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I don't pay for $5 coffee. I make my coffee at home, from my own grind, with just some half and half. Sure, I splurged and paid for maybe a $100 grinder or some

I don't pay for $5 coffee. I make my coffee at home, from my own grind, with just some half and half. Sure, I splurged and paid for maybe a $100 grinder or something, but that is being used for years, meaning the cost per cup is abysmal. It seems very odd we normalize coffee being $5.

jasomill 6mo ago
I agree. It's up there with prices as high as $100 being described as "less than the price of a good meal".
- doubled112 6mo ago
  It is getting pretty hard for my family of four to go out and eat for less than $100, but we have food at home.
zargon 6mo ago
And I don't drink coffee, just water. Since software is priced as beverage equivalence, logically that means I should get software for free.
majormajor 6mo ago
> It seems very odd we normalize coffee being $5. What does this mean, exactly? "We" didn't normalize it. People sold it for that - because they also have to pay rent, labor, etc - and people said "sure, that works for me, especially since I like the coffee you're making, I'll likely hang out here a while vs getting something cheaper elsewhere." You can still get cheaper elsewhere. Nobody "normalized" that, it just happened. You could say it's weird that people didn't complain, but... well, they did? It's a cliche at this point. But for a lot of people it's cheap enough to be fine ($5 is not a life-changing amount to add into your savings even if you're avoiding it once a day). If you really think it's a ripoff and nonsensically high, open your own coffee shop to make a killing? Hell, if someone comes out with a super-amazing Lightroom replacement I'd be more likely to move to that than I would be to start avoiding coffee shops. Even though I spend more money on the coffee than on Lightroom. But the most viable option I ever saw has been abandoned for over a decade and only ran on Macs in the first place.
rswail 6mo ago
Speaking from Australia (Melbourne, where coffee is a religion), I get a freshly brewed, freshly ground, "dialed in" every morning, double espresso from a barista that has qualifications to understand the best roast and best grind for the coffee. AUD6 (USD4.50) is not a lot for all of that.
olyjohn 6mo ago
I hate to say it, but $5.00 seems cheap compared to the last time I bought a fancy coffee.
- ThunderSizzle 6mo ago
  I think I'm pointing out that it tries to trivialize a cost, as if everyone is just spending $2000+ dollars on coffee a year. If your doing that, of course you can afford a measly $10. You don't need to try to equate $10 to something. People know what $10 is. And I agree - last time I got coffee, it was closer to $10. In a low COLA area, technically speaking.

jasomill 6mo ago

I agree. It's up there with prices as high as $100 being described as "less than the price of a good meal".

doubled112 6mo ago
It is getting pretty hard for my family of four to go out and eat for less than $100, but we have food at home.

zargon 6mo ago

And I don't drink coffee, just water. Since software is priced as beverage equivalence, logically that means I should get software for free.

majormajor 6mo ago

> It seems very odd we normalize coffee being $5. What does this mean, exactly? "We" didn't normalize it. People sold it for that - because they also have to pay rent, labor, etc - and people said "sure, that works for me, especially since I like the coffee you're making, I'll likely hang out here a while vs getting something cheaper elsewhere." You can still get cheaper elsewhere. Nobody "normalized" that, it just happened. You could say it's weird that people didn't complain, but... well, they did? It's a cliche at this point. But for a lot of people it's cheap enough to be fine ($5 is not a life-changing amount to add into your savings even if you're avoiding it once a day). If you really think it's a ripoff and nonsensically high, open your own coffee shop to make a killing? Hell, if someone comes out with a super-amazing Lightroom replacement I'd be more likely to move to that than I would be to start avoiding coffee shops. Even though I spend more money on the coffee than on Lightroom. But the most viable option I ever saw has been abandoned for over a decade and only ran on Macs in the first place.

rswail 6mo ago

Speaking from Australia (Melbourne, where coffee is a religion), I get a freshly brewed, freshly ground, "dialed in" every morning, double espresso from a barista that has qualifications to understand the best roast and best grind for the coffee. AUD6 (USD4.50) is not a lot for all of that.

olyjohn 6mo ago

I hate to say it, but $5.00 seems cheap compared to the last time I bought a fancy coffee.

ThunderSizzle 6mo ago
I think I'm pointing out that it tries to trivialize a cost, as if everyone is just spending $2000+ dollars on coffee a year. If your doing that, of course you can afford a measly $10. You don't need to try to equate $10 to something. People know what $10 is. And I agree - last time I got coffee, it was closer to $10. In a low COLA area, technically speaking.