The original logo includes a full-body image of the company’s iconic siren, as well as text bearing the Starbucks name and the fact that it sold coffee, tea, and spices.
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By the counter, there’s a brass sign denoting the store’s significance in the company’s history.
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Customers can buy coffee beans in bulk at the store, and some of the brass labels identifying the blends are the same ones the store has been using for decades.
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For more than 10 years, the store only sold bulk coffee, tea, and spices until 1987, when it started selling brewed coffee and espresso drinks, according to the Starbucks post.
Overall, I was pleasantly surprised how many original touches remain from the store’s early years.
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I felt a greater sense of history just standing in the store than I had imagined I would feel. I see why tourists flock to this Starbucks location, and I’m glad I did so myself.