A dozen or so years ago a cup of coffee in Taiwan might cost as much as NT $ 500 (about US $ 12.50). Today, with over a thousand coffeeshops around the island, prices like that are a thing of the past.
十幾年前，台北市有時價五百元一杯的咖啡。今天，全台灣省有一千多家咖啡廳，五百多家茶藝館，卻沒有聽說有五百元的咖啡。