China's Price War Ended at Home. Now It Is Shipping.
A chain at 38,000 stores with 100 in Singapore, and a rival that killed the RMB9.9 (≈US$1.46) coupon and took the same playbook into Britain's regions
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Biweekly analysis of Asia-Pacific coffee markets.
Asia-Pacific Is Three Single-Portion Markets, and Only One of Them Is a Growth Story
China compounds at 15-20% a year from a hardware base under 3% household penetration, Korea returns results fastest, and Japan is the longest game in the region
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EUDR's Next Frontier: How Instant Coffee Re-Exports Rewrote the Compliance Calendar
Why the July 2026 Delegated Act on soluble coffee matters for Singapore's traders, Asia's instant producers, and every brand with an EU shelf
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Go Premium or Perish: How Japan Grows a Coffee Market Without Growing Volume
How a shrinking population, a USD 8.69B RTD fortress, and a 15% specialty share are rewriting the rules for mature coffee markets
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Indonesia's Coffee Chains Just Outgrew the Global Giants. Here's How They Did It.
How a ~US$3.2–3.5B homegrown chain market, an IDR 18,000 price point, and one IPO are rewriting the playbook for entering Asia's most underrated coffee market
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Colombia's $113M Blind Spot: Why 0% of Its Roasted Coffee Reaches Japan — and What That Means for Specialty's Next Frontier
How 19 Colombian exporters, a 12% tariff wall, and one JAS-certified company proving the playbook are quietly reshaping the Pacific's most overlooked trade corridor
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Coffee at 3,650 Meters: What I Found in Lhasa's Specialty Coffee Scene
A firsthand report from six days on the ground, and what three coffee shops reveal about China's most unexpected specialty market
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Beyond China: The ASEAN Coffee Market No One Is Talking About
Why Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines are the next battleground for Asian coffee, and what it means for your expansion strategy
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The Hidden Coffee Giant: Why Japan's Home-Brew Revolution Will Reshape Asia's Single-Portion Market
How 123 million people quietly built the world's most sophisticated single-serve coffee culture — and why that matters for every brand in the category
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The Untold Story Behind China's Tier 3 City Coffee Boom
And why it matters for your coffee business strategy
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Luckin vs Starbucks in China — Part 3: The Turnaround and What Comes Next
Luckin turned its first profit in Q1 2022 and opened 1,137 stores in Q1 2023 as Starbucks' China comparable sales swung from -29% to +3%. Part 3 of a three-part series.
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Luckin vs Starbucks in China — Part 2: Two Business Models, One Market
Starbucks runs 50–200 sqm 'third place' cafes at around a 14.8% margin; Luckin runs 5–20 sqm pickup stores at around 20%. Part 2 of a three-part series.
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Luckin vs Starbucks in China — Part 1: How the Coffee War Began
Starbucks reached 6,000 mainland China stores by 2022; Luckin passed 7,195 and 6.6% of the market. Part 1 of a three-part series.
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