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Article: Carts: here, there & everywhere! (Cup Service).(two coffee cart makers profiled, U.S.)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- April 20, 2002
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Twenty years ago, there were no coffee carts. There were carts where you could buy hot dogs, fruit, or souvenirs, but no coffee. Iced coffee, hot coffee, specialty coffee began sprouting up in conveniently located carts in department stores, sports arenas, and city corners. Often, one found a coffee cart positioned in front of a coffee bar. Outside the Starbucks near our old office on 42nd Street, the coffee cart that held that corner before Starbucks arrived, continues to serve the same amount of coffee as before -- no more and no less.
Many cart manufacturers started from very humble beginning -- building in their backyard or garage, others supplied carts for ...