Published on 2021-07-01 22:55
A Gap
As you can LITERALLY see, the specialty coffee industry is booming in China. There are more and more Starbucks Reserve shops (one may call a Starbucks R a specialty coffee shop, I think) here and there. In downtown Shanghai, the density of Manner Coffee shops (originated from a dainty local cafe) is so rapidly increasing that you can reach any of them within 15 minutes. So is the density of independent coffee shops, springing up like mushrooms. In supermarkets or grocery stores, coffee related goods occupied more shelf-space than ever before significantly. And nearly half of them is freeze dried instant single-origin coffee (it is said flavor-preserving).
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