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EXHIBIT 23.1
REPORT ON SCHEDULE AND CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Diedrich Coffee, Inc.:
The audits referred to in our report dated September 22, 2000, except as to
paragraphs 3 through 5 of note 6 which are as of September 26, 2000, included
the related financial statement schedule as of June 28, 2000, and for the year
ended June 28, 2000, the twenty-two weeks ended June 30, 1999, and the years
ended January 27, 1999 and January 28, 1998. This financial statement schedule
is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In
our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to
the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in
all material respects the information set forth therein.
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 for the 2000 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan of Diedrich Coffee,
Inc. of our report dated September 22, 2000, except as to paragraphs 3 through 5
of note 6 which are as of September 26, 2000, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. as of June 28, 2000 and June 30,
1999 and for the year ended June 28, 2000, the twenty-two weeks ended June 30,
1999, and the years ended January 27, 1999 and January 28, 1998, which report
appears in the June 28, 2000 annual report of Form 10-K of Diedrich Coffee, Inc.
We consent to the reference to our firm as "experts" under the heading
"Incorporation of Documents by Reference" in this Registration Statement.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Orange County, California
November 15, 2000
