Some 1,400 cups a day have been sold since Starbucks arrived earlier this month.
"Oddly enough, it did lift my morale," said petty officer Barry Tate, arriving for his first cup of the day at another kiosk near the movie theater. "I didn't expect to see it and here it was. It reminds me of home."
Mini-golf hasn't been much of a hit, probably because the course is covered in brown grass and has no obstacles.
But not for long, promises Craig Basel, the official in charge of recreation at the base. By summer, obstacles will include replicas of guard towers and banana rats, he said.
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