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Coffee in China: A New Beverage for a New Age

October 26, 2016 By Tom Nunlist

In the past two decades, coffee has been making significant in-roads in China. Although it might not be a staple for workday breakfast yet, for young people in urban areas, it has become a status symbol and something that says about their style and taste. Coffee, says Esteban Liang, Managing Director of Costa, Asia, is an “affordable luxury.” In the interview with Liang, he discusses how coffee became so popular and what Costa Coffee has experienced in the Middle Kingdom so far. Attempting to ride the middle-class wave, Costa aims at becoming a “strong number two” in China with better environment, product and service.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Conversations, Marketing, Q&A Tagged With: Chinese Consumers, Coffee, Costa China

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