16. The CIA's HQ At Langley Has Its Own Starbucks Outlet... But No Names Are Ever Written On Cups There
If you think spies and secret agents don't need their own coffee fix to ensure they keep their investigative juices flowing then think again - because the Central Intelligence Agency has its very own Starbucks outlet at its headquarters. The George Bush Center for Intelligence at Langley in Virginia is the CIA's HQ - and it has its very own Starbucks, where the baristas have to be escorted on and off the premises by official "minders". In fact, so high-security is the Starbucks at Langley that they do not take customers' names and write them on cups as they do in all their other outlets - while reward cards are banned. Talk about top-level secrecy...
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