Comments on: China's Dio Coffee Plans IPO In Hong Kong http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/09/23/2999-chinas-dio-coffee-plans-ipo-in-hong-kong/ Business Intelligence on Retailing, Franchising, and Consumerism in China Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:53:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Gabriel http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/09/23/2999-chinas-dio-coffee-plans-ipo-in-hong-kong/comment-page-1/#comment-15673 John Gabriel Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:38:42 +0000 http://www.chinaretailnews.com/?p=2999#comment-15673 I ordered a cup of coffee at Dio today thinking it would probably cost no more than 15 Yuan. Well, guess what? My coffee which was about 1/3 of the tall size offering at Starbucks cost 32 Yuan! This was the cheapest on the menu. This is like paying over £3 for a gourmet coffee. Okay, it was really good, but at that price it should be. They ground the beans and used special equipment I have never seen before. The flavour was out of this world. Too bad it was such a little. Well, there is always a first time to try anything. In this case it was also a last time because I cannot afford to pay 32 Yuan for 5 sips of coffee! I ordered a cup of coffee at Dio today thinking it would probably cost no more than 15 Yuan. Well, guess what? My coffee which was about 1/3 of the tall size offering at Starbucks cost 32 Yuan! This was the cheapest on the menu. This is like paying over £3 for a gourmet coffee. Okay, it was really good, but at that price it should be. They ground the beans and used special equipment I have never seen before. The flavour was out of this world.

Too bad it was such a little. Well, there is always a first time to try anything. In this case it was also a last time because I cannot afford to pay 32 Yuan for 5 sips of coffee!

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