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kairos12

(12,843 posts) Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:39 AM Mar 2022

Not drinking coffee I wouldn't have thought of this.

I read that at Starbucks a 16 oz. drink is around $4.50. That makes Starbucks around $30.00 a gallon.

Glad I don't drink coffee.

More money for gas.

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Not drinking coffee I wouldn't have thought of this. (Original Post) kairos12 Mar 2022 OP

Haven't been in awhile. But a black coffee was $1.30, plus a dollar tip or so. Hoyt Mar 2022 #1

I make my own. It's less than a dime a cup. dchill Mar 2022 #2

DUZSKY. Thread Winner! kairos12 Mar 2022 #3

Now about ten rubles! DFW Mar 2022 #7

I make my coffee at home ornotna Mar 2022 #4

Actually, that works out to $36/gallon FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #5

And not much complaining about Dollar Tree's 25% increase... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #6

Yep coffee is #2 commodity after oil IbogaProject Mar 2022 #8

Hey, the best part of waking up is Folgers in my cup! PatrickforB Mar 2022 #9

It's like $2 for a 16oz cup of coffee at Starbucks Sympthsical Mar 2022 #10

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. Haven't been in awhile. But a black coffee was $1.30, plus a dollar tip or so.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:43 AM

Mar 2022

Still expensive, relative to gas.

dchill

(38,451 posts)

2. I make my own. It's less than a dime a cup.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:44 AM

Mar 2022

About a ruble.

kairos12

(12,843 posts)

3. DUZSKY. Thread Winner!

Reply to dchill (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:44 AM

Mar 2022

DFW

(54,302 posts)

7. Now about ten rubles!

Reply to dchill (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:31 AM

Mar 2022

ornotna

(10,795 posts)

4. I make my coffee at home

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:45 AM

Mar 2022

Much cheaper than Starbucks or gas.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,427 posts)

5. Actually, that works out to $36/gallon

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 12:45 AM

Mar 2022

Gasoline has always been relatively cheap compared to what people are willing to pay for milk, fancy coffee drinks and even water.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

6. And not much complaining about Dollar Tree's 25% increase...

Reply to FoxNewsSucks (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:04 AM

Mar 2022

across fhe board. Or how my storage unit just raised its price by 40%.

IbogaProject

(2,789 posts)

8. Yep coffee is #2 commodity after oil

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:41 AM

Mar 2022

By total retail sales. We eat multiple grains, and sugar is much lower in total dollar spent.

PatrickforB

(14,559 posts)

9. Hey, the best part of waking up is Folgers in my cup!

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 03:42 AM

Mar 2022

I really do drink Folgers, and the cost is about a dime a cup. Seriously.

Plus, Starbucks sure is resisting unionization. I don't generally go there.

Sympthsical

(9,041 posts)

10. It's like $2 for a 16oz cup of coffee at Starbucks

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 05:10 AM

Mar 2022

The higher prices are for the fancier drinks. Plain coffee is still relatively cheap.

I get a can of Folgers from Costco for $12 (up from $9.50!). Generally lasts me about a month. It's probably $1 a pot if I work it all out, and one pot does for me 2-3 days.

Starbucks is maybe a once every month or so thing, usually because I'm with someone else who wants to go. It's fine. Don't get why it's a habit though. I experimented with the lifestyle once just to see how people live. I decided to go every day during my work commute. Just an americano, sometimes with extra shots. At the end of the month, I had spent $65 on coffee.

Hardly seemed worth it. Plus it made my commute 15 mins longer.

My partner's best friend goes every single day. He often drops off drinks. Like, I seriously don't understand. The guy has to be dropping like $100-$150 a month on the place. Baffling.

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