{"id":28725,"date":"2025-07-01T02:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/28725\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T02:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:38:10","slug":"chinese-chain-luckin-coffee-opens-2-new-york-city-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/28725\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese chain Luckin Coffee opens 2 New York City stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/952c44d1-07f8-4a7c-896a-76b24d11fc8c-P1300144_1.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Coffee tips to make the best brew at home<\/p>\n<p>From storing to grinding beans, here&#8217;s how to get the freshest cup of coffee at home.<\/p>\n<p>ProblemSolved, Reviewed<\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers have new morning drink menu to look through when they&#8217;re not feeling like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/food\/2025\/06\/30\/starbucks-new-firework-frappuccino\/84401567007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/food\/2025\/06\/30\/starbucks-new-firework-frappuccino\/84401567007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Starbucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckincoffee.us\/stores\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.luckincoffee.us\/stores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Luckin Coffee<\/a>, the largest coffee chain in China, has branched into the U.S. with two New York City locations that opened Monday, June 30.<\/p>\n<p>In China, the coffee giant touts its mobile app that has created a 100% cashier-less environment at its over 20,000 locations. The New York City stores are both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLfTzrlM89h\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">located in Manhattan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, New York City has leally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/dca\/consumers\/Prohibition-of-Cashless-Establishments.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">prohibited cashless businesses<\/a> since late 2020. Other major cities, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/san-franciscos-cashless-ban-now-in-effect-stores-that-dont-comply-could-get-slapped-with-fine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">San Francisco<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/documents\/regulations-on-cash-payments-in-retail-establishments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Philadelphia<\/a>, have similar laws. USA TODAY has reached out to Luckin Coffee for comment on possible future U.S. locations.<\/p>\n<p>The Xiamen, China-based chain wants new U.S. customers to know about its high affordability and efficiency that comes through its mobile app that is &#8220;completely changing the traditional coffee business mode,&#8221; according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate its New York debut, customers who use the app can get their first drink for $1.99. Luckin Coffee is also offering free tote bags for its first 100 in-store guests.<\/p>\n<p>What is Luckin Coffee?<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2017, Luckin Coffee is the fastest-growing coffee chain in China with over 22,000 locations and as well as dozens in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s arguably best known for its mobile app that has created a cashier-less experience that has allowed the chain to grow rapidly in China.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s investor page states that its mission is &#8220;to create lucky moments and inspire&#8221; while its vision is to &#8220;build a world-class coffee brand and become a part of everyone\u2019s daily life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We advocate a more convenient and rapid &#8216;new retail&#8217; experience,&#8221; Luckin&#8217;s website reads.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s in Luckin Coffee&#8217;s menu?<\/p>\n<p>Luckin Coffee&#8217;s menu features various hot coffees, cold brews and matcha drinks, as well as its fruity Americano refreshers.<\/p>\n<p>Some items includes Caffe Mocha, Caramel Macchiato, Apple Fizzy Americano, Pomelo Americano and the Yirgacheffe Flat White.<\/p>\n<p>To the see the entire Luckin Coffee menu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckincoffee.com\/menu\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.luckincoffee.com\/menu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coffee tips to make the best brew at home From storing to grinding beans, here&#8217;s how to get&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[647,5229,13788,74,15713,24676,24677,638,2554,990,425,993,644,663,938,948,635,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,450,1457,1451,16227,8463,16232,988,11853,22195,645,8366,939,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,636],"class_list":{"0":"post-28725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-beverage","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-coffee","13":"tag-coffee-beverage","14":"tag-coffee-u0026-tea","15":"tag-company","16":"tag-company-news","17":"tag-food","18":"tag-local","19":"tag-local-affiliate-food","20":"tag-modular","21":"tag-modular-story","22":"tag-network","23":"tag-network-trending","24":"tag-new","25":"tag-new-york","26":"tag-new-york-city","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-newyork","29":"tag-newyorkcity","30":"tag-ny","31":"tag-nyc","32":"tag-overall","33":"tag-overall-positive","34":"tag-positive","35":"tag-reservations","36":"tag-restaurant","37":"tag-restaurant-reviews-u0026-reservations","38":"tag-restaurants","39":"tag-reviews","40":"tag-starbucks","41":"tag-story","42":"tag-tea","43":"tag-trending","44":"tag-u0026","45":"tag-united-states","46":"tag-united-states-of-america","47":"tag-unitedstates","48":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","49":"tag-us","50":"tag-usa","51":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}