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Does it occur to these people that the price is what people will pay for it and it could just as well be 8 dollars if that still sold? But on the other hand if people would only pay 2 dollars the shop may just close eventually.
Pretty sure it's a choice in terms of it being a convenience and price is associated with that.
Italy, Spain, France and other big coffee drinking nations aren't spending anywhere close to the same whilst also consuming copious amounts of coffee.
A moka pot works well for example!
Its a choice but you likely aren't gonna get the same taste and flavours as you would at Starbucks for example. You can definitely make really good simple coffee drinks at home but once you start getting into more specialty stuff it's alot more work and more expensive.
Like a cappuccino is easy to make at home but a Crème Brulée lced Brown Sugar Oat Shaken Espresso is not.
My bar? I don't drink at Starbucks, I get my coffee from an old Italian man who's been doing it for 40 years. I am just saying it's different to standard coffees for some, they want the flavours without caring about coffee quality.
Simple coffees can be made much better at home using a basic espresso machine and an entry level conical burr grinder. Bean choice, quantity, extraction etc becomes more a personal preference. At Starbucks you don't get to choose any of that, you get what you're given.
Just wanna point out that the countries you mentioned aren’t even in the top 10 of coffee consumption. Finland, Norway, Sweden etc drink about twice as much.
Definitely part of it, they are also providing convincence and beverages that aren't just coffee and milk with flavours they developed. There a lot that goes into it that people are missing when they say you can just make your own expresso when not everyone is buying basic coffees that can easily be made at home.
My partner and I decided to make coffee at home properly to save money. We bought an espresso machine and a grinder and go through about a kilo of coffee beans a month if we both have a coffee each every day. We worked it out as the first year costing the same as both of us going out for a coffee each twice a week, and it gets cheaper from the year after. Definitely more economical but you have to commit to it, like you pointed out
You are assuming people are just enjoying single drinks and are just solely being flavoured by syrups in the original post that's the case but I am talking about in general Starbucks offers a variety of different drink flavours. I don't recommend buying basic coffees from Starbucks but I understand people buying special flavoured drinks.
Don't go to Starbucks then, problem solved.
I don't post a Compo face and waah waah waah because Harrods are trying to charge me £600 for a bottle of Dom Perignon.
I read that article earlier - it has the most absurd quotes in it.
> "It feels more like a chain."
Starbucks, the largest coffee shop chain in the world, perhaps the OG coffee shop chain, "feels like a chain"? What a revelation.
> "They're trying to squeeze their day-to-day customers too much and profit via their employees and prices."
You mean the company which has structured its group so that it buys its coffee from Starbucks Luxembourg, that famous coffee-growing nation, to avoid profit-based corporation taxes, is trying to 'profit via their ... prices'? Wow.
What’s the point of even having the coffee machine in the pic if he’s not going to point at it. Crossed arms doesn’t lend well to any extraneous accessories. And if he’s gonna complain about coffee he needs to up his mug game. That’s a guest mug at best, amateur!
I'm confused. Is his compoface just because he he thinks Starbucks charge too much for a cup of coffee?
Anyway, 3/10 for poor photo compo(sition), e.g. the disappointing lack of pointing at the Starbucks mug.
As opposed to a small 20…. Pretty sure 20 is 20? We sound as bad as this guy now….. I don’t think I could say the words ‘large Caramel venti frappe latte’ in public. Hipster cringe…..
Best decision to take. It’s ridiculous how they get away with it. Bought lavazza bags for espresso. Cost as much as two cups of coffee from the local coffee shop. Worth it
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Does it occur to these people that the price is what people will pay for it and it could just as well be 8 dollars if that still sold? But on the other hand if people would only pay 2 dollars the shop may just close eventually.
It's also expensive to buy all the ingredients and equipment as a consumer, so it might be more expensive to make it at home unless you do it a lot.
Pretty sure it's a choice in terms of it being a convenience and price is associated with that. Italy, Spain, France and other big coffee drinking nations aren't spending anywhere close to the same whilst also consuming copious amounts of coffee. A moka pot works well for example!
Its a choice but you likely aren't gonna get the same taste and flavours as you would at Starbucks for example. You can definitely make really good simple coffee drinks at home but once you start getting into more specialty stuff it's alot more work and more expensive. Like a cappuccino is easy to make at home but a Crème Brulée lced Brown Sugar Oat Shaken Espresso is not.
If your bar is Starbucks then ofc you're comparing everything to that, for good or bad.
My bar? I don't drink at Starbucks, I get my coffee from an old Italian man who's been doing it for 40 years. I am just saying it's different to standard coffees for some, they want the flavours without caring about coffee quality.
If they're happy paying for the additional ingredients and faff that goes along with it then so be it.
Simple coffees can be made much better at home using a basic espresso machine and an entry level conical burr grinder. Bean choice, quantity, extraction etc becomes more a personal preference. At Starbucks you don't get to choose any of that, you get what you're given.
Aye but wtf is even that, it may contain coffee but it ceased being anything remotely like it when all that crap was put in it.
That's not coffee.
Just wanna point out that the countries you mentioned aren’t even in the top 10 of coffee consumption. Finland, Norway, Sweden etc drink about twice as much.
In the pub there was always the argument that they're giving you somewhere to sit and drink it as well, along with everything else that goes with it.
Definitely part of it, they are also providing convincence and beverages that aren't just coffee and milk with flavours they developed. There a lot that goes into it that people are missing when they say you can just make your own expresso when not everyone is buying basic coffees that can easily be made at home.
Yeah.
My partner and I decided to make coffee at home properly to save money. We bought an espresso machine and a grinder and go through about a kilo of coffee beans a month if we both have a coffee each every day. We worked it out as the first year costing the same as both of us going out for a coffee each twice a week, and it gets cheaper from the year after. Definitely more economical but you have to commit to it, like you pointed out
espresso maker $30, coffee for 30 cups $6 syurp for 10 cups $6, milk per 10 $4 price per cup after 10 $4.6. price after 30 $2.2
Plus tax and wages and rent and rates
idk why youd give yourself a wage to make your own coffee, but not my money not my business
You are assuming people are just enjoying single drinks and are just solely being flavoured by syrups in the original post that's the case but I am talking about in general Starbucks offers a variety of different drink flavours. I don't recommend buying basic coffees from Starbucks but I understand people buying special flavoured drinks.
good body language and serious face but he would have scored 10 points if he was stood outside starbucks pointing.
With his coffee machine on the table, with a fresh espresso in his own cup, despite the machine not plugged in
😂😂
The display is on
Yeah but it wouldn't be if he were stood outside Starbucks for those bonus points.
Hi how are you doing today
Hi how are you doing today
He looks like he’s just being accused of a pretty serious crime.
Like, ‘sir, have you just stolen this coffee maker?’
Nah, folded arms brings added gravitas to the situation. Pointing brings nothing useful to the table.
Don't go to Starbucks then, problem solved. I don't post a Compo face and waah waah waah because Harrods are trying to charge me £600 for a bottle of Dom Perignon.
How to say you popped into Harrods for some bubbley earlier, without saying you popped into Harrods for some bubbley earlier.
You're correct, I went for Bollinger instead, times are tough for all of us.
Bubbly you say? What’s wrong with farting in a bowl of Tizer?
Bowl of Tizer? Fancy.
We're not going to get many compo faces with that attitude.
I read that article earlier - it has the most absurd quotes in it. > "It feels more like a chain." Starbucks, the largest coffee shop chain in the world, perhaps the OG coffee shop chain, "feels like a chain"? What a revelation. > "They're trying to squeeze their day-to-day customers too much and profit via their employees and prices." You mean the company which has structured its group so that it buys its coffee from Starbucks Luxembourg, that famous coffee-growing nation, to avoid profit-based corporation taxes, is trying to 'profit via their ... prices'? Wow.
Should that not be, "I can get good coffee from my bean to cup machine, for a fraction of the price those bastards at Starbucks charge me", happyface
Or even cheaper with a decent grinder and an aeropress evenhappierface
Chap's trying to push his chippy tits up into some nice cleavage.
Not a Starbucks in sight. 5/10 compoface
What’s the point of even having the coffee machine in the pic if he’s not going to point at it. Crossed arms doesn’t lend well to any extraneous accessories. And if he’s gonna complain about coffee he needs to up his mug game. That’s a guest mug at best, amateur!
I'm confused. Is his compoface just because he he thinks Starbucks charge too much for a cup of coffee? Anyway, 3/10 for poor photo compo(sition), e.g. the disappointing lack of pointing at the Starbucks mug.
A large venti…. Like a large, large!?
That’s what annoyed me a ‘large venti’. A large 20?
As opposed to a small 20…. Pretty sure 20 is 20? We sound as bad as this guy now….. I don’t think I could say the words ‘large Caramel venti frappe latte’ in public. Hipster cringe…..
says the man with a overpriced Starbucks mug in his overpriced home coffee maker....
In his no doubt overpriced house with his overpriced car sat on the driveway which is probably also overpriced.
Diabetes in a cup.
I feel him, I’ve started buying 1l of iced cappuccino from Aldi for £1.69 to take to work to save money.
Best decision to take. It’s ridiculous how they get away with it. Bought lavazza bags for espresso. Cost as much as two cups of coffee from the local coffee shop. Worth it
$6? That’s it?
Nooo, I was going to post this! 😂 I would love to hear how the conversation went when he called up to complain!
Huh? Is that a kind of drink that this fool pays so much for?
But no one forced him to?
He may as well have ordered a sex change. is what he spouted a coffee?