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David Blanchard doesn’t need to drive far to find a good cup of coffee.

As the proprietor and namesake of Richmond-based Blanchard’s Coffee, he’s been blending and brewing beans for 20 years now.

But to mark that milestone, and to spend some quality time with his college-bound daughter, the 45-year-old has spent much of this year logging thousands of road miles on a cross-country quest to get a cup of coffee in all 50 states.

Now, with 46 states down and four more to go, Blanchard is just a few sips away from achieving his goal.

Having covered most of the country in a series of road trips that he started in March and resumed this summer, Blanchard is en route to the Pacific Northwest, where he’ll be grabbing a brew in Washington, Oregon and Alaska b

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