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Article: Starbucks tries brew with a more premium price ; Chain testing new coffee machine in Dunkin's backyard
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2008
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Starbucks Corp.'s luck could change with the help of a clover,
but not the four-leaf kind. Instead, the Seattle coffee giant is
seeking a boost from the Clover brewing system, a sophisticated
machine that turns out customized cups of coffee at a premium price.
The system is being tested in Boston and Seattle, but the company
is expected to say today that it is rolling out more Clovers in the
two cities and will introduce them in San Francisco.
About 30 Starbucks shops in the Boston area will get the
machines, compared with 10 in Seattle and an undisclosed number in
San Francisco. They will debut Sept. 9 in Boston and today in
Seattle. The San Francisco date has not been finalized.