久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
Business / Economy

Veteran coffee clubbers turn their noses up at Starbucks

By Xu Junqian (China Daily) Updated: 2015-06-22 09:47

Since the 1980s, the city has seen a fresh flowering of cafes and Western-style restaurants. There used to be at least two dozen cafes on the central section of Nanjing Road, a shopping Mecca that spans about 3 kilometers.

"I've been to every one of them," said Zhu, who said his hobby is "cafe-hopping". Unlike the aggressively expanding Western coffee chains, State-run Deda is one of a kind.

Founded in 1897 as the Cosmopolitan Cafe, it has built its reputation on serving authentic German cuisine. It was renamed Deda (meaning German feast) after the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949.

"It's hard to tell whether it is the cafe that sustains the tradition, or our regulars that keep us going strong," said Huang Jianying, one of the cafe's managers.

She began waitressing at this quite male-dominated milieu three decades ago, right from school.

Referring to Hua Mulan, the legendary female warrior who pretended to be a man in order to fight on the battlefield in ancient China, she said: "I am the Hua Mulan of the coffee world".

About 100 regulars aged 50 to 92 pile in every day for their morning brew, she said, adding "we tend to lose one or two each year, for obvious reasons".

Other waitresses claim the shop uses Italian coffee beans grown in China's Yunnan province, where Starbucks also sources its coffee beans for its China outlets. No menu is offered in the morning. It's either an Americano, or go thirsty.

The boiling beverage is served in a small yellow porcelain cup with a disposable plastic spoon and sugar bags. A can of evaporated milk from Nestle does the rounds for those who need milk, or something like it.

"Smoking and food from outside is prohibited during our regular business hours, but we make exceptions for these guys in the morning because they have formed these habits over decades," Huang said.

For some, the cup of coffee is akin to an entrance ticket. They buy it so they can socialize and chat with friends.

When they are done, they are more likely to switch to green tea and munch on steamed buns and crispy fried bread sticks.

"The first two-thirds of the coffee are for enjoying. The rest qualifies us to stay," said Shen. "When I'm done, I fill the cup with water and use it to swallow my pills-so it really is delaying my march to the grave."

Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

Hot Topics

Editor's Picks
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 精品免费久久久久久成人影院 | 国产精品嘿咻嘿咻在线播放 | 欧美一级日韩在线观看 | 欧美特级午夜一区二区三区 | 三级国产精品一区二区 | 在线视频观看免费视频18 | 老外黑人欧美一级毛片 | 国产三级a三级三级午夜 | 欧美国产日韩在线观看 | 狠狠色丁香婷婷综合久久片 | 欧美一区二区视频在线观看 | 香蕉国产人午夜视频在线 | 欧美亚洲另类视频 | 欧美一区2区 | 欧美国产精品不卡在线观看 | 特级a做爰全过程片 | 美女网站18 | 免费看v片网站 | 日韩视频在线观看一区二区 | 亚洲综合图片人成综合网 | 久久欧美精品欧美久久欧美 | 欧美一级高清视频在线播放 | 国产精品一区在线播放 | 国产视频网站在线观看 | 亚洲精品久久久久影院 | 日本高清一本二本三本如色坊 | 美国毛片亚洲社区在线观看 | 中文字幕国产专区 | 国产在亚洲线视频观看 | 国产精品怡红院在线观看 | 青青热久久国产久精品秒播 | 精品久久久久久国产91 | 欧美日韩亚洲一区二区三区 | 黄色毛片免费 | 精品免费久久久久国产一区 | 久久免费激情视频 | 日韩在线高清视频 | 欧美日本综合一区二区三区 | 另类视频在线 | 欧美日一区 | 免费一极毛片 |