Article: Cup runneth Clover at a few Starbucks Tasting new state-of-the-art offerings

Oliver Schwaner-Albright The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
03-27-2008
Cup runneth Clover at a few Starbucks Tasting new state-of-the-art offerings
Byline: Oliver Schwaner-Albright The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS

Howard Schultz, the chief executive of Starbucks, dropped a bombshell last week at the annual shareholders' meeting when he announced that as part of an effort to concentrate on making better coffee, the company had bought Coffee Equipment of Seattle, maker of the Clover coffee brewer.

Coffee drinkers were buzzing. Clovers are $11,000 machines that brew one cup at a time and have become essential equipment at some of the ...

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