1.   Coffee bars are overrunning affluent towns and upscale urban neighborhoods, pushing the national thirst for premium coffee to the limit.

2.   Four years ago, the company said, its founder, Jim Clark, began supplying premium coffee and brewing equipment to the design areas.

3.   Surely, premium coffee is hot.

4.   The company also makes and sells Stella Bella premium coffee.

5.   Those increases may sound small, but a single latte uses only about nine grams of premium roasted coffee, according to the Specialty Coffee Association in Long Beach.

6.   We want exotic food, we want premium coffee, we want convenience.