE OFF CLOVER.(Business)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 3, 2008
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Byline: CHRISTOPHER CLARK AND ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIEThe Associated
Press
An $11,000 coffee maker ought to make a darn fine cup of coffee.
And it does. So fine and so nuanced, in fact, that the coffee world has been buzzing for months over how the Clover coffee machine would revolutionize the coffee shop industry and how Americans view drip java.
Trouble is, lately the Clover and its new corporate owner have brewed more controversy than coffee.
Once the domain of independent shops looking to distinguish themselves from big chains, the Clover now belongs to Starbucks Corp. In a deal of still undisclosed terms, the Seattle ...