The Starbucks experience we know today was inspired by the coffee culture in Milan, Italy, so it's hard to believe there's never been a single location in Italy. That all changes on Sept.

These predictable ebbs and flows are just one aspect of the entrenched coffee culture that Starbucks can expect to confront when the Seattle-based chain opens its first store in Italy early next year.

So while Starbucks locations in Italy do serve the chain's most basic offerings, such as cappuccinos and macchiatos, don't expect them to have the same variety or levels of customization you might ...

the coffee chain has finally arrived in Italy. Starbucks will open its first store in the country on Friday, cutting the ribbon on a massive "Reserve Roastery" in Milan that bears little ...

Starbucks’ first-ever location in Italy, set to open in late 2018, will take up 25,000 square feet of the Poste di Milano building on the Piazza Cordusio in Milan. Pictured above, it’s a ...

ROME — A few thousand years later, ancient Rome has a Starbucks. The mega coffee chain on Thursday opened its first location in the ... Coffee culture in Italy is vastly different than the ...

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2108, a view of the Starbucks store in Milan, Italy. Starbucks opens its first store in Italy Friday, betting that premium brews and novelties like a heated ...