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                             STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT



                       WARRANTS TO PURCHASE 384,615 SHARES
                       OF JAVA CENTRALE, INC. COMMON STOCK



     THIS WARRANT IS TO CERTIFY THAT JAVA CENTRALE, INC., a California 
corporation (the "Company") has, effective as of September 24, 1996, 
authorized the issuance to H.I.G. Securities Investment, Ltd., a British 
Virgin Islands Corporation (the "Purchaser"), of rights to purchase (the 
"Warrants") an aggregate of Three Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand, Six Hundred 
Fifteen (384,615) fully-paid and non-assessable shares of the no par value 
Common Stock of the Company (the "Warrant Shares"), on the basis of one Share 
for each Warrant, exercisable at any time prior to 5:00 PM, California time, 
on September 23, 1998 (the "Expiration Time"), at the principal office of the 
Company, on payment of the price per Share specified in Section 2 of this 
Warrant and subject to the terms and conditions governing this Warrant 
hereinafter expressed.

     THIS IS TO CERTIFY ALSO THAT, for value received, the Company agrees, 
subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed, to sell and deliver 
to Purchaser 384,615 fully-paid and nonassessable Warrants.

     Except as set forth herein, this Warrant is nontransferable, shall be 
subject to all of the terms hereof as set forth below, and shall become void, 
and terminate and lapse, at the Expiration Time, after which this Warrant 
shall be of no further force nor effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by 
the undersigned, duly authorized thereunto.

          DATED as of September 24, 1996.


                                   JAVA CENTRALE, INC.



                                   By: _____________________
                                        Gary C. Nelson
                                        Its President



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                        WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK


     The terms and conditions with respect to the holding and exercise of 
these Stock Purchase Warrants are as follows.

     1.   NUMBER OF SHARES ACQUIRABLE UPON EXERCISE; CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS.

          (a)  The Purchaser shall be initially entitled to receive, upon 
exercise hereof, up to an aggregate of Three Hundred Eighty-Four Thousand, Six 
Hundred Fifteen (384,615) shares of the Company's no par value Common Stock, 
subject, however, to adjustment as provided below.  All shares of Common Stock 
issued upon exercise of the Warrant will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, 
validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and free of any preemptive rights.

          (b)  If, following the date hereof and prior to the Expiration Time 
(as defined below), the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock shall 
be increased or decreased through a stock split, stock dividend, stock 
consolidation, or otherwise, without consideration to the Company, an 
appropriate and proportionate adjustment shall be made in the number and kind 
of shares as to which the Warrants may be exercised.  By way of example only, 
if the Company should undergo a two-for-one stock split of its outstanding 
shares of Common Stock, the number of shares for which the Warrants may be 
exercised would thereupon increase to 769,230 shares.

          (c)  If, prior to the exercise of the Warrants, there shall be any 
merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, 
or other similar event, as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the 
Company shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of the 
same or another class or classes of stock or securities of the Company or 
another entity, then the Purchaser of the Warrants shall, thereafter, have the 
right to purchase and receive upon exercise of Warrants, upon the basis and 
upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of 
Common Stock immediately therefore issuable upon conversion, such shares of 
stock and/or securities as may be issued or payable with respect to or in 
exchange for the number of shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore 
purchasable and receivable upon the conversion of the Warrants held by such 
Purchaser had such merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, recapitalization 
or reorganization not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provisions 
shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Purchaser of the 
Warrants to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, 
provisions for adjustment of the Conversion Price and of the number of shares 
issuable upon exercise of Warrants) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly 
as may be practicable in relation to any shares of stock or securities 
thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.

          (d)  Any increase or decrease in the number of shares obtainable 
through the exercise of the Warrants shall become effective immediately 
following the effective time of the stock split or consolidation causing such 
increase or decrease, or in the case of an increase

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required by a stock dividend, shall become effective as of the payment or 
distribution date of such dividend.

          (e)   No fractional shares of stock shall be issued or made 
available under the this Warrant on account of any such adjustment, and 
fractional share interests shall be disregarded.

          (f)  The Company will at all times reserve and keep available for 
issuance out of its authorized but unissued shares, such number of shares as 
shall, from time to time, be sufficient to effect the full exercise of the 
Warrant.

     2.   EXERCISE PRICE; ADJUSTMENT IN CERTAIN EVENTS.

          (a)  The Warrants shall be initially exercisable for the purchase 
price of One Dollar and Twenty-Five Cents ($1.25) per Share, subject to the 
adjustments set forth below (the "Exercise Price").  The Exercise Prices shall 
remain unchanged until the occurrence of one of the events described in 
Section 1(b), above.

          (b)  In the event of a change in the number of shares of Common 
Stock which may be caused by any event described in Section 1(b), above, a 
corresponding adjustment changing the exercise price per share of Common Stock 
attributable to any unexercised Warrants shall likewise be made. By way of 
example, only, if the Company should undergo a two-for-one stock split of its 
outstanding shares of Common Stock, then in addition to the change in number 
of shares for which the Warrants may be exercised as described in Section 
1(b), the Exercise Prices for each share of Common Stock for which a Warrant 
may thereafter be exercised would be reduced to Sixty-Two and One-Half Cents 
($0.625).

     3.   METHOD OF EXERCISE. Purchaser may exercise its right to purchase 
Warrant Shares pursuant to this Warrant at any time prior to the Expiration 
Time, by (i) completing in the manner indicated, and executing, the attached 
Subscription Form for that number of Warrant Shares which it is entitled, and 
desires, to purchase; (ii) surrendering the Warrant to the Company at its 
principal place of business in Sacramento, California; and (iii) paying the 
appropriate purchase price for the Warrant Shares (rounded to the nearest 
whole cent), by cash, money order, bank draft, or certified check, payable to 
the Company at its principal place of business in Sacramento, California.  
Upon such surrender and payment, the Company will issue to Purchaser the 
number of Warrant Shares so subscribed for or

     4.   EFFECT OF EXERCISE.   Upon surrender of this Warrant and due payment 
of the exercise price, the Company will issue to the Purchaser the number of 
shares of Common Stock subscribed for, and the Purchaser will be a shareholder 
of the Company in respect of such Common Stock as of the date on which the 
shares representing such Common Stock are issued by the Company's Transfer 
Agent and Registrar.

     5.   NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER PRIOR TO EXERCISE.  No person or entity shall
be considered to be a shareholder of the Company for any purpose until the
exercise of the Warrant

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as provided herein and the due and formal issuance of Warrant Shares by the 
Company's Transfer Agent and Registrar thereupon.

     6.   NO RIGHTS AFTER THE EXPIRATION TIME.  Nothing contained in this 
Warrant, or in any instrument evidencing the Warrant, shall confer on any 
person or entity any right to subscribe for or purchase, after the Expiration 
Time, any security of or issued by the Company. From and after the Expiration 
Time, this Warrant and all rights hereunder shall be valueless, unexercisable, 
void, and of no further force or effect.

     7.   NONTRANSFERABILITY.  This Warrant shall not be transferrable, and 
any attempt to sell, assign, transfer, hypothecate, or otherwise convey or 
encumber any interest herein or therein shall be void. The Company shall have 
no obligation to recognize any such sale, assignment, transfer, hypothecation, 
or other conveyance or encumbrance, to reflect such transaction on the 
official records of the Company, or to issue Warrants or shares of its Common 
Stock to any party in violation of this provision.

     8.   SUBDIVISION.   This Warrant may be divided and subdivided into two 
or more certificates, evidencing the total number of Warrants provided herein, 
upon written demand therefor delivered to the Company. This Warrant may be 
exercised for all or any part of the Warrant Shares, and in such event the 
Company shall issue a new Warrant Certificate, evidencing the balance of the 
Warrant Shares not previously subscribed for. Notwithstanding the foregoing 
sentences, however, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued, and no exercise of 
a Warrant shall be permitted, involving any fraction of one Share.

     9.   NOTICES.  Any notice required by the provisions of this Warrant will 
be in writing and will be deemed effectively given; (a) upon personal delivery 
to the party to be notified;  (b) when sent by confirmed telex or facsimile if 
sent during normal business hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next 
business day;  (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or 
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (d) one (1) day 
after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next 
day delivery, with written verification of receipt.  All notices will be 
addressed to the Purchaser at the address of the Purchaser appearing on the 
books of the Company.

     10.  LOST WARRANTS.  The Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser 
that upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the 
loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of 
any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of an indemnity reasonably 
satisfactory to the Company, or in the case of any such mutilation upon 
surrender and cancellation of such warrant, the Company, at its expense, will 
make and deliver a new Warrant, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, 
destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

     11.  FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares shall be issued upon the 
exercise of this Warrant.  If the Conversion would result in any fractional 
share,  the Company will, in lieu of issuing such fractional share, pay cash 
equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the closing bid price of 
the Company's Common Stock on the date of conversion.

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     12.  MODIFICATION AND WAIVER.  This Warrant and any provision thereof may 
be changed, waived, discharged, or terminated only by an instrument in writing 
signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought.

     13.  MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a)  This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance 
with the internal laws of the State of California, without reference to the 
choice of laws provisions thereof.

          (b)  The captions set forth in this Warrant are for convenience 
only, and shall not be used in the construction hereof.

          (c)  If this Warrant, or any paragraph, sentence, term, or provision 
hereof, is invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, 
the remainder hereof shall, notwithstanding such invalidation, remain in full 
force in effect, and each other provision of this Warrant shall thereafter be 
construed and enforced in such a manner as to give the fullest possible effect 
to the intention and purposes expressed herein.




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                               JAVA CENTRALE, INC.

                            WARRANT SUBSCRIPTION FORM
             Stock Purchase Warrants dated as of September 24, 1996

TO:  Java Centrale, Inc.
     ATTENTION: Chief Financial Officer
     1610 Arden Way, Suite 145
     Sacramento, CA 95815

               RE:  Exercise of Stock Purchase Warrants

     Pursuant to the terms of that certain Stock Purchase Warrant, dated as of
September 24, 1996 (the "Warrant"), which Warrant is attached to this
Subscription Form, the undersigned hereby subscribes for _____ whole shares of
the Company's no par value Common Stock, at a price of $______ per share or at
such other price as may be applicable in accordance with the terms of the
Warrant.

     TOTAL SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $__________


     The undersigned hereby directs and requires that the shares of Common Stock
being subscribed for hereby be issued and delivered as follows:

     Full Name of Shareholder:     ________________________________

     Full Address:  _______________________________________________
                    _______________________________________________
                    _______________________________________________

Number of Shares for Which Subscribed:  ___________________________

DATED: _____________

                                   [                    ]


                                   By:__________________________
                                      __________________________
                                      Its_______________________



                        (IMPORTANT: SEE NOTE ON REVERSE)

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     NOTE:  This Subscription Form must be signed and accompanied by payment to
Java Centrale, Inc., in full, of the appropriate subscription price, in cash or
by money order, bank draft, or certified check, payable to the Company at its
principal place of business in Sacramento, California, and must be received by
the Company prior to  5:00 PM, California time, on September 23, 1999 (the
"Expiration Time"), after which time all rights represented by the attached
Stock Purchase Warrant will expire.

     JAVA CENTRALE, INC. ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELIVERY TO IT OF
THIS SUBSCRIPTION FORM [OR THE ACCOMPANYING STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT].
SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED FOR THE DELIVERY OF THESE DOCUMENTS PRIOR TO
THE EXPIRATION TIME.

     Upon surrender of this Subscription Form and the Stock Purchase Warrant,
and payment of the subscription price as provided therein, the Company will
issue the number of shares of Common Stock subscribed for, and such persons or
entities will thereupon become shareholders of the Company.  If a lesser number
of shares is subscribed for than the number of shares described in the Stock
Purchase Warrant, the Company shall issue a further Stock Purchase Warrant in
respect of the unsubscribed shares of Common Stock not subscribed for hereby.



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