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Monday, April 18, 2005

How Starbucks was Named

We all know that Starbucks was named after a coffee-guzzling character in "Moby Dick." However, before the name was settled on, one owner recommended the name of the ship, "The Pequod." It was quickly decided against when someone informed him that no one would want to drink a cup of Pequod.

1 Comments:

  • At 7:35 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Very neat. I hadn't hear this before.

     

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