Background
Winter was born in Chicago, Illinois as "Rafael Antonio Lozano Junior." on March 20, 1972, with his family later moving to Houston, Texas.
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He later attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with a double major in philosophy and computer science.
Career
Winter was previously known by the name John Winter Smith, but reported having legally changed his name to Winter in 2006. He is best known for his goal to visit every location in the world, visiting as many as 29 locations in one day. Winter currently works as a freelance programmer.
In 1997 Winter began visiting various locations, expressing the intent to visit every location in the world.
To minimize the amount of locations, he eliminated any licensed stores to focus solely on those owned by the company. Foreign each location to "count" he would drink "at least one four-ounce sample of caffeinated coffee from each store." He would also take a picture and post it on his website.
Winter has estimated that he has spent over $100,000 on the project, drinking an average 10 cups of coffee a day and once spending $1400 on a plane ticket to purchase a cup of coffee from a in British Columbia before it closed. As of January 2011, Winter reported having visited 10,000 global locations, including over 8,000 in the United States.
