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Products from Tiffany Co.'s cafe, including tea cups, travel cups and a tea pot. — Since Tiffany & Co. opened its Blue Box Cafe in Shanghai in 2019, luxury brand eateries have mushroomed across China despite the challenges of 'zero-Covid' restrictions. (Instagram @tiffanyandco)

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Elizabeth Beattie

11 October 2022

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When Tiffany & Co.’s Blue Box Cafe opened in Shanghai in 2019, local media reported there was a six-month waiting list, as would-be customers jockeyed for their spot inside. In carefully choreographed photographs across social media captioned “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” smiling influencers and fans posed with robin-egg-blue cocktails and patisserie in the form of jewellery boxes.

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