On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 01:40:24 -0400, Bill wrote:

Now, folks pay +$5 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks (I haven't been
there yet).

Me, either. Reading of Starbucks' Chinese presence, from few years
back, shortly before Trump came in. China then drank per capita 3
cups a year. Of course Starbucks, for one of their
candbar-in-blender, coffee concoctions was charging also the Chinese
$7/US a cup. Only the younger Chinese, tech oriented with a sense of
trends, or, likely similar to Britain, predominately a residual tea
crowd. Funny thing being, Vietnam is only second now to Brazil for
gross world coffee production.

It's always that way, though, learning value for the young means
venture business will stay in that grove. . .a day eventually comes
when they'll say things like -- 'No, honey, let's not go hang out at
the mall, shopping. Why don't you chill, have a beer, and instead
we'll sit here watching the guys chase a ball on television.'