Starbucks is opening its largest ever store
Starbucks is opening its largest shop ever - and it looks like a real-life Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory ... but for coffee. The Starbucks Reserve Roastery Shanghai, which opens Dec. 5, is a whopping 30,000 square feet. That's more than half an acre devoted to coffee.
The 88-foot coffee bar was handcrafted by Chinese artisans and will be the longest Starbucks coffee bar in the world. As soon as you walk in, you'll see a towering two-story, 40-tonne hand-engraved copper cask that replenishes the coffee silos throughout the shop.
The shop will also have a bakery and cafe with more than 80 menu items baked fresh daily.
The Starbucks Reserve Roastery Shanghai will also have a Teavana Bar, complete with tea curators who create custom drinks using tea and nitrogen - faaaancy!
Plus, when you whip out your phone and point at key features in the shop, you can live the first-ever Starbucks augmented reality experience, with prompts explaining where, exactly, those beans came from before landing in your cup.
This is the second-ever Starbucks Roastery - the first is in Seattle. If you can't wait for one to come to the UK and have always dreamed of a theme park-life coffee experience, better book a flight.
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