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I love coffee and as someone who has traveled over 3 million miles, some of the best of my many coffee memories were from Dean & DeLuca. From the time I first received a gift of a bag of Dean & DeLuca Kansas City Blend (Am I remembering the name right? Is Kansas City even a coffee city?) to the time I was sitting at their midtown location watching what I thought was a taping of the Today show but was actually Russell Brand filming the iconic New York concert scenes for Get Him to The Greek. For me, the Dean & Deluca brand will always be about fond memories.