Comments on: SBUX New Four-Leaf Clover?* http://coskay.com/2008/09/11/sbux-new-four-leaf-clover/ A blog about food (in case it weren't obvious) Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Alex Gordon http://coskay.com/2008/09/11/sbux-new-four-leaf-clover/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Alex Gordon Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:36:34 +0000 http://coskay.com/?p=40#comment-16 I am jealous but you're right, can't see it working in NYC or similar environment. Unless they have multiple Clovers and multiple Cloveristas. That would make speedy sense, and provide lots of jobs! I also wonder if the bitterness issue at SBUX is more the method or the beans: think a lot of it is the latter -- the Illy from my local spot is so much better it's ridiculous. Question: didn't SBUX buy the entire Clover operation? Not just the rights to all of them? I am jealous but you’re right, can’t see it working in NYC or similar environment. Unless they have multiple Clovers and multiple Cloveristas. That would make speedy sense, and provide lots of jobs!

I also wonder if the bitterness issue at SBUX is more the method or the beans: think a lot of it is the latter — the Illy from my local spot is so much better it’s ridiculous.

Question: didn’t SBUX buy the entire Clover operation? Not just the rights to all of them?

]]> By: Matt http://coskay.com/2008/09/11/sbux-new-four-leaf-clover/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Matt Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:37:40 +0000 http://coskay.com/?p=40#comment-14 I think this sounds like a wonderful experience. I like the combination of tech and good flavors that our office Flavia provides, and thinks this model provides a long-tail marketing possibility for unique and special blends of coffee. But I also agree that doing this in a large, busy urban SBUX would probably create serious crowd control issues and limit the open and comfortable nature that a SBUX should provide (mind you, the regular coffee queues cause this problem too, but the Clover would multiply it vastly). But this is a great review, and I look forward to trying on whenever it ends up in my hood. For now, I'm going to go have a Hot Chocolate from the Flavia ;) I think this sounds like a wonderful experience. I like the combination of tech and good flavors that our office Flavia provides, and thinks this model provides a long-tail marketing possibility for unique and special blends of coffee.

But I also agree that doing this in a large, busy urban SBUX would probably create serious crowd control issues and limit the open and comfortable nature that a SBUX should provide (mind you, the regular coffee queues cause this problem too, but the Clover would multiply it vastly).

But this is a great review, and I look forward to trying on whenever it ends up in my hood. For now, I’m going to go have a Hot Chocolate from the Flavia ;)

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