that they brought consistently average coffee to the country.
A very low bar, given that 99% of Americans at the time had the choice between #percolator coffee with the taste and consistency of La Brea tar pit sludge or donut store brew made with a single bean secured to the pot with a heavy anti-theft steel chain.
Both are still around today in rural places, and the downtown San Luis Obispo (#SLO) Starbucks has recreated the tar pit version using high tech equipment.