wuhan has 2 starbucks currently

February 17, 2008

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We recently received an interesting American import into Wuhan, a brand new Starbucks. We said we wouldn’t go because of the distance, but then, we had too much free time and decided to check it out.

So we went all the way out to New World Plaza with its crazy Hong Kong and American and other place fashions to find out how this Starbucks marked up to the ones back home. At first glance from the outside, you wouldn’t know you were in Wuhan, Seattle, Moscow, or even Philadelphia, but inside there was similar to an accent color, bits of Chinese writing on the menu under the larger English.

The inside looks the same as any other Starbucks including the local souvenir, a giant mug that says Wuhan with a picture of Wuhan’s very own Yellow Crane Tower. They even had the Starbucks food that I’ve come to enjoy infrequently.

I ordered a coffee with a shot of Hazelnut syrup (the girl was only slightly English-confused) and it was ready quick. At the fix-ins station, they had skim milk and whole milk, vanilla, chocolate and cinnamon powders, but absolutely no sugar, equal or splenda or any Chinese sweetener that I don’t even know.

When I asked, they were “sold out” of sugar. They offered more flavored syrup, but I declined. So, this Starbucks was identical except for that one necessity, some sugar to my coffee.