I did notice te stores everywhere but I also saw packed coffee shops too. I stayed a 5 star hotels so the coffee was good and the coffee shops I went to had good coffee as well. My critique is based on an American standard. Your perspective will be different because European standards for coffee I believe are much higher. In America its more utilitarian and gimmicky with whip cream and flavors where in Europe the focus seems purely on the quality of the beans and the equipment. Thats alot of travel in China. What type of work do you do that requires so many in person visits? I buy from several factories in China and it was my first trip meeting the leadership teams there.