RE: ☕World’s Largest Starbucks Opened in Shanghai // 全球最大的星巴克门市在上海开幕

[hansikhouse]

I'm super curious how locals are reacting to boutique/international tea products like Teavana. I love the more regal treatment of Starbux with the tasting menu...

Great post!

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[abroadlife]

Yeah the total tea market (and cheap bubble milk tea) is $9.5billion USD which is still ten times larger than its coffee market. Starbucks is not going anywhere, but I do think the growth will slow; much like in other world cities that are already over-saturated with Starbucks, some Chinese urbanites are already evolving towards more intimate local cafes. Quote from that article:

• "I like quieter venues and so usually go to rather arty, yuppie places,” she said, while sipping a brew at downtown Mellower Coffee, which has coffees with names like “sweet little rain” - an Americano with a “cloud” of candyfloss."