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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.

The company's first product was the Clover 1s, a machine that produces brewed coffee one cup at a time. The machine uses a brewing method similar to that of a French press along with a vacuum system to separate the liquid from the coffee grounds.

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".

References

1. "Starbucks Coffee Company to Acquire the Coffee Equipment Company and its Revolutionary Clover Brewing System". Starbucks Newsroom. March 19, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
2. Edmonds, Molly. "How the Clover Coffee Maker Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
3. 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.

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