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"Opened in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker, and Zev Siegl, this first Starbucks shop—named by Bowker—didn’t serve drinks but sold coffee beans sourced from Peet’s along with tea and spices. Bowker kept his ad-agency day job and worked in the store on weekends, even drumming up early publicity by sending free beans to a Seattle Times columnist." - Harry Cheadle