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At what I consider a "nice" coffee place, I'm paying for a better cup of coffee (preferably roasted in-house or nearby, and a few days ago rather than months ag
by pconner 11y ago
At what I consider a "nice" coffee place, I'm paying for a better cup of coffee (preferably roasted in-house or nearby, and a few days ago rather than months ago). What you said is true, but there is some coffee that's priced with a lower relative markup for the drink you actually get.
Starbucks bulk-roasts their coffee, and they use darker roasts than most independent roasters (ensuring consistency across locations), which allows their beans to have a much lower per-unit cost.
- bunderbunder 11y agoI was counting Starbucks in the group of "nice" coffee shops. Their markup on coffee might be somewhat higher (though I doubt it; they may have lower materials cost but they also charge half to 2/3 as much as the indie places I tend to frequent do for a regular cuppa), but I bet any difference is still tiny compared to the facilities and staffing costs. I was meaning it more as opposed to places that more-or-less just serve coffee out of a window.