Groundwork Coffee

A friend was in town for work this week, so I used the opportunity to go to Groundwork on 2nd and Main and check out their amazing new $11,000 Clover coffee machine as featured in The Los Angeles Times last week.

Thank goodness the cup of coffee itself costs only $2! It's amazing coffee, though. Smooth, with distinct flavors. I've never really been able to detect separate flavors in my coffee, only general impressions like "this is more smokey, this is more sour, this is very fruity." But with the Clover, I could distinctly make out caramel and a lingering grapefruit fragrance. It was really incredible. I bought some Sumatra to see if I can get the same flavors in my French press, or if it really is the magic of their $11,000 machine.