I call bullshit. Go to any grocery store in Italy and the prices range from 1 to 7 euros for a 250 g pack, go to a local roaster and you can go up to 10, yet th

I call bullshit. Go to any grocery store in Italy and the prices range from 1 to 7 euros for a 250 g pack, go to a local roaster and you can go up to 10, yet the cup of espresso is always 0.80-1.20 euros. Why is that? Given the amount of coffee that goes in a cup, the price of that is negligible while you pay for location, service etc. So given these considerations, as an Italian if I pay more than 3 euros for a coffee I expect: * to be served in a bone china cup * to be served by a polite waiter * to be sitting at an outdoors table with view of some major monument * to have a glass of mineral water and a small cookie come with it (As an aside I once had a coffee at one of those fancier Starbucks in the US, it was 4 dollars + tax and honestly not very good) (and I'm not going to get started on a rant on the sheer cultural colonialism and appropriation that goes with what you just said)