Starbucks around the world, just because of the love of coffee

Some people collect Starbucks cups from different cities as a hobby, but Winter, a man from Texas, USA, collects Starbucks cups from all over the world. How do you collect it? Of course, it is to personally visit Starbucks stores on six continents, order a cup of coffee, and then take pictures in front of the store.

Doesn't that sound crazy? Yes, a little bit. So far he has spent the equivalent of 1.26 million Hong Kong dollars (4.9 million Taiwan dollars) on this hobby. Winter says that when he started the program in 1997, there were only four countries and 1500 Starbucks in the world. Now Starbucks has a territory all over the world, a total of 11733! Although I know that I may never be able to collect all Starbucks, Winter will stick to it!

What on earth made Winter go on a journey to collect Starbucks? At first, it was just a question that came to his mind by chance: "is it possible to visit all Starbucks in the world?" Most people's intuitive reaction will be: "it's too difficult." Is that impossible? "but Winter thought," I think so? " How do you know if you don't try? And it will be interesting to visit various cities by the way. "

In order to implement this idea, he also quit his last job and became a freelance computer engineer. In this way, you will not only have flexible working hours, but also have time to travel around and collect Starbucks; it will not cut off your financial resources.

Starbucks reached its peak in 2007, with at least 290 new stores opening every week. Visit Starbucks, which is springing up after a spring rain, and spend all the time of Winter at that time. Unexpectedly, the wave of shop closures a few years later, as many as 600 Starbucks went bankrupt in a few months.

Winter drove 25000 miles and drank 29 cups of coffee a day to visit Starbucks before closing. He traveled as far as Hawaii, Egypt, Kuwait and Lebanon, and even visited Britain four times for Starbucks.

Having seen so many Starbucks around the world, Winter answered Starbucks, a retro tea restaurant on Duddell Street in Hong Kong, when asked which one he liked best.

Want to see which countries and cities he has visited? There are detailed records on his personal website! Although Winter collects things that make people think he is a little crazy, his perseverance is really admirable. I wonder if Starbucks will consider looking for his contemporary speaker.