The growth and addiction to the "Star" and "Bucks"

The story of Starbucks coffee history begins in Seattle in 1971, when three friends with a passion for fresh coffee, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker, opened a small shop and began selling fresh-roasted and coffee beans. Starbucks has always been the place to find the world’s best coffees. And now, it has grown tremendously overtime that it is now considered an American way of life.

In 1982 Starbucks coffee history was changed forever when Baldwin hired Schultz as the new head of marketing. Schultz found himself infatuated with the vibrant coffee culture of Italy. In what he describes as an epiphany, the idea hit him, he wondered, "why not create community gathering places like the great coffee house of Italy in the United States?" This idea would place Starbucks coffee on top of the map.

Starbucks has become an American icon. Most American citizen loves the fresh, delicious smell and taste of that good Starbucks coffee. After listening to everyone’s take on how awesome coffee tasted, I decided to visit my aunty who I knew was pretty much a coffee addict and spent the weekend, I woke up the next morning and asked her to make me a cup of coffee as she made hers. Now she loved that strong black raw taste of coffee, and with me being completely clueless, I thought for the most part it tasted like chocolate tea. But to my greatest surprise, it had a very strong bitter taste. As far as I was concerned, it had a very awful taste that made me almost vomit. After that experience, I told myself that maybe going to my aunt’s house wasn’t the best way to go about my investigation, so decided to pay Starbucks a visit. And after my first visit, I can honestly say that Starbucks has become an addiction to most American including me.


Starbucks has grown to the point that a large amount of Americans love to go there for different reasons. I realized these reasons when I first walked into a Starbucks coffee shop, I looked to my left and saw an elderly man in his 50s reading a newspaper while sipping on a cup of hot coffee, I turned to my right, and there was a young girl, probably a college student with a text book and a laptop, reading and typing at the same time while drinking her cappuccino de café. Starbucks coffee has grown into our daily lives. If you were to Walk through the streets of New York city, you will see businessmen in their corporate suits, briefcase on one hand and a cup of coffee on the other, Government workers waiting for a bus or cab with a cup of coffee in their hands, pedestrians waiting to cross the intersection with a cup of coffee in their hands. Going to Starbucks in the morning is a hassle because there is always a long line of coffee drinkers waiting to make their order and considering that there isn’t an age limit/requirement to drinking coffee, I pretty much see teenagers buying and drinking on the way to their respective schools.

Relationship with the Media

I would describe my relationship with the media as proactive. I personally think that I am a slight media addict because I feel as though there is always something going on in the United States or internationally (whether it be politics, sports, movies, music videos, etc) and because of that I pay attention to the media for information or entertainment. I strongly believe that everyone including myself are media addicts because people generally pay attention to the media for informative or recreational purposes. For example Nigeria-and-oil. and the funny monkey.
The things that influence my relationship with the media would have to be my love for sports, the fact that I live in a slightly bad neighborhood, the increase of gas prices, the war in Iraq, and especially the widespread famine in Africa (I am Nigerian). In order to get this information, I watch television, listen to the radio, and read magazines. I don't read the newspapers as often as I should.
I think I can change for the better by increasing the amount of time I spend reading newspapers in order to be very much aware of what is going on in my community.

Amst blog.

My name is chibuike c Onyima.  My friends call me “bk” for short.  I was
born October 6 1986 in a small city called Afikpo in Abia state in
Nigeria.  I am the second of four siblings (two boys and two girls).  I am
a very hardworking, honest and easy going person.  They always said that I
was the hardhead of the house but of course I disagreed.
     Growing up in Nigeria was an adventure. It gave me a great sense of my
culture. At the age of 5, my father left Nigeria for the United states of
America.  So you can say I was raised by a single parent.  At the age of
15, in the year 2002, I came over to the united states of America with
the my family.  Now the first couple of weeks was different because it
wasn’t what I was used to, but I learnt to adapt and after I adapted, I
feel in love with this country.
     The United States to me is a country of democracy.  This is a country
whereby everyone has the right to speak their minds and not worry about
getting hurt or getting in trouble etc.  To me, America is on the world’s
most established countries.  American is a country that I have love long
before I came over here.  A country full of opportunities or as my mother
would say “a country that flows with milk and honey”.