AP, Bloomberg Start Spreading the Starbucks Tea News
AP food and beverage writer Candice Choi spoke to a current owner of an NYC tea house, wondering how they felt about the arrival Thursday in Manhattan of Starbucks’ first Teavana Tea Bar. The company bought up Teavana’s 300 retail locations last fall, located mainly in shopping malls, but this is the first NYC fancy re-brand rollout.
Jenny Ho, part-owner of Harlem’s Culture Tea Bar, told Choi she welcomes the entry of the Seattle coffee giant into this adjacent product field:
Ko said she thinks her tea shop has enough unique offerings to withstand the competition.
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