{"id":868,"date":"2008-03-21T11:34:30","date_gmt":"2008-03-21T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/21\/starbucks-buys-high-end-coffee-maker-maker\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T18:49:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:49:43","slug":"starbucks-buys-high-end-coffee-maker-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/21\/starbucks-buys-high-end-coffee-maker-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"starbucks buys high end coffee-maker maker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starbucks has announced<\/a>, as part of its major restructuring in how it does its business, the acquisition of the Ballard-based Coffee Equipment Company, maker of the $10,000 Clover single serving coffee maker.<\/p>\n

This really chaps my hide because as a result of this move, Portland coffee roaster Stumptown Coffee Roasters will no longer be using the Clover at their locations.<\/p>\n

A barista yesterday said that the company was no longer going to use the Clover (whose results I loved) and would be selling off the machines and going back to using french press pots.<\/span><\/p>\n

I HATE Starbucks!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Actually, I hate Stumptown for tossing out an exceptional way to showcase their coffees just because Starbucks bought the company that makes them – it’s a shallow and stupid decision, no doubt made on the basis of a knee-jerk, emotional reaction, and not out of how to best serve their customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starbucks has announced, as part of its major restructuring in how it does its business, the acquisition of the Ballard-based Coffee Equipment Company, maker of the $10,000 Clover single serving coffee maker. This really chaps my hide because as a result of this move, Portland coffee roaster Stumptown Coffee Roasters will no longer be using […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[140,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coffee-food-drink","category-food-drink"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-e0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12690,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/05\/my-idea-for-a-ben-jerrys-pdx-flavor\/","url_meta":{"origin":868,"position":0},"title":"my idea for a ben & jerry’s pdx flavor","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Stumptown coffee ice cream base, with Olympic Provisions candied bacon bits, Pabst Blue Ribbon swirl, and Voodoo Donuts chunks. 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