Starbucks is an international coffee and coffeehouse . It is the world’s best-known  of coffee shop and has almost 20,000  in around 50 countries,  close to 150,000 people. It was  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  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  in 1971, and it’s just as true today.” Starbucks is famous for its  of coffees and pastries, its comfortable and well- shops and its free-trade coffee. Trained Starbucks staff are called Coffee Masters, while staff in  are known as baristas.