Starbuck open the first coffee shop in Italy in Milan in 2018.

Stir up

Create, provoke

Controversy

A public dispute between sides with opposing views

A daily ritual

An important activity that someone does every day (feeling almost religious)

Straightforward

Clear, easy to understand

A barista

A person who makes coffee

The tone

The feeling, the atmosphere

An invasion

Entering a place in order to control or destroy

Cater to

Give special treatment or attention to

12-ounce

350-ml

A coffee joint

A coffee restaurant

Disposable

Can be thrown away after one use

Here, customers can sit and drink from [ throw-away ] cups.

The counter

A long narrow table at which customers are served

Plenty

Lots

An alternative

Another choice or option

Lament

Feel sad about

We found some Americans [ being sad about ] the [ coming-soon ] US import.

Looming

Coming soon

We found some Americans [ being sad about ] the [ coming-soon ] US import.

Run (a person/thing) out of (a place)

Make (a person/thing) leave (a place)

Concoct

Make, create

Now the 150,000 plus small coffee shops here may need to [ create ] something else strong to [ maintain their position ] .

Hold their ground

Not give up, resist

Now the 150,000 plus small coffee shops here may need to [ create ] something else strong to [ maintain their position ] .

Pan out

Happen and/or succeed

subtle

In Italy, coffee is meant to be complex but subtle.
achieved in a quiet way that does not attract attention to itself and is therefore good or clever

under threat

But with Starbucks planning to open its first store here in Milan next year, is Italian coffee culture [ in danger ]?

mom-and-pop

They've run a lot of these [ family-owned, not a franchise ] coffee shops out of the U.S.