That’s about right. The Clover was widely discussed in the “coffee hobbyist” universe when it first came out, and the point wasn’t that it produced something unreproducible at home, but rather that it made it feasible to make such a cup in a commercial establishment.
People were rather upset when Starbucks bought the rights, but my take on this is that given the ubiquity of Starbies we might as well applaud any moves they make towards improving their coffee. The “Starbucks Premium” shop local to me is a little too full of itself (but not worse than, say, Philz), but hopefully that will pass (or “lesser” Starbucks will get similar equipment).
