There's a shop I go to that only does pour overs besides espresso drinks. No other option for drip. They are supremely busy pretty much all the time. They have a rack that can and does handle multiple pour overs going at the same time. All I can say is I don't think the bottleneck in their busy operation is the time it takes a barista to wave her arms above a cup at peak times when they have a few going at once. Cause that's really what you'd be paying for here. 12k for a machine that will give you back that labor spent waving that $8-15/hr hand above a cup at certain peak times for a few moments. Still have to operate the machine. Still have to grind, prep the cups and filters, etc. Plus there is maintenance, etc. If someone had a shop where folks are lined up waiting for pour overs all day long while they are open I guess I could see it, but I've never seen a shop like that, not even the third wave ones. People like their cappuccinos and I usually only see a couple pour overs going at once even when there is a line almost out the door. Anyway, this might make you feel better about your coffee experience by way of comparison: https://www.patinagroup.com/rays-and-stark-bar/menu#Water+Menu Or it may just add to your rage.
Ha! Dude, I spent 9 years in LA. The real shops don't need to blow a paragraph on why you should drink Voss over Aqua Panna. They just make a choice for you. This place - which I hadn't heard of - boasts its proximity to this: Which basically means it's a block or two from the SAG building where Secrest studios is which I've done a couple seasons of work at and I kinda know that neighborhood, you know? And one thing I can tell you about those lights is that they're crawling with selfie-snapping tourists 24-7 and five will get you ten, tourists need the soft sell on why they should pay $10 for a bottle of Voss ($6-8 being the going rate on Abbot Kinney). I mean, shit - they've got two different menu items involving wagyu beef, which any foodie worth their salt knows doesn't exist. It's a tourist trap, not a hipster joint, which is its own terrible punishment but kind of off-topic for the discussion at hand.