The Bean Machine is a coffeehouse chain corporation in Grand Theft Auto IV, Episodes from Liberty City, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto V, and Grand Theft Auto Online, and due to appear in Grand Theft Auto VI.
Description
The Bean Machine has numerous branches in Liberty City and Los Santos. The company runs an ad on TV and on 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.
Grand Theft Auto IV
The company is an official sponsor of the CNT program I'm Rich in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Grand Theft Auto V
The player can buy Bean Machine stocks in the Lcn-exchange.com website in Grand Theft Auto V. A Bean Machine branch appears in Reuniting the Family.
Website
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
The company is probably a spoof of 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.
Locations
- The location on Prosperity Street Promenade, Del Perro is based on the former Promenade Cafe at 12 Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California.
- The location on Pleasure Pier, Del Perro Pier, Del Perro Beach is based on The Coffee Bean location on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California.
Locations
Bean Machine warehouse in Port Tudor, Alderney.
Bean Machine on Albany Avenue, Chinatown, Algonquin, adjoined to Y G Drugs. (night view)
Bean Machine on Albany Avenue, Easton, Algonquin.
Bean Machine at Pier 45, Fishmarket South, Algonquin.
Bean Machine on Columbus Avenue and Lorimar Street, Star Junction, Algonquin.
Bean Machine at the Columbus Center, Star Junction, Algonquin.
Bean Machine on Denver-Exeter Avenue, Star Junction, Algonquin.
Bean Machine on Burlesque and Iron Street, The Triangle, Algonquin.
Bean Machine Denver-Exeter Avenue and Hematite Street, The Triangle, Algonquin.
Bean Machine on Frankfort Avenue and Iron Street, The Triangle, Algonquin.
Bean Machine at Munsee Avenue and Dillon Street, Downtown, Broker.
Bean Machine on Saratoga Avenue and Carrollton Street, Willis, Dukes.
Bean Machine on Columbus Avenue and Hematite Street, Easton, Algonquin.
Bean Machine on Albany Avenue, Easton, Algonquin.
Bean Machine at Pier 45, Fishmarket South, Algonquin.
Bean Machine at the Columbus Center, Star Junction, Algonquin.[ref?ref?This fact is likely to be disputed and needs a source for confirmation.]
Bean Machine on Columbus Avenue and Lorimar Street, Star Junction, Algonquin.
Bean Machine on Burlesque and Iron Street, The Triangle, Algonquin.
Bean Machine on Frankfort Avenue and Iron Street, The Triangle, Algonquin.
Bean Machine Denver-Exeter Avenue and Hematite Street, The Triangle, Algonquin.
Bean Machine at Munsee Avenue and Dillon Street, Downtown, Broker.[ref?ref?This fact is likely to be disputed and needs a source for confirmation.]
Bean Machine on Saratoga Avenue and Carrollton Street, Willis, Dukes.
Bean Machine at Kayton Towers, Movie Star Way and San Andreas Avenue, Little Seoul.
Bean Machine on Morningwood Boulevard, Morningwood.
Bean Machine on Simmet Alley, Textile City.
Bean Machine on Vespucci Boulevard, Little Seoul, opposite Arirang Plaza.
Bean Machine on Atlee Street, Mission Row.
Bean Machine on Prosperity Street Promenade, Del Perro.
Bean Machine on Pleasure Pier, Del Perro Pier, Del Perro Beach (Night view.)
Bean Machine on Korean Plaza, Calais Avenue, Little Seoul.
Bean Machine on Peaceful Street and Vespucci Boulevard, Pillbox Hill.
Bean Machine on Heritage Way, Rockford Hills.
Bean Machine on South Mo Milton Drive, West Vinewood, at the Eclipse Medical Tower.
Bean Machine on Magellan Avenue, Vespucci.
Bean Machine on Strangeways Drive and Eclipse Boulevard, West Vinewood.
Bean Machine on Elgin Avenue and Vespucci Boulevard, Pillbox Hill.
Bean Machine on Palomino Avenue and Vespucci Boulevard, Little Seoul.
Bean Machine on Del Perro Plaza, Boulevard Del Perro, Del Perro.
Bean Machine at 3 Alta Street, Alta Street, Pillbox Hill.
Gallery
A Bean Machine Mule in GTA IV. (Rear quarter view)
The Del Perro Pier location in the original version of Grand Theft Auto V.
The menu of a Bean Machine machine in the enhanced version.
Bean Machine cup in GTA Online.
Bean Machine cup in the second trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI.
Beverages
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay
Grand Theft Auto V
Oversights
- In Grand Theft Auto IV, the Downtown branch is conflated with a Curbcrawler Skateboards store.
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. The name "Bean Machine" in pair with the vagina-esque logo may mean a clitoris, as "the bean" is common slang for a clitoris: i.e. "flicking the bean."
- It is stated in GTA V that Bean Machine is a popular destination for hipsters[ref?ref?This fact is likely to be disputed and needs a source for confirmation.] which may reflect on the real-life stereotype.
- 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.
- NPCs are often seen carrying Bean Machine cups. If dropped, they can be picked up as a Random Pickable Object.
See Also
- Tarbrush Café, the predecessor to The Bean Machine.
External Link
References
- ↑ Establishment date seen on the Bean Machine's Port Tudor warehouse in Grand Theft Auto IV.