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INeedCoffeeTen Years of INeedCoffeeAlex Scofield  
 Coffee was no different from any other website topic in the late '90s - although the Dot-Com Era was at its peak in many ways, there was a scarcity of informative, reliable, professional-caliber sites about coffee. 
ArtistMike Rohde: Coffee AchieverAlex Scofield  
 When Mike Rohde was 5 years old, he spilled hot coffee on himself at his grandmother’s house. It was an unlikely introduction to the beverage for the Wisconsin-based visual designer who created the Sketchtoon Coffee Calendar. 
InventorChicken John: Coffee AchieverAlex Scofield  
 Chicken John Rinaldi may wind up leaving San Francisco soon. Nearly everybody he knows in town is moving out. To paraphrase Chicken John, the billionaires are kicking the millionaires out, turning the once-eclectic city into an unaffordable, corporate, NIMBY suburb. 
FanaticWinter: Coffee Achiever 2.0Alex Scofield  
 Winter 2007: Minor Celebrity, Major Coffee Achiever 
FanaticWinter: Coffee AchieverAlex Scofield  
 Traveling the country going from Starbucks to Starbucks. 
ActivistReverend Billy's Starbucks InvasionBill Talen  
 Reverend Billy is an anti-Starbucks, anti-shopping activist centered in New York City. 
MusicianTrey Anastasio: Coffee AchieverAlex Scofield  
 A handful of professional athletes can claim to have done what Phish did musically – quit on their own terms while they were on top. 
AuthorSaul Bellow: Coffee AchieverMyron Joshua  
 Elitism and Democracy: Coffee in the Life and Literature of Saul Bellow. A coffee achiever portrait. 
PresidentBill Clinton: Coffee AchieverAlex Scofield  
 Love him or hate him, Former President Bill Clinton was a champion of coffee. 
ArtistBad Bob InterviewAlex Scofield  
 An interview with Bob Therrien, the artist behind the INeedCoffee Screaming Coffee Drinker mascot. 
AuthorFranz Kafka: Coffee Achiever?Alex Scofield  
 Franz Kafka was certainly influenced by coffee, and he practically defined Bohemian cafe culture. But did he drink coffee? 
AuthorHenry David Thoreau: (Anti?) Coffee AchieverAlex Scofield  
 What were Henry David Thoreau's priorities on Walden? What did he feel about coffee's role in paradise? Alex Scofield answers these questions in an (anti?) coffee achiever profile. 
MusicianFrank Zappa: Coffee AchieverAlex Scofield  
 Any history buff can effortlessly rattle off a long list of figures who were, given the advantage of our hindsight, ahead of their time, and whose thoughts and accomplishments were not appreciated until long after their anonymous deaths. Frank Zappa is not one of these people. 
StudentThis Guy Knows His BeansBill Giduz  
 Davidson College Student, Mike Griffin searches for the perfect bean. Learn how his journey began and where it is taking him.