The reason I decided to visit the Cartel Coffee Lab was to get a cup of coffee made by a Clover Coffee Maker.  The clover is detailed in Wired Magazine recently and the Arizona-Coffee.com blog wrote about Cartel.  My employer has opened a new school in Chandler and a visit to the Cartel is only slightly out of my way. I stopped by the Cartel Coffee Lab about 2 pm on Friday afternoon.  The coffee shop is not easy to find.  It is not far from ASU main campus, but tucked in an "office" complex off of University Avenue.  The place was busy with students hanging out studying and other customers hanging out.  I was surprised to see that Clover is their only coffee maker other than their espresso machine. While waiting for my turn in line, I noticed the owner roasting a batch of coffee on a home roaster and struck up a conversation with him about roasting coffee.  It was a fun conversation.  He likes his coffee! When it was my turn to order, I asked for a 16 oz. coffee made by the Clover.  The barista offered me two coffee options.  The one I chose was Guatemala Huehuetenango.  It was medium bodied and had a citrus flavor.  The other option was a very mild Brazil Daterra Sweet Yellow. I like more robust coffee so I chose the Guatemalan coffee. The barista went and took a plastic up of beans off a shelf and ground them.  Once they were ground, she moved them immediately to the Clover's brewing chamber.  She explained a little of the science behind the coffee and told me about the Clover brewing process.  Being a coffee nerd, I enjoyed seeing the machine in action.  (Read the Wired article for the details of how the Clover works.)  The cup of coffee the Clover produced was very hot, as it should be.  I took a slurp immediately and was happy to have an excellent cup of coffee.  The precision and detail that the Cartel staff takes in preparing a single cup of coffee is awesome (grinding the beans and transferring to the water quickly, brewing single cups of coffee).  I really enjoyed visiting the Cartel Coffee Lab and recommend that you visit the coffee shop.  I plan to go back soon! website myspace new times article azcentral.com article Flickr photo of the Clover