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Coffee house chain taking over the world one Tiramisu Gunkaccino at a time.
— Description at LCN.com.

The Bean Machine is a coffeehouse chain corporation in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V. The player can buy stocks from them in the Lcn-exchange.com website in GTA V.

Description[]

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 the place to find businessmen and women loading up on overpriced lattes before they head out to work. A Bean Machine store appears in the mission "Reuniting the Family".

They are one of the official sponsors of the CNT program I'm Rich in GTA IV.

Website[]

Beanmachinecoffee

Main page of the website

beanmachinecoffee.com is the official website for Bean Machine. It has detailed information on Bean Machine products, like a list of specials and cup sizes, which may be a reference to bra sizes. It promotes extreme franchising to destroy competitors, coffee for children, and caffeine.

Influence[]

It is probably a spoof of chains such as Starbucks and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

The design and coloration of the logo bears a striking resemblance to real life UK-based coffee retailer Costa Coffee. Costa Coffee is ironically the second largest coffeehouse chain in the world, but is extremely uncommon in the US.

Prominent Appearances in Missions[]

Grand Theft Auto V[]

Locations[]

Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City[]

Bean Machine have several branches across Liberty City:

Bean Machine also have a warehouse in Port Tudor, Alderney.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]

Grand Theft Auto V[]

Gallery[]

Beverages[]

Trivia[]

  • The beverage named 'High Noon' could be a reference to the mission of the same name from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
  • Some switch scenes in GTA V involve Michael walking out of a Bean Machine.
  • Although vending machines for Bean Machine exist in GTA V and GTA Online, they cannot be used.
  • The beverage named "Speedball" could be a reference to the drug of the same name.
    • An ingredient of the Speedball drink is bat guano, or droppings. This could be a reference to the term "batshit", which describes something crazy.
    • This may be a reference to Kopi Luwak, a coffee that uses partially digested coffee cherries from the Asian palm civet.
  • The coffee bean in the logo resembles a vagina, an example of Rockstar's sexual humor. Despite this, the company's name itself is one of the few instances of non-sexual humor in the series.
  • It is stated in GTA V that Bean Machine is a popular destination for hipsters; this is a reference to a stereotype that Starbucks is popular among hipsters.
  • The company sponsors Prop 14, a proposition to ban alcohol, likely because banning alcohol would cause an increase in the consumption and production of caffeine.
  • Amusingly, if the game is run in the Traditional Chinese language option, the company is referred as Cool Beans and vice versa.
  • Bean Machine cups are often carried by NPCs. If dropped, they can be picked up as a Random Pickable Object.

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[ ve ]Restaurants and bars in the HD Universe
Fast Food and Diners
Liberty City60 Diner | 69th Street Diner | Bite! | Burger Shot | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Cluckin' Bell | Creek Street Diner | Ruby's Southern Soul Food | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts | S & D Diner | Wigwam Burger
AlderneyBite! | Burger Shot | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Cluckin' Bell | Diner Bar Cocktails | Skyway Diner | Wigwam Burger
Los SantosBeefy Bill's Burger Bar | Bishop's Chicken | Bite! | Burger Shot | Casey's Diner | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Clappers | Cluckin' Bell | Gyro Day Hot Food | Horny's Burgers | La Vaca Loca | Lagoon's Diner | Last Train in Los Santos | Lucky Plucker | Pebble Dash Pizza | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts | Slice 'N' Dice Pizzeria | Snr. Buns | Spitroasters Meathouse | Surfries Diner | Taco Bomb | The Taco Farmer | Taco Libre | Up-n-Atom Burger | Wigwam Burger
Los Santos
County
Chihuahua Hotdogs | Mom's Pie Diner
Blaine CountyBayview Lodge | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Famous Hamburgers | Rex's Diner | The Taco Farmer | Up-n-Atom Burger |
Bolt Burgers*
Traditional Restaurants
Liberty CityAl Dente's | Alazone's Italian Food | Ali Mac's Bistro | Big Wang Restaurant | Da Cruz Restaurant & Deli | Drusilla's | Fanny Crab's | The Flaming Fez | Fudz's Delicatessen | Gelateria Pasta Liquor Pizza | Gozushi! | Gulag Garden | Little Gorbachefs |Out of Towners | Pizza This... | Poop Deck | Squid Row | Sum Yung Gai | S'wish Pizza | Viendemorte | Vinewood Bar & Grill
AlderneyFanny Crab's | Gozushi! | Mr. Fuk's Rice Box | Nonna Pina's | Pizza This... | Squid Row
Los Santos24-Hour Chinese Restaurant | Al Dente's | Attack-a-Taco | Beachwalk Bistro | Del Perro Restaurant Plaza | The Fish Net | Haute | Hearty Taco | Jazz Desserts | La Spada | Les Bianco | Las Cuadras | Noodle Exchange | Nutsaki | Out of Towners | Pipeline Inn | Pizza This... | S. Ho Korean Noodle House | Sharkies Bites | Singleton's | The Split Kipper | Viendemorte | Vinewood Bar & Grill | Wok It Off
Cafes
Liberty City8-Ball Cafe Bar | Bean Machine | Homebrew Café | Superstar Café | TW@ | Wilberts' Coffee and Tea
AlderneyGreasy Joe's Café*
Los SantosBean Machine | Café Austère | Café Redemption | Cafe Vespucci | Coconut Café | Cool Beans | Crucial Fix | Dune-O's Beach Café | Ground & Pound Café | Hit 'n' Run Coffee | Hwan Café | Java Update Coffeeshop | Little Teapot | TW@
Blaine CountySkyview Pala Springs Cafébar
Tarbrush Café*
Bars
Liberty City8-Ball Cafe Bar | Comrades Bar | Donnies Bar | Homebrew Café | Jerkov's | Lucky Winkles | Ming Inn | Out of Towners | Steinway Beer Garden | The Bay Bar
AlderneyDiner Bar Cocktails | Leprechaun's Winklepicker
Los SantosHi-Men | Pitchers | Las Cuadras | Limey's Juice and Smoothies | Mirror Park Tavern | Out of Towners | Pipeline Inn | Shenanigan's Bar | Singleton's | The Lost MC Clubhouse | The Lust Resort
Blaine CountyThe Hen House | Hookies | Mojito Inn | Skyview Pala Springs Cafébar | The Bay Bar | Yellow Jack Inn
Crocs Bar*
* denotes the restaurant or bar has no physical appearances in the HD Universe

** denotes the restaurant or bar is accessible to the player in at least one of its appearances


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