Hot, steaming & brown - McCafe

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[SIZE="3"]McDonald's to start coffee chain in Japan [/SIZE]
Yahoo! News - Friday; July 13, 2007
....McDonald's, which was the pioneering fast food chain in Japan in the 1970s, said the new project was aimed at drawing people to "fast casual cafes."
...McDonald's said Thursday it will launch a chain of coffeeshops in Japan, hoping to tap into the country's growing love of coffee but at lower prices than rivals...

[Mulboyne]

McDonald's Japan have opened a new style of McCafe in locations around Japan with a focus on coffee and pastries. The branch in Ebisu Garden Place was packed on the opening day. The McCafes have proved successful in other locations in the world but this is the first time that the company has gone for a major punch in Japan to counter the growing competition from coffee chains like Starbucks.

[Taro Toporific]

I was farting around, trying to make a Photoshop, and -SLAMO- you beat me to posting this, damn.
AFP: .. Hundreds people lined up for a long line to wait for the opening of McCafe which serves some traditional Japanese items .... [traditional coffeecake???]

branch in Ebisu Garden Place was packed on the opening day. The Mac Cafes have proved successful in other locations in the world but this is the first time that the company has gone for a major punch in Japan to counter the growing competition from coffee chains like Starbucks.

[Mulboyne]

Here's another one opening:

[Behan]

But the big question is:

Can you still get coffee for 1oo yen? And free refills with that?

[IkemenTommy]

I'm still waiting for the day they come out with Weedbucks.

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[baka tono]

Here is their menu
http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/mccafe/menu/index.html
They have fruit cake wtf?

For the love of all that is delicious and edible why cant this country sell Black Forest cake? Baklava? Freakin' beans everywhere.

[IkemenTommy]

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[Greji]

I'm still waiting for the day they come out with Weedbucks.

I'll smoke to that!

[Mulboyne]

I don't know what this says about the new stores but at 3:10pm today, I spotted two McCafe employees on a break. They were ordering coffee, hot dogs and bagels - from the Shin Bamba branch of Doutor. The McCafe Japan site confirms that a branch just opened down the road. If they keep doing that, it won't be long before someone snaps a picture and posts it on the net.

[Mulboyne]

Well, that didn't work. ZakZak reports that McDonalds will close around a third of their new McCafes. (5 out of 15).

[Adhesive]

Well, that didn't work. ZakZak reports that McDonalds will close around a third of their new McCafes. (5 out of 15).

I wonder why they didn't just incorporate the McCafe concept into the existing chain. Believe it or not, their iced coffee that they now sell in the states is pretty damn good, and I love the ability to drive through and pick one up on the way home for such a cheap price.

[Bucky]

The inscrutable Mrs. Bucky told me that she recently tried McDonald's new high brow coffee offering here in the US of A. The medium size was the same as a large at Starbucks so quantity was not an issue, but, she claimed, the quality was the same as a $1.09 latte at Costco. Starbucks, she announced, brews a far superior product.

Howard Schultz: 1 Ronald McDonald: 0

[IkemenTommy]

I wonder why they didn't just incorporate the McCafe concept into the existing chain. Believe it or not, their iced coffee that they now sell in the states is pretty damn good, and I love the ability to drive through and pick one up on the way home for such a cheap price.

Do they have the gum syrup with that?