EXHIBIT 32.1

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Starbucks Corporation ("Starbucks")
on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 28, 2003, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4, 2004 (the "Report"), I, Orin
C. Smith, president and chief executive officer of Starbucks, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1)      the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)      the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         Starbucks.

February 4, 2004                          /s/ ORIN C. SMITH
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                                          Orin C. Smith
                                          president and chief executive officer

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