South Korean coffee shops are a hit in China
The coffee culture of South Korea is a sprawling rainbow of opportunity that has an abundance of pop-up cafes and themed outlets. Take the one coffee shop in South Gyeongsang Province, for example. In Ullabong you can get your latte topped off with a foul-mouthed insult emblazoned in foam. The capital city, Seoul, features similarly weird and wonderful premises such as the coffee shop that houses two sheep and the one that doubles up as a sort of legal consolation areas.
If you can think it, it’ll probably be in existence somewhere.
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Esquires Coffee signs new Chinese deal
Ellen Zhang, the managing director of Esquires Coffee’s Chinese operations, and other members of Esquires’ corporate team have signed a deal which will see a number of franchised coffee shops pop up in China.
Zhang has put pen to paper with the Chinese retail conglomerate Bu Bu Gao (BBG) – also known as Better Life – who operated over 3,000 stores in the country and plan to open up ten new shopping centres in Hunan province, catering to the populations of Changsha, Shaoyang and Chenzhou.
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KFC targets China for coffee sales
The Chinese coffee sector is about to welcome a new, super-sized player in the coming weeks, one that could cause Starbucks and other established coffee chains a real headache or two.
Enter KFC, the company formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken.
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Sales of Chinese grown coffee to Starbucks rise
When you think of the major coffee growing nations of the world, China might not be the first country that springs to mind. However despite being a relatively small producer on the global stage, the amount of coffee being grown within Chinese borders is increasing and has found a fan in the American retail giants Starbucks.
Since the start of 2014 Starbucks has imported around 14,000 bags of arabica from Chinese plantations, almost five times the amount that was brought in during the course of 2013. These figures come from the shipping intelligence company PIERS.
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Durian coffee?
The durian is a notorious fruit.
Widely recognised in its native Southeast Asia as being the “King of Fruits”, the famed nineteenth century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace once described the flesh beneath the husk as being like rich custard, highly flavoured with almonds.” However to get to its innards, people must navigate its thorn-covered shell and a repugnant odour that has been described as being sewage-like.
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Korean coffee chains enjoying life in China
The economy of China has long made the country a prime target for investors and companies who are looking to expand their portfolios and, importantly, their revenue streams. And when it comes to coffee things are no different.
Western giants have seen massive growth in country, with the large, bustling and increasingly wealthy cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou leading the way.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Starbucks leads the way in this department.
But the Seattle-based monoliths of the coffee chain world is increasingly under pressure from traditional Asian chains from South Korea.
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Tea no longer the top drink in China?
Once upon a time, China was well-known for its love of tea.
We have all heard of the saying ‘for all the tea in China’ haven’t we?
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Italian coffee company sees opportunities in Chinese market
China, as we all know, was once famous for its tea-drinking population.
‘For all the tea in China’ was a popular phrase coined from this love of tea.
However, there is a change on the wind and coffee is going down very nicely thank you in the big country.
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