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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.1

                 AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                              STARBUCKS CORPORATION


         Starbucks Corporation, a Washington corporation, hereby submits the
following Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation for filing. An
amendment to Article 4 was approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of the
corporation on March 19, 2001, with an effective date of March 30, 2001 in
accordance with RCW 23B.10.020 and RCW 23B.10.070; these amended and restated
Articles of Incorporation supercede all amendments and prior restatements of the
corporation's Articles of Incorporation as of the date of such adoption.

                                 ARTICLE 1. NAME

         The name of the corporation is Starbucks Corporation.

                               ARTICLE 2. DURATION

         The period of the corporation's duration is perpetual.

                               ARTICLE 3. PURPOSES

         The corporation is organized for the purposes of transacting any and
all business for which corporations may be incorporated under Title 23B of the
Revised Code of Washington, as amended, including, but not limited to
establishing and operating retail coffee and espresso bars in the State of
Washington and in other states.

                                ARTICLE 4. SHARES

         The corporation shall have authority to issue 607,500,000 shares of
capital stock, of which 600,000,000 shares will be common stock, and, 7,500,000
shares will be preferred stock.

         4.1 Common Stock. The corporation shall have authority to issue up to
600,000,000 shares of common stock, .001 par value per share.

         4.2 Preferred Stock. The corporation shall have authority to issue up
to 7,500,000 shares of preferred stock, .001 par value per share. The Board of
Directors shall have all rights afforded by applicable law to establish series
of said preferred shares, the rights and preferences of each such series to be
set forth in appropriate resolutions of the Board of Directors.

                              ARTICLE 5. DIRECTORS

         5.1 Number of Directors. The number of directors of the corporation
shall be fixed in the Bylaws and may be increased or decreased from time to time
in the manner specified therein.

         5.2 Terms of Directors. Beginning with the Board of Directors elected
at the first Annual Meeting of Shareholders held after all series of Preferred
Stock outstanding as of May 20, 1992 are converted to Common Stock, the terms of
office of all directors shall be staggered by dividing the total number of
directors into three groups that are as equal in number as


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possible. The terms of directors in the first group will expire at the first
annual shareholders' meeting after their election, the terms of the second group
will expire at the second annual shareholders' meeting after their election, and
the terms of the third group will expire at the third annual shareholders'
meeting after their election. At each annual shareholders' meeting held
thereafter, directors shall be chosen for a term of three years to succeed those
directors whose terms expire.

                          ARTICLE 6. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

         6.1 Common Stock. Shareholders of the Common Stock of the corporation
shall not have preemptive rights to acquire shares of stock or securities
convertible into shares of stock issued by the corporation.

         6.2 Preferred Stock. Holders of Preferred Stock shall have preemptive
rights subject to the rights and preferences as described under Article 4 of
these Articles of Incorporation.

                          ARTICLE 7. CUMULATIVE VOTING

         Shareholders of the corporation shall not have the right to cumulate
votes in the election of directors.

               ARTICLE 8. AMENDMENTS OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

         The corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provisions
contained in these Articles of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter
prescribed by law. All rights and powers conferred herein on shareholders and
directors are subject to this reserved power.

                   ARTICLE 9. LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY

         To the full extent that the Washington Business Corporation Act, as it
exists on the date hereof or may hereafter be amended, permits the limitation or
elimination of the liability of directors, a director of the corporation shall
not be liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for
his or her acts or omissions as a director. Any amendment to or repeal of this
Article 9 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of
the corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to
such amendment or repeal.