Today, with stores around the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. In addition to its Starbucks retail stores, the company produces a wide range of branded consumer products globally, including ready-to-drink beverages, packaged coffees and premium ice creams.
Such is the case with the crown cap, the ubiquitous, indispensable style of bottle cap found on beer and soft drink bottles around the world, created in 1891 by William Painter. Born in Ireland in 1838, Painter, at the age of 20, immigrated to the United States in search of better opportunities.
Painter came up with a one-time use cap with a cork lining he called crown cork since it resembled the British Queenâs crown. This type of bottle cap is still in wide use today by the beer industry. The invention in the early 1900s of mass production of glass bottles lead to an increase in the use of crown caps.