One reason Tully's owner TC Global Inc. didn't pick the Starbucks-AgriNurture deal was the complicated relationship Tully's has with GreenMountain Coffee Roasters Inc.
If there's more rain, you might expect to see it in the lee of Green Mountain's central peak and there is indeed a rainier strip, the locals say, stretching across the island from Two Boats to Comfortless Cove, a frequent source of teatime drizzle in the rainier months.
Right now, GreenMountain operates only in the U.S. and Canada moving past the Lower 48 came recently, in 2010, when GreenMountain acquired Montreal, Canada-based Van Houtte.