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A Starbucks coffee is not $10. A large, handmade dessert like a Frappuccino is $10. A basic cup of coffee is about $3. Sorry to jump on you but people frequent

A Starbucks coffee is not $10. A large, handmade dessert like a Frappuccino is $10. A basic cup of coffee is about $3. Sorry to jump on you but people frequently post complaints about Starbucks coffee being super expensive but then using the price of the most expensive item on their menu that is not a normal coffee.

colecut 4y ago
My observation is that far, far less than half of people at starbucks order "normal coffee"
- giantrobot 4y ago
  Even if more than half of people are ordering lattes, they're still not $10 a cup.
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brk 4y ago
A Venti (large) flavored latte is $6.15 with tax at my local store in Florida (just checked). Prices in NY are usually a bit higher. Wouldn't be surprised to see it for $7+ there. I agree it's probably not most people with $10 coffees, but given the choices in NY, if it is truly a Starbucks cup, the person is likely not going there for a basic $3 coffee (which is $3.16 with tax here, and probably $4 in NYC).
- madeofpalk 4y ago
  Apparently a Starbucks Venti is 20 ounces, which is massive. I understand American taste is quite different to the rest of the world, but I struggle to call a 20 fl oz drink "a normal coffee".
  - guidoism 4y ago
    And that’s not even mostly coffee. It’s milk and sugar, with a little bit of coffee to flavor it.
  - brk 4y ago
    FWIW the 16oz ‘grande’ is what most people would consider normal. A 12oz drink is usually viewed as small.
goosedragons 4y ago
How many people are getting the basic cup of coffee though? Usually when I go the people ahead of me are getting something fancier than a drip coffee. Not necessarily a $10 Frappuccino but a $7 latte with oat milk.
- Tagbert 4y ago
  The point is that dinging Starbucks for having $10 coffee is disingenuous. I usually order a 16oz drip coffee and it is about $3. I see other people ordering that. People are free to order massive dessert drinks but you should not be surprised if those are more expensive than a cup of coffee.
tempsy 4y ago
I went to the Starbucks Reserve in NYC and got a coffee thinking it’d be a regular drip and it ended up being $8-$9
- sciurus 4y ago
  > Starbucks Reserve For anyone not familiar, Startbucks Reserve is not the same as standard Starbucks. Instead, it's the company's attempt to compete in the high-end coffee market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks_Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks_Reserve https://www.starbucksreserve.com/ https://www.starbucksreserve.com/
samstave 4y ago
In the late 70s/early 80s - my grandmother (from seattle, prominent family) received a letter asking for an investment in a company for 10%. She threw the letter away saying "nobody's ever going to drink that much coffee. The letter was from Starbucks. Sad investment face.
adolph 4y ago
> A basic cup of coffee is about $3. Outside the anchor effect of comparing it to a $10 cup of fructose, $3 is an outrageous cost for a cup of coffee. The anchoring effect is a cognitive bias whereby an individual's decisions are influenced by a particular reference point or 'anchor'. Both numeric and non-numeric anchoring have been reported in research. In numeric anchoring, once the value of the anchor is set, subsequent arguments, estimates, etc. made by an individual may change from what they would have otherwise been without the anchor. For example, an individual may be more likely to purchase a car if it is placed alongside a more expensive model (the anchor). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias)

colecut 4y ago

My observation is that far, far less than half of people at starbucks order "normal coffee"

giantrobot 4y ago
Even if more than half of people are ordering lattes, they're still not $10 a cup.
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brk 4y ago

A Venti (large) flavored latte is $6.15 with tax at my local store in Florida (just checked). Prices in NY are usually a bit higher. Wouldn't be surprised to see it for $7+ there. I agree it's probably not most people with $10 coffees, but given the choices in NY, if it is truly a Starbucks cup, the person is likely not going there for a basic $3 coffee (which is $3.16 with tax here, and probably $4 in NYC).

madeofpalk 4y ago
Apparently a Starbucks Venti is 20 ounces, which is massive. I understand American taste is quite different to the rest of the world, but I struggle to call a 20 fl oz drink "a normal coffee".
- guidoism 4y ago
  And that’s not even mostly coffee. It’s milk and sugar, with a little bit of coffee to flavor it.
- brk 4y ago
  FWIW the 16oz ‘grande’ is what most people would consider normal. A 12oz drink is usually viewed as small.

goosedragons 4y ago

How many people are getting the basic cup of coffee though? Usually when I go the people ahead of me are getting something fancier than a drip coffee. Not necessarily a $10 Frappuccino but a $7 latte with oat milk.

Tagbert 4y ago
The point is that dinging Starbucks for having $10 coffee is disingenuous. I usually order a 16oz drip coffee and it is about $3. I see other people ordering that. People are free to order massive dessert drinks but you should not be surprised if those are more expensive than a cup of coffee.

tempsy 4y ago

I went to the Starbucks Reserve in NYC and got a coffee thinking it’d be a regular drip and it ended up being $8-$9

sciurus 4y ago
> Starbucks Reserve For anyone not familiar, Startbucks Reserve is not the same as standard Starbucks. Instead, it's the company's attempt to compete in the high-end coffee market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks_Reserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks_Reserve https://www.starbucksreserve.com/ https://www.starbucksreserve.com/

samstave 4y ago

In the late 70s/early 80s - my grandmother (from seattle, prominent family) received a letter asking for an investment in a company for 10%. She threw the letter away saying "nobody's ever going to drink that much coffee. The letter was from Starbucks. Sad investment face.

adolph 4y ago

> A basic cup of coffee is about $3. Outside the anchor effect of comparing it to a $10 cup of fructose, $3 is an outrageous cost for a cup of coffee. The anchoring effect is a cognitive bias whereby an individual's decisions are influenced by a particular reference point or 'anchor'. Both numeric and non-numeric anchoring have been reported in research. In numeric anchoring, once the value of the anchor is set, subsequent arguments, estimates, etc. made by an individual may change from what they would have otherwise been without the anchor. For example, an individual may be more likely to purchase a car if it is placed alongside a more expensive model (the anchor). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring_(cognitive_bias)