How stroopwafels and saffron tiramisu fit into Starbucks’ plan to get to 40,000 stores around the world

On a trip to India during Diwali last autumn, Starbucks International CEO Brady Brewer tried a saffron tiramisu, as well as a spicy sandwich with chicken tikka at one of the American coffee-shop giant’s local stores.

“That saffron tiramisu I had in India? I thought, ‘Why aren’t we offering this everywhere in the world? It’s beautiful, and it tastes amazing,’” Brewer marveled in an interview with Fortune ahead of Starbucks’ investor day in New York on Thursday.

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