A cat-themed coffee cup released by Starbucks in China on Tuesday sent some customers on a frenzied¹ dash to their local stores, reports Beijing Youth Daily.

 

《北京青年报》报道，本周二星巴克发布一套猫主题咖啡杯，让顾客疯狂冲向当地店面购买。
 

 

The limited edition cup has two layers. On the outside layer, pink cherry blossoms² are printed onto light pink glass. The inside layer is in the shape of a cat's paw that you can see when the cup has been filled up.

 

The cat paw cup was one of 30 new designs featuring images of dogs and cats that were released by Starbucks.

 

News of the cute cups spread like wildfire on social media days beforehand³. On Tuesday when they went on sale, people queued up outside Starbucks stores before dawn. Many stores sold out of the cups in less than one day, and videos shared on social media show people getting into fights over who gets to buy the last cups.

 

Some cups, which sold for 199 yuan (around 30 U.S. dollars) in stores, were being resold online for as much as 1,800 yuan.

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