I invented Starbucks as a kid. Okay, not really, but I wonder if I could’ve. Back in the 1980s, before gourmet cafes became all the rage, I liked to mix up elaborate coffee drinks. Sometimes I wonder, if I had been older, would I have founded a major coffee shop chain? Probably not, but its still fun to pretend.
I drank coffee from a young age. Very young. I can’t remember the first time I tried it, but I remember enjoying it. Of course, it wasn’t my parents who gave me coffee as a child. They were too responsible for that. No, it was my grandparents who got me hooked. I have fond memories of sitting at their kitchen table, with my grandma baking cookies and my grandpa smoking a cigarette and complaining about the weather. I liked sitting there making concoctions out of coffee, chocolate syrup and ice cream. (My mother claims that I once mixed coffee and root beer, but I don’t remember that.) My tone spent with my grandparents gave me a true appreciation for coffee. Not just for the flavor of the drink, but for the routine and ritual of coffee. It’s an appreciation I hold dear to this day, even if I didn’t make a million dollars selling elaborate coffee concoctions
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Danell
February 7, 2013 at 10:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Is this cup for real? I want one…if so where can I get one?
Steve Lovelace
February 7, 2013 at 10:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Dannell, I’m afraid it’s fake. I photoshopped it myself. Though who knows, Swingline didn’t make a red stapler till one was featured in “Office Space”, so maybe we can get someone at Starbucks to make one.
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October 24, 2012 at 12:01 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
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March 8, 2013 at 9:49 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
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April 19, 2013 at 10:55 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
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April 21, 2013 at 2:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
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