EXHIBIT 10.30

CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and dated as of the 3rd day of September, 2002, by and between BANK OF THE WEST, doing business as UNITED
CALIFORNIA BANK (the "Lender"), and DIEDRICH COFFEE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").

RECITALS

A.    The
Company has requested that the Lender: (1) extend new credit facilities to the Company in the forms of a equipment acquisition facility, a working capital line
of credit, a letter of credit facility, and facilities to finance certain expansion expenditures of the Company, and (2) refinance the term loan facility described on Annex 1attached hereto (the
"Existing Term Loan Facility").

B.    The
Lender has agreed to such requests on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to evidence
such credit facilities.

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the above Recitals and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

1.Keurig Equipment Acquisition Line.



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2.Fiscal Year 2003 Expansion Line.



3.Fiscal Year 2004 Expansion Line.



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4.Working Capital Facility



5.Letter of Credit Facility.



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6.Replacement Term Loan Facility.



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7.Pricing Provisions.



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8.Miscellaneous Provisions.



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9.Collateral and Credit Support Documents.



10.Conditions Precedent.



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11.Representations and Warranties of the Company.As an inducement to the Lender to enter into this Agreement
and to fund Loans as provided herein, the Company represents and warrants to the Lender that:



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12.Affirmative Covenants.The Company hereby covenants and agrees with the Lender that, as long as any
Obligations remain unpaid or the Lender has any obligation to make Loans hereunder, the Company shall:



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13.Negative Covenants.The Company hereby agrees that, as long as any Obligations remain unpaid or the Lender
has any obligation to make Loans hereunder, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly:



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14.Events of Default.Upon the occurrence of any of the following events (an "Event of Default"):



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15.Miscellaneous Provisions.



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16.Definitions.For purposes of this Agreement, the terms set forth below shall have the following meanings:



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[Signature
Page Following]

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

| |  | DIEDRICH COFFEE, INC.,
a Delaware corporation             
| |  | ----------------------------------------------------------
| |  | By:                                                       
| |  | Name:                                                     
| |  | Title:                                                    
| |  | By:                                                       
| |  | Name:                                                     
| |  | Title:                                                    
| |  | BANK OF THE WEST, doing business as
UNITED CALIFORNIA BANK
| |  | By:                                                       
| |  | Name:                                                     

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