Starbucks fan clearly likes his coffee

BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A 35-year-old computer programer from Houston who goes only by the name Winter is proud to say he has visited nearly 8,000 Starbucks worldwide.

Winter's Web site, starbuckseverywhere.net, keeps track of the Texas resident's Starbucks tallies and to date he claims to have visited a total of 7,269 of the coffee shop chain's U.S. locations and another 457 sites in other countries, the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press reported Saturday.

Each visit includes at least one 4-ounce Starbucks coffee beverage and includes Winter having his photograph taken in his most recent conquest.

The computer program isn't just fascinated with the global coffee chain, but is also a stalwart Scrabble player as well.

He told the newspaper that when taking part in Scrabble events such as this weekend's marathon session in Bloomington, Minn., he goes by the surname Zxqkj.

He explained he chose the name because the five letters in it represent the highest scoring tiles to use in Scrabble.

"It's just the nature of my personality to do something different," Winter said.