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pinboy3niner

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8. Starbucks may suck in some tourists...

Reply to Mkap (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 07:20 AM

Jan 2013

...but the lowliest 2-table shops in Vietnam have great Vietnamese coffee.

The best coffee comes from Ban Me Thuot, and is widely available throughout Vietnam and is exported. Look for Starbucks VN to offer that, too. There's no way they can compete without incorporating the great local coffees.

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Starbucks to open first Vietnam store next month [View all] alp227 Jan 2013 OP

why is starbucks so popular ? JI7 Jan 2013 #1

All the deaths in the Vietnam war on both sides newfie11 Jan 2013 #2

Hell, they had capitalism all along pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #7

And Cuban communists killed no Americans... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #11

Exactly newfie11 Jan 2013 #14

It took us 38 years from the day we left to finally win the war in Viet Nam! JDPriestly Jan 2013 #3

Exploited people drinking coffee made by exploited people Mkap Jan 2013 #4

Starbucks may suck in some tourists... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #8

The absurdity struck me too dynasaw Jan 2013 #10

So will it be a pho Starbucks instead of a real one? Kablooie Jan 2013 #5

This is a step down for Vietnam rucky Jan 2013 #6

a lot of people died so starbucks could open in vietnam madrchsod Jan 2013 #9

Last coffee I had in Vietnam was C-Rat coffee in a canteen cup Bandit Jan 2013 #12

I'll take this over Starbunks any day RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #13