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Alfred Peetspecialty coffee maker Died: Aug. 29, 2007
(Ashland, Oregon)
Best Known as: leader of coffee revolution
Coffee guru known as the “grandfather of specialty coffee” who was
responsible for the U.S. gourmet-coffee revolution. In 1966 he opened his
first coffeehouse, Peets Coffee and Tea Inc., in Berkeley, Calif., where
he dark-roasted strong coffee beans. The Dutch-born son of a coffee
merchant, he mentored, trained, and inspired a generation of coffee
entrepenaurs including the founders of Starbucks.
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