世界名牌博覽：星巴克

星巴克(Starbucks)是美國一家連鎖咖啡公司的名稱，1971年成立，是全球最大的咖啡連鎖店，其總部坐落美國華盛頓州西雅圖市。星巴克旗下零售產(chǎn)品包括30多款全球頂級的咖啡豆、手工制作的濃縮咖啡和多款咖啡冷熱飲料、新鮮美味的各式糕點食品以及豐富多樣的咖啡機、咖啡杯等商品。星巴克在全球范圍內(nèi)已經(jīng)有近21300間分店遍布北美、南美洲、歐洲、中東及太平洋區(qū)。2012年3月，星巴克在美國的兩款甜點被曝用胭脂蟲當(dāng)著色劑，專家稱或令哮喘者過敏。2012年4月，星巴克表示停用該著色劑。

Starbucks is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain. It is the world’s best-known brand of coffee shop and has almost 20,000 stores in around 50 countries, employing close to 150,000 people. It was formed in Seattle, Washington in 1971 by English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegl, and writer Gordon Bowker. Its website says little has changed since then: “Every day, we go to work hoping to do two things: share great coffee with our friends and help make the world a little better. It was true when the first Starbucks opened in 1971, and it’s just as true today.” Starbucks is famous for its range of coffees and pastries, its comfortable and well-furnished shops and its free-trade coffee. Trained Starbucks staff are called Coffee Masters, while staff in training are known as baristas.