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Yubaru
I didnt even know they were shut......just goes to show how much I "care" about their coffee!
Dango bong
who in their right mind is in the mood to sit next to a bunch of people and drink a cup of coffee for 600 yen?
gogogo
"Starbucks stores in Japan reopen as v̶i̶r̶u̶s̶ ̶s̶p̶r̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶s̶l̶o̶w̶s̶ virus testing slows"
Fixed the title
Monty
@Dango Bong
Me!
But the daily coffee is 320yen.
Dango bong
I forgot about all the pseudo hipsters who enjoy getting ripped off over crud coffee
Monty
What is a Pseudo Hipster?
zurcronium
Calendar check, it is not 1997. Check out third wave coffee for the hipsters, pseudo or otherwise.
Numan
I wonder how that is going to work. There won't be much social distancing.
Luddite
The one near us closed long before the so called state of emergency as one of the staff. Had the virus.
that person
Cheap excuse. I believe all restaurants sanitize their dishes with their mandatory sanitizer. Though I do like the atmosphere, I do think they can do way better environmentally. They only give you a mug IF you request it and only IF you get a hot drink.
doggar
Dango Bong Psuedo Hipsters = regular people in Japan. Starbucks is where all kinds of regular people go to. Have you ever been to starbucks in Japan?
kohakuebisu
My wife likes the milkshakey ones, which are a bit expensive, but not bad, so I get her to size up and we share one. To make something similar at home, you'll need xanthan gum as a thickener. You'll not get the texture without it, even with a 50,000 yen USA-strength blender.
I must say I like that Starbucks now uses fully automated coffee machines. None of that "art of the barista" from them any more. All the staff do is hit a button. There are still things where the human hand and insight can outperform machines, but I doubt making a cup of coffee is one of them. That's mostly going to be mysticism to get you to pay more.
Spitfire
Zichi,
Like usual you have nailed it.
redelmotalking
Only reason I go to Starbucks is because it's guaranteed tobacco free. It's certainly not for the coffee!
smithinjapan
zichi: agree with you on the atmosphere, for the most part. The one near me has become a place for obachan to shout at the top of their lungs, or people who don't even buy anything there sitting for hours with laptops and even sleeping there for half the day. It's incredibly hard at that one to chill out and enjoy it, and I think upon reopening the annoyance will increase 10-fold. So, I'll wait, or find a quieter one out of the way.
Kumagaijin
Starbucks has reopened!? I had no idea I could make coffee on my own.
JeffLee
In the last couple of years, I've been getting coffee latte, which is decent, at my local combini for around 150 yen and sitting in the nearby park. Winter is the exception. Hardly ever go to 'bucks these days.
mrlaa
Wouldn't this help spread it back up? Didn't it spread from low (very low) to Today's low?