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[[Image:Beanmachine.jpg|thumb|Bean machine logo]][[Image:Bean_Machine.jpg|thumb|The Bean Machine]]
[[File:TheBeanMachine-GTAIV-StarJunction-exterior.jpg|thumb|right|325px|The Bean Machine in [[Star Junction]], GTA IV.]]
[[File:TheBeanMachine-GTAIV-logo.png|thumb|left|160px|Bean machine logo.]]
'''The Bean Machine''' is a coffeehouse chain in the [[HD Universe]].


'''The Bean Machine''' is a café chain from ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''.
== Description ==
It replaces [[Tarbrush Café]] from [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] a spoof of [[wp:Starbucks Coffee|Starbucks Coffee]] and [[wp:Coffee Republic|Coffee Republic]]. Its advert can be regularly seen on TV and heard on the radio.
The Bean Machine replaces [[Tarbrush Café]] from the [[GTA III Era]] and is a spoof of chains such as [[:wp:Starbucks|Starbucks]] and [[:wp:Coffee Republic|Coffee Republic]].
The in-game counterpart of The Coffee Bean (or any retail coffee shop similar to Starbucks), The Bean Machine will most likely be the place to find businessmen and -women loading up on overpriced lattes before they head out to work. The sexual reference here is in the logo - look closely, and you'll see that the beans meet up to form a certain female body part...  
 
==External Link==
Despite its numerous stores throughout Liberty City and Los Santos, the player cannot visit any location. Its advert can be regularly seen on TV and heard on the radio. The chain's slogan (as seen on its [[Beanmachinecoffee.com|website]]) is "Tastes like fuel, kicks like a mule". The Bean Machine is most likely be the place to find businessmen and women loading up on overpriced lattes before they head out to work.
[http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=beanMachine&content=interactive0 Bean Machine on Rockstar's site]
 
{{Restaurants}}
== Beverages ==
[[Category: Restaurants]]
{|
| [[File:TheBeanMachine-GTAIV-beverages.jpg|350px|center]]
|
* Gunkacchino
* High Noon
* Speedball
* The Bratte
* The Flusher
* Caffeagra
* The Big Fruit
* The Eco-Fee
|}
 
== Trivia ==
* The coffee beans in the logo meet up to form a vagina, an example of Rockstar's sexual humor.
* The 'Speedball' beverage refers to the drug mixture [[:wp:Speedball (drug)|of the same name]].
* The 'High Noon' beverage could be a reference to the [[High Noon|mission of the same name]] from [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
 
==Gallery==
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left" widths="180">
TheBeanMachine-GTAV-vendingmachine.jpg|A vending machine inside an [[LTD]] filling station, GTA V.
</gallery>
 
== See also ==
* [[Tarbrush Café]], the predecessor to The Bean Machine.
 
== External link ==
* [http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=beanMachine&content=interactive0 Bean Machine on the official GTA IV website]
 
[[Category:Businesses in GTA IV]]
[[Category:Businesses in GTA V]]
[[Category:Businesses in Liberty City in GTA IV Era]]
[[Category:Businesses in Los Santos in GTA V]]
[[Category:Restaurants]]

Revision as of 15:59, 18 October 2013

The Bean Machine in Star Junction, GTA IV.
Bean machine logo.

The Bean Machine is a coffeehouse chain in the HD Universe.

Description

The Bean Machine replaces Tarbrush Café from the GTA III Era and is a spoof of chains such as Starbucks and Coffee Republic.

Despite its numerous stores throughout Liberty City and Los Santos, the player cannot visit any location. Its advert can be regularly seen on TV and heard on the radio. The chain's slogan (as seen on its website) is "Tastes like fuel, kicks like a mule". The Bean Machine is most likely be the place to find businessmen and women loading up on overpriced lattes before they head out to work.

Beverages

  • Gunkacchino
  • High Noon
  • Speedball
  • The Bratte
  • The Flusher
  • Caffeagra
  • The Big Fruit
  • The Eco-Fee

Trivia

Gallery

See also

External link