The world coffee brand chain compares Starbucks, Costa, coffee with you.

The cafe in the city is like a small universe, where people not only need a cup of freshly ground coffee, but also enjoy the sophistication and self-precipitation that takes place in more than a hundred square meters. More and more shopping malls are being built, and all kinds of cafes are springing up.

This time, we experienced the four hottest coffee chains and wanted to know whether it was cost-effective to buy coffee with a medium cup or a large cup. Will there be any obstacles in replacing paper cups with mugs? Are the bottles and cans on the buffet bar sweet enough? There are also four unknown "secrets" of cafes, which we will reveal one by one below.

Experience time:

2-4 p.m. Last Friday-Kopi Luwak

Starbucks and Costa from 6: 00 to 7: 00 p.m. last Sunday

12:00 last Sunday-Coffee with you

Which is cost-effective, medium or large?

The most unreliable: the number of milliliters of coffee with you is not standard, and the shop assistant says "it all depends on the feel".

Starbucks: 27 yuan for medium latte (355ml), 30 yuan for 473ml (large cup) and 33 yuan for oversized cup (592ml).

Costa: 28 yuan for small latte (300ml), 31 yuan for medium (400ml) and 34 yuan for 500ml (large cup).

Kopi Luwak: there are three grades of regular coffee: 25 yuan for 336ml, 28 yuan for 448ml, and 31 yuan for 560ml.

Coffee with you: there are two kinds of standard cup and large cup, the capacity of different coffee is not marked in the store, and the price is 30 yuan and 32 yuan respectively.

Starbucks latte

Super large cup (592ml) 33 yuan

Costa latte

Large cup (500ml) 34 yuan

Kopi Luwak large (560ml) 31 yuan

Coffee accompanies you with a large cup of 32 yuan.

Comments: from an economic point of view, ordering an oversized cup at Kopi Luwak is actually the most cost-effective and suitable for you to "binge drink"; Starbucks wins with "less money to buy more capacity of coffee" and is best used to treat you; Starbucks is well-behaved; as for the amount of coffee that accompanies you, the clerk says "there is no standard, it all depends on the feel". Well, I hope every time I order coffee, the shop assistant will be in a brilliant mood.

Is there a problem replacing paper cups with mugs?

Mugs are more environmentally friendly, paper cups are more convenient, and all four cafes have passed the exam.

Starbucks: in the middle of drinking paper cup coffee, ask the waiter to replace it with a mug, and the waiter will help replace it immediately. There is no barrier.

Costa: mugs are provided by default for drinking coffee in the store, which can be replaced with paper cups upon request.

Kopi Luwak: there is no obstacle to changing paper cups into mugs. There was an episode. When I ordered, I asked for a latte to drink here and a cappuccino to pack. Then I pretended to make a mistake and the waiter promised to change it for me.

Coffee with you: mugs are used by default.

Comments: from paper cups to mugs, and then to paper cups, no matter how much you flirt with the clerk, you probably won't annoy him. If you are lovelorn, you must flirt with the coffee shop in this way. They won't ask you why.

Will I be rejected and left out if I want to issue an invoice?

The worst memory: Starbucks and Costa waiters will forget to inform guests when invoicing, are they too busy?

Starbucks, Costa: there is no barrier to ask the waiter to issue an invoice, just provide the invoice title, but the two coffee shops did not remind the reporter that the invoice has been issued and can be taken away. After waiting for 15 minutes in Costa, the staff found that the invoice had actually been issued, but asked the guest to remember to pick it up; while at Starbucks, after writing the invoice title, he went to the side to wait for coffee, and there was no staff to remind the staff that the invoice was ready. In the end, he left and almost forgot to take the invoice.

Kopi Luwak, coffee to accompany you: after the request will issue an invoice, there is no obstacle, just provide a title, the invoice speed is also very fast, will provide you with the invoice directly on the site.

Comments: is there any reason why you don't invoice for a cup of coffee worth 25 yuan? If you scrape out the "winning ten yuan", you will shine the most in the crowd! The premise is that you remember to pick it up, because it's "your business," but it's not in the employee manual.

Even if you pack up and take out, you still have to walk?

Most stingy: Costa a cup of coffee with no take-away tools, no cup holder, no paper bag, take-out is a little troublesome, and it is not as modern as Starbucks.

Starbucks: even if you just order a cup of coffee to take out, it will provide you with a hard cup holder to secure the cup body, with a Kraft paper bag on the outside. If you make a request, the shop assistant will also provide you with a flower net bag suitable for holding a single cup of coffee, much like the plastic flower used in kindergarten when you were young.

Costa: two cups of coffee use cardboard cup holders, no paper bags.

Kopi Luwak: plastic bags are provided by default when packing coffee, and upon request, the clerk adds a cup holder and a paper bag.

Coffee with you: when you provide take-out coffee, you will put a heat insulation ring directly on the cup, suggesting that it is not very convenient to take it directly. The clerk immediately provided a cup holder and a paper bag.

Comments: the take-out tools of coffee fully reflect the wisdom and sincerity of the brand. for the Chinese, it is as important to hold it steadily as it is to carry it beautifully. the former requires financial resources, while the latter requires brainpower.

What's on the buffet bar?

The most thoughtful: Starbucks, in addition to sugar and seasoning, there is also skim milk, it is said that some people drink free milk until they throw up.

Starbucks: the only one of the four stores offers skim milk; mixed sugar offers white sugar, brown sugar and healthy sugar; seasoned with vanilla powder, cinnamon powder, soy bean powder and chocolate powder. In addition, self-help paper towels and mixing sticks are also provided.

Costa: sugar blending offers three kinds of sugar: White sugar, brown sugar and healthy sugar; seasoning syrup and plant fat cream, as well as mixing bars and paper towels.

Kopi Luwak: sugar provides three kinds of sugar, brown sugar and sweetener; cocoa powder, cinnamon powder and cinnamon powder are available in seasoning; others also provide mixing rod, straw, paper towel and heat insulation ring. There is not much sweetener in the bar, and the staff did not replenish it.

Coffee with you: there are two kinds of sugar: White sugar and brown sugar, as well as lemonade, tea, self-service teacups, paper towels and straws.

Comments: Starbucks is the richest on the buffet bar, Kopi Luwak is also good, the difference is that there is no skim milk, if you have higher requirements for coffee taste, you can choose these two.

Is there a waiter to collect the table for me?

The slowest response: coffee with you, 20 minutes away from your seat, still no one to clean.

Starbucks: there are several coffee cups and paper towels on the coffee table in front of the sofa seat. A shop assistant is sweeping the floor nearby. Two fashionable girls call on the shop assistant to clean the table, get a "wait a minute" reply, and finally wait for the shop assistant to clean up the table. 15 minutes have passed.

Costa: when there are not many guests, the clerk is not diligent in clearing the table. At the urging of the customer, he will come to help you first.

Kopi Luwak: as soon as the guests leave their seats, the clerk will come to clean up, even outside, and will clean up the cigarette butts left in the ashtrays on other tables.

Coffee with you: no one cleans the table within 20 minutes of the guest leaving the table.

Comments: it seems that the shop assistants have a strict cleaning trilogy, sweeping the floor first, then mopping the floor, and finally cleaning the table, so if you are in a hurry to sit down and clean the table, you'd better help the shop assistant finish the process of sweeping and mopping the floor first.

If you want to stay, it depends on whether your Internet speed is fast or not.

There are few sockets with fast network speed, and the network speed with more sockets is not good. I don't know if it is intentional.

Starbucks: there are not many sockets, mostly on the walls at the base of the pillars and corners in the store. The number of seats and sockets is faster than the WiFi full signal at about 8 ∶ 1.

Costa: the situation is very similar to Starbucks, there are also more seats than sockets, the test WIFI speed, only four signals, the Internet speed is average.

Kopi Luwak: plugs are provided for use under each seat, and junction boards are used where they are not arranged. WIFI performance is not ideal, the reporter tried 3 times before successfully logging into the web page, the network speed is general.

Coffee with you: no rechargeable plug was found in the audience, but WIFI is faster. It takes 6 seconds to enter Apple's official website with safari and 10 seconds in 3G.

Comments: many people like to surf the Internet in coffee shops, and foreigners are no exception. Obviously, in this respect, none of the four coffee shops can bear the heavy responsibility for the time being. There are few sockets with fast Internet speed, and the Internet speed with many sockets is not good. It seems that those "coffee makers" who pretend to be busy with advanced notes are annoyed and unknown.

Count the "coffee shop secrets" you don't know.

Starbucks: Starbucks has a "private menu". People who know will blurt out when they order, and people who don't know will find it hard to find the menu and the Internet. It's like a secret between you and the clerk. Although this menu is not popular in Asia, next time you go to Starbucks, you might as well ask the clerk for a cup of "dripping coffee" or "zebra mocha".

Costa: the secret about Costa is that its coffee beans are actually the best of the four coffee shops, yes, better than Starbucks. The roasting of coffee beans by Costa is relatively shallow, and the aroma and taste of coffee are more light and complete.

Kopi Luwak: as the name implies, this shopkeeper called "Kopi Luwak", which costs more than 200 yuan a cup. It is made from the droppings of Indonesian civet cats. It is rare and precious because of its output. In Hangzhou, you can ask the Kopi Luwak clerk for a cat poop coffee bean as a souvenir. Normally, the clerk will not refuse.

Coffee with you: this coffee shop is popular in China because of South Korean star Jang Genshuo. It has always played the role of "Korean style" and can watch Korean entertainment programs in the shop. One of the more intentional services is that when you buy the order, you will get a "flying saucer", that is, a calling machine, you just need to find a seat to sit down, and when your coffee comes out, the flying saucer will remind you to go to the bar to get coffee.