- The world's biggest Starbucks opened this spring in Tokyo, Japan.
- At 32,000 square feet, it's bigger than the previous largest, the Shanghai Reserve Roastery.
- The four-story building overlooks the Meguro River and was partly designed by Olympic Stadium architect Kengo Kuma.
- On the menu are Espresso Martinis, Cold Brews, cream sodas, and whiskeys.
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The site opened on February 28, 2019, and is close to the subway stops of Shibuya and Ebisu.
The building has four floors, through which runs a 17 meter-tall copper cask. There is an origami ceiling that sits above the entire Roastery. The building was part-designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the man behind the main host stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The menu here has over 100 items, 60 of which are unique to Japan. The ground-floor bar has filter coffee, coffee presses, and cold-brew taps. There's a whiskey barrel-aged cold brew, and this nitro cold brew. There are 15 different types of tea-related drinks and desserts with unusual ingredients, like the Cream Soda Matcha, Nitro Milk Tea, and Golden-Sky Black Tea. The cocktail bar serves Japanese whiskeys, Espresso Martinis and wine.
The most popular drinks on the menu are the Nakameguro Espresso Martini, and a Barrel-Aged Cold Brew.
There are over 1,400 Starbucks locations in Japan. Over 680,000 kilograms of coffee beans roasted here will be supplied to the Japanese market.
Produced by Ju Shardlow