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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Diedrich Coffee, Inc.:

We consent to the use in the Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on or
about September 11, 2001, of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. and subsidiaries of our
report dated September 22, 2000, except as to paragraphs 3 through 5 of note 6,
which are as of September 26, 2000, incorporated by reference herein and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus.

                                                       /s/ KPMG LLP

Orange County, California
September 11, 2001