Starbucks Coffee's Story

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Starbucks is a coffee house chain based in the United States.

Named after a character in the novel Moby-Dick, Starbucks is the largest coffee house company in the world, with 7,521 self-operated and 5,647 licensed stores in 39 countries.



Starbucks serves drip brewed coffee, espresso- and non-espresso-based hot beverages, tea, and ice-blended drinks. It supplements these offerings with pastries, salads, and sandwiches. It also sells coffee mugs and other paraphernalia, as well as bagged coffee beans.

Through its Starbucks Entertainment division and Hear Music brand, the company has ventured beyond refreshments into books, music, and film.

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2007

Starbucks Talk: How We Buy...

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Starbucks Talk: How We Buy Coffee (video) Starbucks head of coffee, Dub Hay, talks about the prices that Starbucks pays for coffee.
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Posted on Jul 29, 2007
2007

Starbucks Invests in Farmer's...

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Starbucks Invests in Farmer's Communities (video) This video footage is from the Blackburn Estate in Tanzania. Recently they produced an extremely...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2007
1999

Hear Music (video)

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Hear Music (video) Hear Music is the brand name of Starbucks' retail music concept. Hear Music began as a catalog...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2007
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