Comment on This drip coffee is now $5 dollars, up from $2.50 3 years ago
slickgoat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not to be that guy, but we have been under-paying for coffee for many years now. The price of beans kept going up, but customers were locked into what a cup of coffee should be and extremely price sensitive about addressing the reality.
A catch-up is underway all over the world.
Note. Not a cafe owner and I don’t have anything to do with coffee except drink it.
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Costco large bag of whole lighter roast beans with a good grinder gets a pretty good price and quality.
slickgoat@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Possibly, but the OP was talking about sitting in a cafe, not brewing at home.
At a cafe you have overheads, staff, cleaning, etc. Plus the rising cost of beans. All I’m saying is that cafes can’t freeze the price of coffee to a past point in time because customers have a fixed idea of what a brew should cost.