Starbucks Algerian store in Algiers. In January 2011, Starbucks and Tata Coffee, Asia's largest coffee plantation company, announced plans for a strategic alliance to bring Starbucks to India and also to source and roast coffee beans at Tata Coffee's Kodagu facility. Despite a false start in 2007, in January 2012, Starbucks announced a 50:50 joint venture with Tata Global Beverages called Tata Starbucks. Tata Starbucks will own and operate Starbucks outlets in India as "Starbucks Coffee "A Tata Alliance"". Starbucks opened its first store in India in Mumbai on October 19, 2012. In February 2011, Starbucks started selling their coffee in
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