Inside the Poshest Starbucks on the Planet


Skift Take

Give your Starbucks jokes a pause, this one in New Delhi is worth going to, if only to marvel at the difference between this store and the best of them in NYC. Add to that the hot, humid and crowded Indian surroundings in August, and the refuge that this very well designed Starbucks offers. This is worth a tourist-gawking trip.

[gallery ids="103409,103410,103411,103428,103412,103416,103413,103421,103420,103414,103415,103418,103419,103417,103429,103427,103426,103425,103424,103430,103431,103554,103555"] One of the weird joys of traveling around the world is to see how global American brands fare in different countries and what are the local touches added to them, if any. Back in the day, McDonald's used to be that bellwether brand, but these day it is Starbucks, as the coffee culture sweeps across tradit