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China's booming coffee culture has significant impacts on the global market
中国迅速兴起的咖啡文化对全球市场有着至关重要的影响
Sun was sitting at a table under a green parasol(大遮阳伞),enjoying an iced coffee while waiting for her friend. The sun was shining and the seating area outside the Starbucks in Xintiandi was full of young, fashionable Chinese.
Sun is one of a growing number of Chinese people starting to drink coffee regularly and helping to make the Chinese coffee market the fastest growing one in the world. China may be historically a nation of tea drinkers, but in recent years, coffee has become increasingly popular, particularly among younger people in big cities.
International coffee chains like Starbucks and Costa can now be found in almost every big Chinese city. Both brands see China as a huge growth market and have tried to adapt to Chinese tastes. Starbucks, which opened its first Chinese shop in 1999, has said it plans to double its store count in China to over 3,000 stores by 2019, while Costa