Seattle in the early 1990s was booming. And no sector was growing faster than aerospace. But Seattle was also midwifing the birth of a new kind of coffeehouse. Starbucks reimagined the experience of a damn good cup of coffee. It struck a deep and broad chord. Starbucks stores expanded across the US, and by the late 1990s its brand was proving just as popular in Asia and Europe.   I witnessed Starbucks’ global expansion firsthand when I…