Meet Charlie as Mercury Man at the Chicago market opening on Jackson Street in 1987. Mercury Man was one of the original inventions from Il Giornale Coffee Company that lived on at Starbucks! A self- operated fun sampling contraption with a "beer tap" and coffee thermos backpack used to engage potential customers on the streets and at events! What a fun way to taste coffee and connect with customers!! Thanks to Dawn Pinaud for these photos!
It was a pain that's for sure.
It was a pain that's for sure.
That thing was so fun and funny and a little bit of a pain! :)
That thing was so fun and funny and a little bit of a pain! :)
Charlie almost got arrested when we first put him on the street because the cops thought he was serving beer. The funniest is when he boarded a bus! So hysterical. Dawn