China’s Cotti Coffee makes Middle East debut and reaches 7,000 stores globally

A Cotti Coffee store in Gangnam, Seoul | Photo credit: Cotti Coffee

China’s Cotti Coffee continues to make significant inroads on the international stage with a store in the UAE – the coffee chain’s first in the Middle East. 
 

The Dubai outlet opened just a week after Beijing-based Cotti Coffee announced it had reached 7,000 stores globally. 

The value and digital-focused coffee chain has rapidly expanded across Asia Pacific since opening its first store in Fuzhou, China, in October 2022. Cotti Coffee currently operates stores across 10 markets in the region – China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.  

Cotti Coffee, which opts for a revenue and profit-sharing arrangement with franchisees rather than charging upfront fees, also has outlets in Canada and Australia. Further indicating its global aspirations, commercial real estate firm Colliers announced at the end of last year that Cotti will debut at Hawaii’s Pearl Highlands Center in June 2024 ahead of a planned launch into the US mainland in the next few years.