date:Dec 24, 2012
house chains targeted at younger, lower-income consumers.
Even worse for the tea houses is the fact that popular coffee chains like Starbucks have branched out into selling tea drinks in China, where people adore coffee culture but do not much like the taste of coffee itself.
Many cafs sell both tea and coffee, competing for custom from younger and lower income consumers who might respond well to a middle-market tea house chain, the report says. The risk is that, in the end, it may be hard to