TOKYO — McDonald's McCafe coffee shops debuted in Japan on Wednesday, joining a coffeehouse battle among Starbucks, Tully's and others. McDonald's Co (Japan) Ltd opened seven McCafe shops in Tokyo and eight in neighboring Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Ibaraki prefectures as well as Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan.

The menu for McCafe in Japan is all original, according to CEO Eiko Harada. It includes dripped coffe and espresso beverages starting at 170 yen, 15 bakery goods "Bakery 100" for 100 yen each, curry and blue sweet potato pies, which will go on sale on September 14, for 180 yen each, monthly special "Doubutsu pan" (animal-shaped bread) for 260 yen, pumpkin potage and rich vegetables & beans soup for 390 yen each, and McDeli for 290 to 330 yen in Tokyo. The prices vary depending on the region.

A long line of people stretches all the way around Yebisu Garden Place for the grand opening of McCafe by McDonald's Japan on Wednesday.

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damn cheap!!!
petroh_ism (Aug 29 2007 - 15:07)	Rate \| Report

i guess that is there gimmick. it will get the people that dont want to pay money for a cup of coffee. starbuck and tulleys is quite pricey. i go there sometimes and i dont even like coffee. it is just everyone else does!!!

i mean MOS burger is sooo much better but the prices are ridiculous for a little burger. i have to get 2 burgers at MOS to fill me up.

Well, here's another new place
Beelzebub (Aug 29 2007 - 15:34)	Rate \| Report

for the homeless to come and spend the night.

Actually
evil_robot (Aug 29 2007 - 16:52)	Rate \| Report

I take back my comments from the other post, this McCafe is a good thing. It will help us single out people with absolutely no taste at all. Anyone enjoying an espresso in a McDonalds isn't worth a minute of my time. I'll take Segafredo or Excelsior any day over this waste.

McCafes
Flying_Monkey (Aug 29 2007 - 17:42)	Rate \| Report

why, why, why, why, why?

evil_robot
urko (Aug 29 2007 - 17:48)	Rate \| Report

Segafredo? Excelsior???

Ever had a real expresso?

Flying_Monkey
urko (Aug 29 2007 - 18:03)	Rate \| Report

why not?

urko
paprika (Aug 29 2007 - 20:56)	Rate \| Report

where do you usually have your espresso, that is, on a public establishment?

lemme rephrase that
paprika (Aug 29 2007 - 21:54)	Rate \| Report

which is your favorite espresso/coffee shop?

all original menu
jammer (Aug 29 2007 - 21:57)	Rate \| Report

Coffee, cakes, soups....yup I'd say they got market niche here.

McDonald's McCafe coffee shops debut in Japan
presto344 (Aug 29 2007 - 23:02)	Rate \| Report

I have my own espresso machine, thank you very much :-)

Does anyone know what...........
Simon (Aug 30 2007 - 02:29)	Rate \| Report

.........."animal bread" is? Do I feed it to the pigeons?

McDonald's McCafe coffee shops debut in Japan
TheManiac (Aug 30 2007 - 08:35)	Rate \| Report

Id try it since Im not pompous enough to buy an expresso machine.

"eSpresso" pls
paprika (Aug 30 2007 - 09:06)	Rate \| Report

why not, I'd luv an espresso machine, you could then adjust the ingredients to your particular taste :)

paprika
urko (Aug 30 2007 - 09:46)	Rate \| Report

don't normally drink espresso...

think its overpriced and really not that good.

but if you must know...TH's.

in Japan, urko
paprika (Aug 30 2007 - 14:19)	Rate \| Report

in J-land. Tim Hortons? It took some googling to find that one.
Espressos are good for avoiding sleepiness, I guess. Though one once in a while...

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