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Frappuccino Turns 20: The Story behind Starbucks Beloved Beverage

LOL 20 years ago I was driving around Charlottesville in a Starbucks van setting up renegade "jazz cafes" by the side of the road and handing out samples of their fresh new drink. Yes, sir! Just coffee, milk and sugar!

I'd "taken time off" from UVa, loved and left a bass player, and spent my time concerned 1) that the CDs I was supposed to play weren't actually jazz 2) that the bass player was not all that concerned I'd packed a Ryder truck and left and 3) that I might serve UVa students I knew and have them ask me what I was up to.

Or does my memory confuse the matter? Had I left the bass player at that point? For the first time? Certainly not the last. Had I even left Charlottesville for Austin? I am almost certain I played an unauthorized Hot Buttered Rhythm CD in place of the terrible smooth whatever Starbucks provided. But perhaps I am imagining that too. Frappucino came out twenty years ago today. Starbucks tells me so, so that part must be true.

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