Bali home to biggest Starbucks in S-E Asia

Impressive establishment: A woman walking past while a man sits outside the StarbucksDewata Coffee Sanctuary store in Bali, Indonesia. — Bloomberg

Bali: Indonesia’s resort island of Bali is a popular holiday spot among global travellers, and its status as a tourist destination to South-East Asia’s largest economy has led to US coffee giant Starbucks opening its largest store in the region in the island’s busy neighbourhood of Seminyak.

The branch takes after Bali’s colloquial title, namely Starbucks Reserve “Dewata”, a term that means “god” in the Hindu-majority island locally dubbed Pulau Dewata (Island of the Gods).