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Myanmar's emerging middle class warms up to cafe culture

A surge in swish coffee bars points to the changing tastes of the middle-class, and widening gap between them and the poor

Published Sun, Feb 1, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Yangon

    BEHIND a wooden counter in downtown Yangon's Coffee Club, the unmistakable hiss of a barista steaming milk briefly drowns out a funky soundtrack piped through a store filled with students glued to their smartphones.

    In any other Asian capital, it would be a ubiquitous sight. But in Yangon, this is something new.

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