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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ---------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           ---------------------------

                           Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc.
                           --------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Colorado                                     84-1062062
           ----------                                   ----------
  (State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  incorporation or organization)

                  268 West 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
                  --------------------------------------------
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

              2000 Stock Benefit Plan of Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc.
              -----------------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)


          Richard Surber, 268 West 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
          ------------------------------------------------------------
                     (Name, address, including zip code, of
                             agent for service)

                   Telephone number for Issuer: (801)575-8073
                                  -------------
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                                      CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities            Amounts to     Proposed Maximum        Proposed Maximum            Amount of
to be Registered                   be        Offering Price Per     Aggregate Offering          Registration
                               Registered       Share(1)                 Price                       Fee
==============================================================================================================
<S>                          <C>            <C>                  <C>                      <C>

Common Stock, 0.001 par       12,000,000       $0.23                  $2,760,000            $728.64
value
============================ ============   ===================  =====================    ==================
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(1)      Bona Fide estimate of maximum offering price solely for calculating the
         registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933,
         based on the  average bid and asked  price of the  registrant's  common
         stock as of January 25, 2000 a date within five  business days prior to
         the date of filing of this registration statement.

         In addition,  pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration  Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan described herein.

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              1999 Stock Benefit Plan of Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc.
                  Cross-Reference Sheet Pursuant to Rule 404(a)

         Cross-reference  between  items of Part I of Form  S-8 and the  Section
10(a)  Prospectus  that  will be  delivered  to each  employee,  consultant,  or
director who participates in the Plan.

Registration Statement Item Numbers and Headings           Prospectus Heading
- ------------------------------------------------           ------------------

1.       Plan Information                               Section 10(a) Prospectus

2.       Registrant Information and                     Section 10(a) Prospectus
         Employee Plan Annual Information



                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         The following documents filed by Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc., a Colorado
corporation  (the "Company"),  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the
"Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference:

         1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
 February 28, 1999.

         2. All reports  filed by the Company  with the  Commission  pursuant to
Section  13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange
Act"), since the end of the fiscal year ended February 28, 1999.

         3.  The  description  and  specimen  certificate  of the  Common  Stock
contained in the Company's Form S-18  Registration  Statement filed on September
16, 1988 under the Securities  Act,  including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.

         Prior  to the  filing,  if  any,  of a  post-effective  amendment  that
indicates that all securities  covered by this Registration  Statement have been
sold or that de-registers all such securities then remaining unsold, all reports
and other  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Company  pursuant  to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14,  or  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act  shall  be  deemed  to be
incorporated  by  reference  herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such reports and documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         The common  stock of the  Company  being  registered  pursuant  to this
Registration Statement is part of a class of securities registered under Section
12 of the Exchange  Act. A  description  of such  securities is contained in the
Company's  Form  S-18  Registration  Statement  filed  with  the  Commission  on
September

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16, 1988 and any  amendment  or report  filed for the  purpose of updating  such
description. Said description is incorporated herein by reference. (See "Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.")

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

          No  expert  is named as  preparing  or  certifying  all or part of the
registration statement to which this prospectus pertains, and no counsel for the
Company  who is named in this  prospectus  as  having  given an  opinion  on the
validity of the securities  being offered hereby was hired on a contingent basis
or has or is to  receive,  in  connection  with  this  offering,  a  substantial
interest, direct or indirect, in the Company.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act"), may be permitted to members of
the board of directors,  officers, employees, or persons controlling the Company
pursuant to the immediately subsequent provisions, the Company has been informed
that in the opinion of the SEC such  indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

         The Company,  however,  is  incorporated in the State of Colorado which
under  Sections  7-108-402  and  7-108-403 of the Colorado  Code provides that a
corporation may limit or eliminate  officers' and directors'  personal liability
to the corporation or its  shareholders  for breach of fiduciary duty so long as
liability is not eliminated or limited for any breach of the director's  duty of
loyalty to the corporation or to its shareholders,  acts or omissions  involving
intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, for any transaction
from which the  director  directly or  indirectly  derived an improper  personal
benefit or for the payment of unlawful distributions.

         Section Eight of Article IX of the Company's  Articles of Incorporation
provides  that the Company  shall  indemnify  its officers and directors for any
liability,  including  reasonable  costs of  defense,  arising out of any act or
omission of any officer or director on behalf of the  Corporation to the fullest
extent required or permitted by the Colorado Corporation Code, as amended.

         The foregoing  discussion of indemnification  merely summarizes certain
aspects  of  indemnification  provisions  and is  limited  by  reference  to the
Colorado Code  Sections  7-108-402 and 7-108-403 and Article XI of the Company's
Bylaws and the Company's Articles of Incorporation, or any amendments thereto.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed

         No restricted  securities  are being  re-offered or resold  pursuant to
this registration statement.

Item 8. Exhibits.

         The exhibits attached to this Registration  Statement are listed in the
Exhibit Index, which is found on page 8.

Item 9.  Undertakings

(a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


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         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
         a post-effective  amendment to this  Registration  Statement to include
         any material  information  with respect to the plan of distribution not
         previously  disclosed  in the  Registration  Statement  or any material
         change to such information in the Registration Statement.

         (2) To treat,  for the purpose of determining  any liability  under the
         Securities  Act of 1933,  each such  post-effective  amendment as a new
         registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
         the offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
         initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
         any of the  securities  being  registered  which  remain  unsold at the
         termination of the offering.

(b)  The  undersigned   registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  for  purposes  of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934) that is  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 26, 2000.

                                       Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc.

                                       By:  /s/ Richard Surber
                                          --------------------------
                                       Richard Surber, as President and Director

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW  ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each  person  whose  signature
appears  below  constitutes  and  appoints  Richard  D.  Surber  with  power  of
substitution,  as his attorney-in-fact  for him, in all capacities,  to sign any
amendments to this  registration  statement and to file the same,  with exhibits
thereto and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the  Securities and
Exchange   Commission,   hereby   ratifying   and   confirming   all  that  said
attorney-in-fact or his substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature                         Title                      Date

 /s/ Richard D. Surber    President and Director         January 26, 2000
- --------------------------
Richard D. Surber

 /s/ Kevin J. Schillo     Director                       January 26, 2000
- --------------------------
Kevin J. Schillo

 /s/ David Wolfson        Director                       January 26, 2000
- --------------------------
David Wolfson







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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549




                                    EXHIBITS

                                       TO

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      UNDER

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933




                           Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc.
                            (A Colorado corporation)









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                                     INDEX TO EXHIBITS

                                                                 Sequentially
Exhibits  SEC Ref. No.      Description of Exhibit               Numbered Pages
- --------  ------------      ----------------------              --------------

  A           4        2000 Stock Benefit Plan of the Company          8

  B        5, 23(b)    Opinion and consent of Counsel with respect    13
                       to the legality of the issuance of
                       securities being issued

  C          23(a)      Consent of Accountant                         16




















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                           THE 2000 STOCK BENEFIT PLAN

                                       OF

                           Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc.



                                       8

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            The 2000 Stock Benefit Plan Of Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc.
            ---------------------------------------------------------

         Kelly's Coffee Group,  Inc., a Colorado  corporation  (the  "Company"),
hereby  adopts The 2000 Stock Benefit Plan of Kelly's  Coffee  Group,  Inc. (the
"Plan") this 26th day of January,  2000.  Under the Plan,  the Company may issue
shares of the  Company's  common stock or grant options to acquire the Company's
common stock, par value $0.001 (the "Stock"),  from time to time to employees of
the  Company  or its  subsidiaries,  all on the terms and  conditions  set forth
herein  ("Options").  In addition,  at the discretion of the Board of Directors,
shares  of the  Company's  common  stock or  Options  to  acquire  shares of the
Company's  common  stock may be granted  under  this Plan to other  individuals,
including  consultants  or advisors who are not  employees of the Company or its
subsidiaries,  but contribute to the success of the Company or its subsidiaries,
provided that bona fide services shall be rendered by  consultants  and advisors
and such services must not be in connection with the offer or sale of securities
in a capital-raising transaction.

1. Purpose of the Plan.  The Plan is intended to aid the Company in  maintaining
and developing a management team,  attracting  qualified  officers and employees
capable of assuring  the future  success of the  Company,  and  rewarding  those
individuals who have contributed to the success of the Company.  The Company has
designed  this  Plan to aid it in  retaining  the  services  of  executives  and
employees and in attracting new personnel when needed for future  operations and
growth and to provide such  personnel  with an incentive to remain  employees of
the Company,  to use their best efforts to promote the success of the  Company's
business,  and to  provide  them with an  opportunity  to obtain or  increase  a
proprietary  interest in the Company.  It is also designed to permit the Company
to  reward  those  individuals  who are not  employees  of the  Company  but who
management  perceives to have  contributed  to the success of the Company or who
are important to the continued business and operations of the Company. The above
goals will be achieved through the granting of stock and/or options. The plan is
not subject to the provision of the Employee  Retirement  Income Security Act of
1974, as amended  ("ERISA"),  nor qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

 2. Administration of this Plan. Administration of this Plan shall be determined
by the Company's  Board of Directors (the "Board").  The address of the Board is
c/o Kelly's Coffee Group,  Inc.,  268 West 400 South,  Salt Lake City, UT 84101,
telephone   number  (801)  575-8093.   Subject  to  compliance  with  applicable
provisions of the governing law, the Board may delegate  administration  of this
Plan or specific  administrative  duties with respect to this Plan on such terms
and to such committees of the Board as it deems proper (hereinafter the Board or
its authorized  committee  shall be referred to as "Plan  Administrators").  The
interpretation  and  construction  of  the  terms  of  this  Plan  by  the  Plan
Administrators  thereof shall be final and binding on all  participants  in this
Plan  absent  a  showing  of   demonstrable   error.   No  member  of  the  Plan
Administrators  shall be liable for any action  taken or  determination  made in
good faith with respect to this Plan. Any Option  approved by a majority vote of
those Plan  Administrators  attending a duly and properly  held meeting shall be
valid.  Any Option  approved  by the Plan  Administrators  shall be  approved as
specified by the Board at the time of delegation.

3. Shares of Stock Subject to this Plan.  A total of twelve million (12,000,000)
shares of Stock may be subject to, or issued pursuant to this Plan. If any right
to acquire  Stock granted under this Plan is exercised by the delivery of shares
of Stock or the relinquishment of rights to shares of Stock, only the net


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shares of Stock  issued  (the  shares of stock  issued  less the shares of Stock
surrendered)  shall  count  against  the total  number of  shares  reserved  for
issuance under the terms of this Plan.

4. Reservation of Stock on Granting of Option. At the time any Option is granted
under the terms of this Plan,  the Company  will reserve for issuance the number
of shares of Stock subject to such Option until it is exercised or expires.  The
Company may reserve  either  authorized  but  unissued  shares or issued  shares
reacquired by the Company.

5. Eligibility.  The Plan Administrators may grant shares of stock or Options to
employees,  officers, and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries,  as may
be existing from time to time, and to other individuals who are not employees of
the Company or its subsidiaries,  including  consultants and advisors,  provided
that such  consultants  and advisors render bona fide services to the Company or
its subsidiaries and such services are not rendered in connection with the offer
or sale of securities in a  capital-raising  transaction.  In any case, the Plan
Administrators  shall  determine,  based on the  foregoing  limitations  and the
Company's best interests, which employees, officers, directors,  consultants and
advisors  are  eligible to  participate  in this Plan.  Options  shall be in the
amounts, and shall have the rights and be subject to the restrictions, as may be
determined by the Plan Administrators, under the provisions of this Plan.

6.       Term of Options and Certain Limitations on Right to Exercise.
         -------------------------------------------------------------

          a.  Each  Option  shall  have  its  term   established   by  the  Plan
          Administrators at the time the Option is granted.

          b. The term of the Option, once it is granted,  may be reduced only as
          provided for in this Plan and under the express written  provisions of
          the Option.

          c. Unless otherwise specifically provided by the written provisions of
          the  Option  or  required  by  applicable  disclosure  or other  legal
          requirements  promulgated by the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission
          ("SEC"),   no   participant   of  this   Plan  or  his  or  her  legal
          representative, legatee, or distributee will be, or shall be deemed to
          be, a holder of any shares  subject to an Option unless and until such
          participant  exercises his or her right to acquire all or a portion of
          the  Stock   subject  to  the  Option  and   delivers   the   required
          consideration to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Plan
          and then only as to the number of shares of Stock acquired.  Except as
          specifically  provided  in  this  Plan  or as  otherwise  specifically
          provided by the written provisions of the Option, no adjustment to the
          exercise  price or the number of shares of Stock subject to the Option
          shall be made for  dividends or other rights for which the record date
          is prior to the date on which  the  Stock  subject  to the  Option  is
          acquired by the holder.

          d. Options shall vest and become exercisable at such time or times and
          on such terms as the Plan  Administrators may determine at the time of
          the grant of the Option.

          e. Options may contain  other  provisions,  including  further  lawful
          restrictions  on the vesting  and  exercise of the Options as the Plan
          Administrators may deem advisable.

          f. An option may never be exercised after the expiration of its term.

          g. Options  shall be  non-transferable,  except by the laws of descent
          and distribution.


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7. Exercise Price.  The Plan  Administrators  shall establish the exercise price
price payable to the Company for shares to be obtained pursuant to Options which
exercise price may be amended from time to time as the Plan Administrators shall
determine.

8. Payment of Exercise Price.  The exercise of any Option shall be contingent on
receipt by the Company of the exercise  price paid in either cash,  certified or
personal check payable to the Company.

9. Withholding.  If the grant or exercise of an Option is subject to withholding
or other trust fund payment  requirements of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the  "Code"),  or applicable  state or local laws,  the Company will
initially  pay the  Optionee's  liability  and will be reimbursed by Optionee no
later than six months after such liability  arises and Optionee hereby agrees to
such reimbursement terms.

10.  Dilution or Other  Adjustment.  The shares of Common Stock  subject to this
Plan and the exercise price of outstanding  Options are subject to proportionate
adjustment  in the event of a stock  dividend on the Common Stock or a change in
the number of issued  and  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock as a result of a
stock split,  consolidation,  or other  recapitalization.  The  Company,  at its
option, may adjust the Options, issue replacements, or declare Options void.

11.  Options to Foreign  Nationals.  The Plan  Administrators  may,  in order to
fulfill the purpose of this Plan and without  amending this Plan,  grant Options
to foreign  nationals or individuals  residing in foreign countries that contain
provisions, restrictions, and limitations different from those set forth in this
Plan and the  Options  made to United  States  residents  in order to  recognize
differences  among the  countries  in law, tax policy,  and custom.  Such grants
shall  be made in an  attempt  to give  such  individuals  essentially  the same
benefits as contemplated  by a grant to United States  residents under the terms
of this Plan.

12.  Listing and  Registration  of Shares.  Each Option  shall be subject to the
requirement  that if at any time the Plan  Administrators  shall  determine,  in
their sole discretion,  that it is necessary or desirable to list, register,  or
qualify the shares covered thereby on any securities exchange or under any state
or federal law, or obtain the consent or approval of any governmental  agency or
regulatory  body as a condition of, or in connection  with, the granting of such
Option or the issuance or purchase of shares thereunder,  such Option may not be
exercised  in whole or in part  unless  and until  such  listing,  registration,
consent, or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions
not acceptable to the Plan Administrators.

13.  Expiration  and  Termination  of this Plan.  This Plan may be  abandoned or
terminated  at any time by the Plan  Administrators  except with  respect to any
Options then outstanding under this Plan. This Plan shall otherwise terminate on
the earlier of the date that is five years from the date first appearing in this
Plan or the date on which the 12,000,000th share is issued hereunder.

14.  Amendment of this Plan.  This Plan may not be amended more than once during
any six month  period,  other  than to comport  with  changes in the Code or the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act or the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.  The Plan  Administrators  may  modify  and  amend  this Plan in any
respect;  provided,  however,  that to the extent such amendment or modification
would cause this Plan to no longer comply with the applicable  provisions of the
Code governing incentive stock options as they may be amended from time to time,
such amendment or modification shall also be approved by the shareholders of the
Company.

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ATTEST:

Richard Surber, President and Director

  /s/ Richard Surber
- ----------------------
Date

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                                   KIM TAYLOR
                                ATTORNEY- AT- LAW

                              1003 South 1400 East
                           Salt Lake City, Utah 84105

                         Telephone/Fax - (801) 582-7811

January 17, 2000


Board of Directors
Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc.
268 West 400 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Re: Form S-8 Registration Statement

Gentlemen:

     I have  acted as a special  counsel  for  Kelly's  Coffee  Group,  Inc.,  a
Colorado  corporation  (the  "Company"),  in connection with the preparation and
filing with the Securities and Exchange  Commission ("the Commission") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  ("the Act") of a registration  statement on
Form S-8 (the  "Registration  Statement").  The Company is registering a Benefit
Plan entitled "The 2000 Stock Benefit Plan of Kelly's  Coffee Group,  Inc." (the
"Benefit  Plan")  pursuant to which the Company has  authorized  the issuance of
12,000,000  shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.001. In connection
with the Company's filing of the Registration  Statement,  you have requested my
opinion regarding the validity of the issuance of the aforementioned Shares.

     This  opinion  letter  (this  "Opinion")  is  governed  by,  and  shall  be
interpreted  in accordance  with the Legal Opinion  Accord (the "Accord") of the
ABA Section of Business Law (1991). As a consequence,  it is subject to a number
of qualifications  and limitations,  all as more  particularly  described in the
Accord, and this Opinion should be read in conjunction therewith.

     In connection  with the  preparation  of this Opinion,  I have examined the
following:

     1. The Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws;

     2. The Registration Statement herein referenced;

     3. The authorization and approval, dated January 26, 2000, by the Company's
     Board of Directors of the Company's 2000 Stock Benefit Plan  concerning the
     Shares and Registration Statement;

     4. The Company's Section 10(a) Prospectus for the Registration Statement;

     5. The Company's  Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended  February 28, 1999;

     6. All reports filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section
     13(a) or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange
     Act"), since the end of the fiscal year ended February 28, 1999;




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     7. Such other documents as I have deemed necessary for the purposes of this
     Opinion.

     Additionally,  I have made such  investigations  of  federal  law as I have
considered  necessary  and  appropriate  to form a basis  for this  opinion.  My
opinion is qualified by the scope of the decumbent review specified herein and I
make no  representations  as to the  sufficiency  of my  investigation  for this
opinion. I further expressly exempt from this opinion any  representations as to
the  completeness,  adequacy,  accuracy  or any other  aspect  of the  financial
statements incorporated in the Registration Statement.

     The  documentation and  representations  provided to me for this opinion by
the Company and its duly authorized representatives indicate that the Company is
validly  organized  under  the laws of the State of  Colorado;  the  Company  is
current in its filings with the Commission; the Company's Board of Directors has
authorized the Benefit Plan; the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the
filing  of the  Registration  Statement;  and that the  number  of  shares to be
included in the  Registration  Statement are  available for issuance  based upon
corporate  documentation  and  on the  amount  of  shares  actually  issued  and
outstanding. As such, I am of the opinion that the Shares herein referenced have
been  duly and  validly  authorized  and that  subject  to  compliance  with all
provision  of the Plan,  the  Shares  will bd  validly  issued as fully paid and
non-assessable shares of common stock in the Company.

     This  opinion  is  based  upon  and  subject  to  the   qualifications  and
limitations specified below:

     (A) Certain of the remedial  provisions  of the 2000 Stock Benefit Plan may
be further  limited  or  rendered  unenforceable  by other  applicable  laws and
interpretations.

     (B) In  rendering  the  opinion  that the shares of the Common  Stock to be
registered  pursuant to the Registration  Statement and issued under the Benefit
Plan will be validly issued,  fully paid and nonassessable,  I assumed that: (1)
the Company's  Board of Directors has exercised good faith in  establishing  the
value paid for the Shares;  (2) all issuances and  cancellations  of the capital
stock of the Company will be fully and  accurately  reflected  in the  Company's
Stock  Records  as  provided  by the  Company's  transfer  agent;  and  (3)  the
consideration, as determined by the Company's Board of Directors, to be received
in exchange for each  issuance of common stock of the Company,  has been paid in
full and actually received by the Company.)

     (C) I have made no  independent  verification  of the facts  asserted to be
true and accurate by authorized  representatives of the Company and have assumed
that no person or entity has engaged in fraud or misrepresentation regarding the
inducement relating to, or the execution or delivery of, the documents reviewed

     (D) In  rendering  this  opinion  I have  assumed  that all  signature  are
genuine,  that all documents submitted to me as copies conform  substantially to
the  originals,  that all documents have been duly executed on or as of the date
represented on the  documents,  that execution and delivery of the documents was
duly authorized on the part of the parties,  that all documents are legal, valid
and binding on the parties and that all corporate records are complete.

     (E)  I  have  assumed  that  the  Company  is  satisfying  the  substantive
requirements  of Form S-8 and I expressly  disclaim  any opinion  regarding  the
Company's  compliance  with such  requirements,  whether  they are of federal or
state origin,  or any opinion as to the  subsequent  tradeability  of any Shares
issued pursuant to the Benefit Plan.

     (F) I am admitted to practice  lay in the State of Utah.  I am not admitted
to practice law in the State of Colorado or in any other  jurisdiction where the
Company may own property or transact business. This opinion

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is with respect to federal law only and I have not consulted  legal counsel from
any other  jurisdiction  for the  purpose of the  opinion  contained  herein.  I
expressly except form this opinion any opinion as to whether or to what extent a
Colorado  court or any other court would apply  Colorado  law, or the law of any
other state or jurisdiction, to any particular aspect of the facts, circumstance
and transactions that are the subject of this opinion.

     (G) This  opinion is  strictly  limited  to the  parameters  contained  and
referenced herein and is valid only as to the signature date with respect to the
same.  I assume no  responsibility  to advise you of any  subsequent  changes or
developments which might affect any aspect to this opinion.

     I  hereby  consent  to  the  use  of  this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration  Statement.  This opinion may not be used, relied upon, circulated,
quoted or otherwise  referenced  in whole or in part for any purpose  without my
written consent.

Sincerely,

 /s/ Kim Taylor
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Kim Taylor



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                  [Letterhead of Jones, Jensen & Company, LLC]


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
                          -----------------------------





Kelly's Coffee Group, Inc.
268 West 400 South
Suite 300
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Gentlemen:

     We hereby  consent to the use of our audit report of Kelly's  Coffee Group,
Inc. and  subsidiaries  dated September 9, 1999 for the years ended February 28,
1998 and 1997 in the Form S-8. We also consent to the use of our name as experts
in such Registration Statement.


  /s/ Jones Jensen & Company

Jones, Jensen & Company
Salt Lake City, Utah
January 27, 2000





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