Starbucks Corp. plans to greater than double its shops in India in 4 years, opening the equal of 1 new store entrance each three days, because the nation’s rising center class fuels a growth in espresso consumption.

The international espresso large needs to function 1,000 shops in India by 2028, and the main focus will likely be in so-called tier-2 and tier-3 cities — these outdoors of its greatest metropolises, it stated in an announcement Tuesday. It will even broaden drive-thrus, airports and 24-hour cafes, and expects its Indian workforce to double to eight,600.