The original Starbucks was established in 1971 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
The original Starbucks store was opened in Seattle's Pike Place Market in 1971 by three partners, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. The store initially sold only coffee beans and coffee-making equipment, and it was not until a few years later that it began selling brewed coffee. The Starbucks brand grew slowly in the 1970s and 1980s, but it was not until the 1990s that it began to expand rapidly, both domestically and internationally, with the opening of hundreds of new stores. Today, Starbucks is one of the largest coffeehouse chains in the world, with thousands of stores in over 80 countries.