{"id":847190,"date":"2026-01-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=847190"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:12:04","slug":"inside-the-5-star-starbucks-we-dont-get-in-south-africa-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/847190\/inside-the-5-star-starbucks-we-dont-get-in-south-africa-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the ‘5-Star’ Starbucks we don’t get in South Africa – Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo, Japan, is the ultimate version of a coffee shop that Starbucks has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are only five Starbucks Reserve Roasteries across the world, according to the Starbucks website<\/a><\/strong> – with the USA, Japan, China, and Italy home to these premium locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BusinessTech visited the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo and was blown away by the scale and variety of what was on offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starbucks describes their Roasteries as “theatrical, experiential shrines to coffee passion” that provide the “most extraordinary coffees Starbucks has to offer”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee beans are roasted on-site at the Tokyo store, offering a wide range of flavours and drink options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The store was bustling with baristas working at espresso machines, drip-coffee stations, and science-looking beakers on the first floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The store’s bakery is equally impressive, offering both savoury and sweet treats – from custard-filled croissants to pizza beads covered in cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tea lovers are also catered for, with Starbucks’ Teavana brand located on the second floor. They offer tea, food, and tea leaves to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both the first and second floors offer retail spaces, too, with mugs and other Starbucks-branded items for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third floor is home to a cocktail and coffee bar, along with an expansive outside seating area which offers views of the Meguro River and the surrounding city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fourth and final floor is occupied by the “AMU Inspiration Lounge”, which Starbucks states is a place for people to connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The standout feature of the Tokyo Starbucks Reserve Roastery is its enormous copper cask, which towers in the centre of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The massive structure is surrounded by coffee roasters and a network of tubes which criss-cross throughout the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walls are decorated with coffee cards and tea cups, while a massive all-glass wall on the front of the store gives great views both in and out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo is one of only a few locations worldwide that offers the ultimate Starbucks experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":847191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[1612,1818,24449],"class_list":["post-847190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-japan","tag-starbucks","tag-starbucks-reserve-roastery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847190"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847306,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847190\/revisions\/847306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}