August 1, 2013: Quest for the Akemi Cup!

Akemi loves a good Starbucks cappuccino, but the taste of those foam-topped semi-espressos is invariably laced with a touch of (non-coffee) bitterness due to the fact that the baristas can never seem to get her name right.  "Akemi,"she tells them. "A-ke-mi!".  And they'll nod and head off to make her drink and then, when it's…