Enjoying soft jazz while sipping aromatic coffee will be a relaxing experience for you and your friends in the Sea World bar street in Shekou following the opening of a Starbucks cafe on Friday.

This is the third Starbucks to open in Shenzhen. The others are in CITIC City Plaza and Jianingna Square.

There are about 3,000 foreigners working or living in Shekou, and the new Starbucks cafe is expected to provide a new venue for entertainment.

With reasonable prices, Starbucks offers dozens of varieties of coffee to satisfy clients with different tastes.

Starbucks have also opened in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where they have been widely accepted by residents.

Founded in 1971 in the United States, Starbucks has experienced fast growth globally.

Since it started investing overseas in 1996, Starbucks has developed more than 7,500 coffee outlets worldwide in cooperation with local business partners.

Each week, more than 11 million people across the world drink coffee at Starbucks cafes.

(Shenzhen Daily June 25, 2004)