SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HEESCHEN PAUL C (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE SUITE 450 (Street) NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DIEDRICH COFFEE INC [ DDRX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/17/2009
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/17/2009		J(1)		450,000	D	$0	2,444,043(2)	I	See Note(3)
Common Stock	04/17/2009		J(1)		450,000	D	$0	1,573,604(4)	D(5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock	$1.6	04/17/2009		J(6)			300,000	08/26/2008	08/26/2013	Common Stock	300,000	$0	1,617,000(7)	I	See Note(8)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HEESCHEN PAUL C (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE SUITE 450 (Street) NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 450 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE SUITE 450 (Street) NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On April 17, 2009, 450,000 shares of common stock were transferred from Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. to WF Trust, an irrevocable trust of which Mr. Heeschen is sole trustee.

2. Includes (i) 1,573,604 shares of common stock of the issuer held by Sequoia Enterprises, L.P.; (ii) 419,268 shares of common stock of the issuer held by D.C.H., L.P.; (iii) 450,000 shares of common stock of the issuer held by WF Trust; (iv) 921 shares of common stock of the issuer held by Mr. Heeschen; and (v) 250 shares of common stock of the issuer held by the Paul C. Heeschen Revocable Living Trust.

3. Mr. Heeschen, Sequoia Enterprises, L.P., D.C.H., L.P., and WF Trust are the beneficial owners of such shares. Mr. Heeschen is the sole general partner of Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. and D.C.H., L.P. with sole voting and investment power as to all of the shares held by Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. and D.C.H., L.P. and the sole trustee with sole voting and investing power as to all of the shares held by WF Trust and the Paul C. Heeschen Revocable Living Trust.

4. Includes 1,573,604 shares of common stock of the issuer held by Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. and excludes 450,000 shares of common stock of the issuer that were transferred from Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. to WF Trust on April 17, 2009.

5. The common stock of the issuer is owned directly by Sequoia Enterprises, L.P., a greater than 10% owner of the issuer, and indirectly by Paul C. Heeschen, the sole general partner of Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. Mr. Heeschen is also the chairman of the board of directors of the issuer.

6. On April 17, 2009, 300,000, warrants to purchase common stock were transferred to WF Trust, an irrevocable trust of which Mr. Heeschen is sole trustee.

7. Includes a warrant to purchase 250,000 shares of common stock of the issuer (which was issued to Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. on May 8, 2001) and a warrant to purchase 1,367,000 shares of common stock of the issuer (which was issued to Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. on August 26, 2008) and excludes a warrant to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock that was transferred to WF Trust on April 17, 2009.

8. The warrants are owned directly by Sequoia Enterprises, L.P., a greater than 10% owner of the issuer, and indirectly by Paul C. Heeschen, the sole general partner of Sequoia Enterprises, L.P. Mr. Heeschen is also the chairman of the board of directors of the issuer.

	/s/ Paul C. Heeschen	04/21/2009
	/s/ Paul C. Heeschen, as General Partner, Sequoia Enterprises, L.P.	04/21/2009
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