Hmm, Rands, some of us do have a Peet's on their way to work -- there's a particularly excellent one at Charleston and Middlefield in Palo Alto.

And once I do get to work, "We proudly brew Peet's" is emblazoned on not a few of the pots (you do have to know which microkitchen to go to, though; others do "Organic Fair-trade Peruvian Awakening" and other heretically non-Peet's brands). Brewing at home is anything but difficult, too: as long as things are set up the previous evening, I get woken up by delightful coffee smells (I could do Peet's, but at home I prefer email-ordered "Coffee Fool" -- Peet's is great, but Fool is even better...).

Feel free to email me if you want a referral into my employer, btw: after reading your book, I just know you'd really thrive as a senior manager there!

Ferruccio