I have my own coffeemaker that I love and pour my morning cup as a wakeup ritual. I can’t have more than one cup a day because I get jittery but that first morning sip is wonderful.
This is why I haven’t bought coffee at local coffee shops for years. Today, I went to a locally owned café (not a chain), and asked for a 12-ounce cup of coffee with milk. No fancy syrups, cold brews, nitro soy whipped flavored seasonal weird name concoctions. Simply Kaffee mit Milch. It cost me $6.80 and the cash register suggested adding a 20% tip.
The coffee wasn’t worth the price but the enlightenment it brought was.
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It’s almost like placing massive blanket tariffs on coffee producing countries increases the price of coffee. Who would have thunk it!
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Uhhhh….
What?
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I suspect labor and rent costs are a lot more to do with that price tag
what was the content of your enlightenment?
Amanda
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Definitely labor. Illinois raised the minimum wage to $15. The rents are also ruinous.
As for the enlightenment, I realized just how much we have been set back economically in the past few years.
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