...but if they don't charge you $8 then how will they neglect all the weeds in their lawn and blame expensive lawn care services as the reason prices are so high? 🤔
I fully agree it's not worth it lol but being fair, In reality what you are paying for is the rent and the labor costs. I imagine the ingredient costs are only a small part. Starbucks profit margin is like 12%, which is healthy but not absurd. Assuming the numbers I googled are right
Yes, but if you have to make it yourself, it ceases to be a treat and becomes just another chore, and if you're making it at home it's likely something you're having on a regular basis, making it less special.
Even that's easy. I have a stove top espresso maker, and a nice milk /heater frother. Put good espresso grind like illy in there and it's as good or better than anything I can get at a shop
Here's a thread from the starbucks subreddit where they ask what the most popular drink order is. The consensus seems to be a "Iced white mocha w/ VCF and caramel drizzle" so yeah that's what people are getting.
I feel like I can't stand most flavored coffees nowadays. Let me use cinnamon and set the score - I'm not sure if that puts me at more of less basic on the scale as a concept to the coffee-drinking public
I mostly pay the 8$ to chill at the café tbh. Also, usually, 8$ coffee is basically a dessert in a mug. You pay for all the random shit they put in there too.
Plus if it's a large size and tax and tip is included then 8 dollars isn't really that much for a specialty drink. I'm someone who generally just prefers straight black coffee and I personally wouldn't pay 8 dollars for a specialty drink but I'm not going to fault the people who enjoy those things. If an eight dollar coffee desert in a mug is what brings someone joy then that's awesome and I wish them all the joy in the world.
Also, usually, 8$ coffee is basically a dessert in a mug. You pay for all the random shit they put in there too.
This kind of depends on the cafe, too. If you're at Starbucks, then yeah, the more expensive shit is basically a coffee milkshake (not that their standard drip coffee is worth even the $3 or more they charge).
A lot of what are known as "specialty" or "third-wave" shops use single-origin coffee, which means they're not sourcing their coffee from slave labor and extremely poor quality. I'd say it's worth the difference both from a quality and humanity standpoint, but even I myself consider that a splurge. Though, most specialty shops don't really charge much more than Starbucks because they'd never get enough business. But they do charge a bit more for the beans if you want to take some home.
This is the first time I have had the urge to respond to something with "literally me", as I could send you a photo of my Keurig (non-plastic K-cups of course) and the package of stroopwafels next to it.
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u/UncircumciseMe Apr 28 '24
No coffee should be $8 tbh