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 Annual Report of Starbucks Corporation ("Starbucks") on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 3, 2004, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 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.


December 10, 2004                        /s/ Orin C. Smith
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                                         Orin C. Smith
                                         president and chief executive officer