07-09-2018 17:46 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Starbucks pulls in crowds at first Italian cafe

Around two hundred people queued outside the first Starbuckscafe in Italy on Friday, as the world's biggest coffee chain faces one of its toughest tests yet with an upmarket roastery in the centre of Milan.Coffee-obsessed Italy has more than 57,000 cafes and Starbucks, at its lavish roastery decorated with brass and marble, is charging almost twice what Italians are used to paying for their daily espresso drunk standing at a bar.The opening enticed curious Italians and tourists alike.
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