Coffee in China: figures and statistics
- Coffee consumption rates in China are growing at 30% a year, compared to an international rate of 2% (SPR Coffee)
- In the last ten years, consumption has grown a staggering 1,032% (Communicafe)
- Starbucks is rapidly expanding its footprint and tripled store count in China to 3,300 in 2018 from 1,017 in 2013
- The first Starbucks opened in China in 1999; Dunkin Donuts opened its Chinese first store in 2008
- Almost all domestic coffee comes from Yunnan, accounting for 98% of production. (China Daily)
- After a fraud scandal, China’s Luckin Coffee’s stock tumbled over 90% from its peak of $51.38 in January 2020 to just $2.69 in May 2020 (Reuters)
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