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Maybe I'm biased, as a fellow YC founder, but I don't understand the negativity. 1) Sudden is the first company that I've actually considered buying instant co
by tyre 10y ago
Maybe I'm biased, as a fellow YC founder, but I don't understand the negativity.
1) Sudden is the first company that I've actually considered buying instant coffee from. In the US, there's a pretty strong stigma against it, so that's not an easy task.
2) $3 per cup isn't a lot of money, roughly equivalent to a cup of coffee elsewhere in SF. Especially if I don't have to stop anywhere and can just put it in a water bottle. Actually this would be great for camping.
3) I have no idea how they are making it, but having read numerous writings by the founders, this sounds a lot harder than I imagined.
4) Having spoken to many investors, fellow founders, and others, this is really compelling to a lot of people. Again, I live in the bubble of Silicon Valley, but "better, faster coffee" doesn't feel like an elitist product.
I'm all for Sudden Coffee being successful.
- bigtunacan 10y agoThere is definitely some SV bubble around this. I can buy a local cafe pour over cup for less than this product. I can buy my own beans and heat the kettle and pour that over in less than 5 minutes. If I'm desperate and in hurry then I can make a cup of Keurig for a fraction of the cost.
- freese 10y agoI don't in any way disagree with you. If you're happy with those options then that's great - as you said, you'll save money. However, we're seeing that Sudden is a really compelling product to a lot of people. Most of our subscribers are outside of any larger cities and we ship to 42 states. Sudden is not for everyone and we're totally ok with that. As YC says "it's better to have 100 people that really love you than 1M that just kind of like you" ;)
- jtmcmc 10y agoDefinitely can't buy a pour over in the bay area for under 4 dollars so this is a better price than that - also I can just put this into hot or cold water and instantly have high quality coffee? That's pretty nice.
- tedmiston 10y ago> There is definitely some SV bubble around this. I can buy a local cafe pour over cup for less than this product. Sorry, but I've been to dozens of pour over coffee shops across the country and this claim seems exaggerated. Sudden is $2.38 per cup in the base 8-pack. If you could show any cafe in the country that does a pour over for less than that price, I'd be surprised. The market trends much more towards $3.50-5.50.
- freese 10y agoThanks Chris!