Depending on who you speak to, Starbucks is either the greatest gift America gave the world or muck masquerading as coffee.
Anyway, the first store has finally launched in South Africa this morning at Rosebank Mall and everyone had something to say about it.
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Many were ecstatic, having queued for hours to be among the first in line.
Having my name spelled wrong on a Starbucks cup on home soil is a dream come true. #StarbucksSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/5ah6SOHhA1
— Nicolaas vd Walt (@nicolaasvdw_) April 20, 2016
#StarbucksSouthAfrica #MeetMeAtStarbucks queuing since 12:30 this morning! pic.twitter.com/Zeu8Uv1fDn
— Starbucks_SA (@Starbucks_SA) April 21, 2016
Talk about #FOMO. Fans have been waiting since midnight @Starbucks_SA #StarbucksSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/FKrHe9W2Sn
— The Gusto Project (@gusto_project) April 21, 2016
#StarbucksSouthAfrica launch last night… LOVE THIS!! @Starbucks_SA
#MeetMeAtStarbucks cc @ljhpr @AlanKrishen pic.twitter.com/51Yeqfhlr4 — Lloyd Loots (@Lloydi_Boy) April 21, 2016
Ah, yes… About those Starbucks prices in SA… R30 for a Grande ‘cap’. https://t.co/pV96zOIiZc
Nailed itpic.twitter.com/eh3lKLG3Pe — Hilton Tarrant (@hiltontarrant) April 20, 2016
Thank you #starbuckssouthafrica
Loving the caricatures#Launch #Event #FinallyHere #RosebankLaunch pic.twitter.com/ig7M0orC4Y — FB: Fix Moeti (@Fixsacious) April 20, 2016
Some people were less than impressed with the prospect of Starbucks though…
If only we created so much hype about locally brewed shops and brands
#StarbucksSouthAfrica #StarbucksSA @buyblackday @SayEntrepreneur — Lesego Nkoana (@boltbolaya) April 21, 2016
We have a long way to go #StarbucksSouthAfrica https://t.co/6QtZm4HJcB
— IYAH (@LAKUK1NG) April 21, 2016
#StarbucksSouthAfrica Don’t we have enough ostentatious places selling overpriced shitty tasting coffee?
— Sionann (@Sionann_) April 20, 2016
Your #Starbucks is selling mugs written “South Africa” to South Africans for R250…
pic.twitter.com/yIb4U4Vgu0 — Jay Gatsby III (@TheGreat_Jesse) April 21, 2016
Omg South Africa stop this Starbucks queuing nonsense at once. The food is terrible. The coffee is at best mediocre and overpriced. Go home.
— Robynn (@woollythinker) April 21, 2016
Ignore the haters. Queue for Starbucks. Go out there, shred that dignity into fragments & scatter it about the land like horcruxes of virtue
— Frost (@Nick_Frost) April 21, 2016
The person in front of me at Starbucks included a specific temperature in her coffee order. Where is a drone strike when you need one?
— Memz Dogi
(@Memz_Dogi) April 21, 2016
Header image via Starbucks SA Facebook page.
