Starbucks@Conbini

According to Kyodo, Starbucks coffee will be available as chilled, packaged cups in convenience stores in and around Tokyo from fall this year. Chilled, packaged coffee cups have become quite popular following the Starbucks-Boom in 2000 as a cheap alternative (140 Yen instead of 320 Yen) to the real thing, and the number of products and brands has increased steadily.