Coffee prices
- Thread starter Sharky
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I haven't read the whole thread in detail, so apologies if I am off on a tangent.
Everyone would have noticed the constantly creeping upwards prices of coffee, and everything food related in cafe's.
I always do my very best to visit an independent when out and about walking, or on my bike, in fact I will be visiting one tomorrow afternoon, which is sadly closing for good on Sunday :-(
A friend who moved to Italy gifted us a spare Nespresso machine, so excitedly I bought a load of pods, but when we got the machine it had a major leak, and despite various online guides, and buying a selection of tools I was unable to resurrect it.
By then I was of course committed, so managed to buy a L'Or machine on offer with 100 capsules, and after cashback that meant the machine theoretically cost ~£17.
I tend to buy L'Or pods, but find the super cheap Aldi and Lidl ones are perfectly decent as well, sometimes as little as 10p a cup.
We've had it pretty much a year now, and love it - instead of having maybe 5 or 6 cheap instant coffees, I just find I need 1, or occasionally 2, cups of coffee from the machine - it's brilliant for those with not shed loads of time on their hands.
I'd say if you do have time, then a mocha machine is the way to go.
Additionally I bought a rechargeable portable coffee machine that accepts the same pods for £40, it either heats the water for you, or you can pour heated water into it, to get virtually instant decent coffee to drink, and then it uses much less battery.
That saves us quite a bit of money when we go out, and has already paid for itself to be fair.
Coffee and cake for our small family of 3 will be approaching £25 with a tip, not inconsiderable.
Everyone would have noticed the constantly creeping upwards prices of coffee, and everything food related in cafe's.
I always do my very best to visit an independent when out and about walking, or on my bike, in fact I will be visiting one tomorrow afternoon, which is sadly closing for good on Sunday :-(
A friend who moved to Italy gifted us a spare Nespresso machine, so excitedly I bought a load of pods, but when we got the machine it had a major leak, and despite various online guides, and buying a selection of tools I was unable to resurrect it.
By then I was of course committed, so managed to buy a L'Or machine on offer with 100 capsules, and after cashback that meant the machine theoretically cost ~£17.
I tend to buy L'Or pods, but find the super cheap Aldi and Lidl ones are perfectly decent as well, sometimes as little as 10p a cup.
We've had it pretty much a year now, and love it - instead of having maybe 5 or 6 cheap instant coffees, I just find I need 1, or occasionally 2, cups of coffee from the machine - it's brilliant for those with not shed loads of time on their hands.
I'd say if you do have time, then a mocha machine is the way to go.
Additionally I bought a rechargeable portable coffee machine that accepts the same pods for £40, it either heats the water for you, or you can pour heated water into it, to get virtually instant decent coffee to drink, and then it uses much less battery.
That saves us quite a bit of money when we go out, and has already paid for itself to be fair.
Coffee and cake for our small family of 3 will be approaching £25 with a tip, not inconsiderable.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
For low cost coffee making:
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https://www.aeropress.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOoq0LQav4iDjB6sMQvN27STKPV1E4BfWs9c8K652QByU2bPpJtMn
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The mark up on coffee is so vast it actually causes warping of the space time continuum. If a cup of hot grit from Greggs cost as much as 20p to produce, including the cup, I'd be surprised.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
If you don;t take staff pay into account then I don;t think it costs that !
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Even two minutes at minimum wage is only 40 odd pence. Let's be extremely generous and say the cost to produce, all in, is a quid.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
I based my comment on a phoen I heard many years ago
some local station was having a phone in about how you have got something for nothing
a local lad rang in and said him and his mates went to the local McDOnalds a few times a week and ordered 4 burgers and large fries at the drink thru
then when they parked up in the car park with their "food" they took one box of fries out and went in and complained that it was one missing
Free Food!!!
A manager from another McDonalds rang in saaying
"Yea Lads - Good one
so every week you pay xx.xx to get 4 burgers and large fries and then scam another one
so you pay us xx.xx and get 1 fries for free
do you know how much we loose by that?
it is a few pence
that's all
and for that you come and pay us full price several times a week
if you get kicked out please come to my place - I will never stop you as you would be my most profitable customers!!"
Staff costs are weird - they need the staff there anyway so in a way the cost is fixed
but it is also variable because it can be increased or lowered
anyway - I'll stop woffling
which I seem to have been doing a lot today
probably because I have been banned fro going for a ride as it is too hot!!