By:Wu Qiong |
From:english.eastday.com | 2021-04-08 09:50
It is 6:30am and the morning rush hour in Shanghai has not yet started. Police Officer Wu, who is on duty at a crossroads, receives a large cup of coffee from a delivery driver. The coffee order was sent by Tims Coffee House and it is on the house.
Heartwarming moments like this are taking place every day in Shanghai’s streets. Besides traffic policemen, bus drivers, medical workers and teachers across the city have all received free coffee in the morning.
The campaign was launched by the local government of Xuhui district and Meituan (a Chinese food delivery company) early this month. Coffee brands including Tims, Peet’s Coffee, Bear Paw Café, Qiao Coffee, and Lavazza are among the sponsors to send free coffee to the city’s frontline workers, in order to show gratitude and spread the cultural charm of coffee.
With the opening of Shanghai Coffee Culture Week, which runs through April 11, the Rising Lab – a research-focused branch of Shanghai’s business media group Yicai – published a report last week finding that Shanghai has more coffee shops than any other city in the entire world.
With over 7,000 coffee shops to choose from, Shanghai towers over other major cities, like the 3,233 shops in London, 3,826 shops in Tokyo and the mere 1,591 coffee venues in New York.
On a per capita scale, London does sneak its way into the lead, with 3.69 coffee shops per 10,000 people, whereas Shanghai and Tokyo clock in at roughly the same – 2.85 shops per 10,000 people.
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