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Article: The bean stalk Deal leaves coffee mavens uneasy
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 31, 1994
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CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The grumbling seeps through the local coffee culture like
Guatemalan Antigua through a No. 6 filter.
Surely, say nervous coffee lovers, the beloved Coffee Connection
roast will darken to an unsightly chestnut brown and ever-so-trendy
latte will run amok.
And the beans! What about the beans? What will become of Costa
Rican Dota Conquistador? Yemen Mocha Mattari? Sumatra Mandheling?
It's all enough to make you trot over to Dunkin' Donuts and settle
for a regular to go.
The news that Starbucks Corp., the 300-store gorilla from Seattle,
will acquire the 23-store, Boston-based Coffee Connection chain in
May is giving coffee aficianados the jitters. The takeover is being
received locally with . ...