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This comparison never sits right with me because no one I know has ever bought coffee out every day. Everyone I know makes coffee with a machine, French press,

This comparison never sits right with me because no one I know has ever bought coffee out every day. Everyone I know makes coffee with a machine, French press, aeropress, moka pot, or pour over at home. So an espresso machine is more expensive period.

Gigachad 4y ago
I know several people who go for a coffee once or twice a day at a cafe. Personally I do it whenever I’m away from home. Been going to the cafe every day for the last week. I’d say this is very normal behaviour in Australia.
- TheHappyOddish 4y ago
  There seem to be a lot of Aussies here who do so and a lot of Yanks who don't (assumedly because they don't understand what good coffee is).
TheHappyOddish 4y ago
Most people I know buy coffee every day and are middle class, almost all of them are buying machiattos, flat whites, lattes or capuchinos. Most of them could save money - especially in the morning and on the weeknds - with an espresso machine and a decent grinder. Many of them have found the easy in between solution of a pod machine.
joshlemer 4y ago
Before I worked from home, when I'd commute downtown I'd usually end up buying a coffee on my way in, and then it grew to morning and lunch/early afternoon. Yeah if this isn't you then the comparison is void.
justsomehnguy 4y ago
There was a time when my morning routine included a visit to McD for breakfast and a cup of coffee. It's not StarBucks level of expenses but yet.
martyvis 4y ago
You obviously haven't worked in an Australian city office. Every office has a kitted out kitchen, certainly with hot water and instant coffee, but very often these days an automatic espresso or pod machine - where it used to be a filter machine. Yet also outside those said offices (and even in the entry foyer) will be multiple cafés setup with queues of people throughout the day buying their flat whites. It's the new politically correct smoko (Aussie slang for a break away from work for a cigarette)
- rcarr 4y ago
  I'm on smoko! So leave me alone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58V2vC9EPc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58V2vC9EPc
- ineedasername 4y ago
  That doesn’t mean all or most of the people buying coffee are doing it every day— as you said, lots of coffee in the office. I work (US) where there is similarly a selection of places to get coffee right out the door, and they are almost always busy, but most people I know are not using them every day. A rough estimate based on the # of people working in the immediate 5 minute walking distance and rough estimate of time needed to order and crowd size— I’d estimate they sell the equivalent to one cup to between 5-10% of the population every day. A slightly smaller % of actual people since some will buy more than 1 cup. In contrast, nearly everyone I know drinks coffee, or tea. They’ll buy a coffee when they really want to get out of the office rather than a few minutes away from their desk, or want to treat themselves to a higher end coffee than drip or weak pods.

Gigachad 4y ago

I know several people who go for a coffee once or twice a day at a cafe. Personally I do it whenever I’m away from home. Been going to the cafe every day for the last week. I’d say this is very normal behaviour in Australia.

TheHappyOddish 4y ago
There seem to be a lot of Aussies here who do so and a lot of Yanks who don't (assumedly because they don't understand what good coffee is).

TheHappyOddish 4y ago

Most people I know buy coffee every day and are middle class, almost all of them are buying machiattos, flat whites, lattes or capuchinos. Most of them could save money - especially in the morning and on the weeknds - with an espresso machine and a decent grinder. Many of them have found the easy in between solution of a pod machine.

joshlemer 4y ago

Before I worked from home, when I'd commute downtown I'd usually end up buying a coffee on my way in, and then it grew to morning and lunch/early afternoon. Yeah if this isn't you then the comparison is void.

justsomehnguy 4y ago

There was a time when my morning routine included a visit to McD for breakfast and a cup of coffee. It's not StarBucks level of expenses but yet.

martyvis 4y ago

You obviously haven't worked in an Australian city office. Every office has a kitted out kitchen, certainly with hot water and instant coffee, but very often these days an automatic espresso or pod machine - where it used to be a filter machine. Yet also outside those said offices (and even in the entry foyer) will be multiple cafés setup with queues of people throughout the day buying their flat whites. It's the new politically correct smoko (Aussie slang for a break away from work for a cigarette)

rcarr 4y ago
I'm on smoko! So leave me alone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58V2vC9EPc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58V2vC9EPc
ineedasername 4y ago
That doesn’t mean all or most of the people buying coffee are doing it every day— as you said, lots of coffee in the office. I work (US) where there is similarly a selection of places to get coffee right out the door, and they are almost always busy, but most people I know are not using them every day. A rough estimate based on the # of people working in the immediate 5 minute walking distance and rough estimate of time needed to order and crowd size— I’d estimate they sell the equivalent to one cup to between 5-10% of the population every day. A slightly smaller % of actual people since some will buy more than 1 cup. In contrast, nearly everyone I know drinks coffee, or tea. They’ll buy a coffee when they really want to get out of the office rather than a few minutes away from their desk, or want to treat themselves to a higher end coffee than drip or weak pods.