The immense development of a worldwide coffee franchise, Starbucks, affects the local community's coffee culture, particularly the middle class, which characterizes an alternative lifestyle for consumptive and dynamics individuals who love to seek leisure time and a new identity. More than just a process of domestication or creolization, a coffee-producing country such as Indonesia has an element of "soft countering to" Western coffee culture even though it still embraces some parts of the Western styles. This phenomenon is referred to as the cultural encapsulation process or substantial cultural resistance by drawing a line between the two coffee cultures to take merely compatible elements. More precisely, there has been a process of affirming the value and local coffee culture in the coffee business. Still, the proprietors selectively induce some parts of the West culture like new coffee processing and serving techniques. In terms of management practices, the shift in a more local environment will largely determine their standard of ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mangku Purnomo Associate Professor in Agricultural Sociology with key research interests in consumer culture, political ecology, rural development, and societal transformation issues. His recent research topic focuses on fairtrade issues, including the dynamic of the single origin coffee market. Yayuk Yuliati Professor in Rural Sociology with key research interests in gender analysis, rural development, and empowerment issues. Her research focuses on gender aspects in rural development programs and the value chain of the single origin coffee market. Agustina Shinta Associate Professor in Agribusiness Management with key research interests in consumer behavior, agribusiness, Small and Medium Agribusiness Enterprises issues. Her recent research topic focuses on Marketing, Farm Management, including rural management. Fitria Dina Riana. Agustina Shinta. Associate Professor in Agribusiness Management with key research interests in marketing, human resources management, Small and Medium Agribusiness Enterprises issues. Her recent research topic focuses on Marketing, Farm Management, including rural management.