Seeing the World on Ten Coffees a Day
There is no stopping Starbucks' worldwide expansion. One man thinks he can at least keep up. Meet Winter, Starbucks hunter.
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From the Jul. 12, 2004 issue
By Daniel Roth
By 9:10 a.m., John "Winter" Smith—just Winter to those who know him—had already been up for three hours, visited four Starbucks, eaten one Starbucks doughnut, and downed a Starbucks DoubleShot espresso and 12 ounces of regular Starbucks coffee. He's jittery, but he's still on his game: Standing at the counter of Starbucks No. 5 for the day, an unremarkable strip mall location in Scottsdale, Winter realizes something is amiss.