Hey, it's the big Specialty Coffee Assoc of America trade show in Atlanta this weekend, so I rummaged through the archives and found an article I wrote 12 years ago about the then-nascent coffee culture. My editors titled it "Jitterbug Perfume," which makes only marginal sense, but it's worth rereading for the fascinating early history of Starbucks and giving credit to the crucial contribution of Seattle writer Gordon Bowker to our collective love of latte. To read the full story, please click here.
