A look at Cotti Coffee, the fast-expanding coffee chain with major links to Luckin.
China and coffee chains will always bring to mind the financial scandal around Luckin Coffee, which dominated the business pages in early 2020. Now a new kid on the cafe block, Cotti Coffee, is putting the froth back into the country’s hot beverage scene.
The brainchild of two former Luckin executives, Cotti was launched just over a year ago. Luck certainly seems to be with the company: In its early days it managed to bag a deal to sponsor the eventual winners of the Qatar soccer Worl
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