Cafe owners have tried to keep prices low but are being squeezed out by tight margins.
  • Marin_Rider@aussie.zone
    16·
    1 year ago

    is it just me or is the news full of bullshit articles these days priming us for price rises in pretty much everything? sick of this shit

  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world
    10·
    1 year ago

    When I make coffee at home, it works out to 65 cents per cup. And I make it exactly how I like it — so it tastes better than most cafes.

    I’m prepared to pay more when someone else makes it, but not ten times that price. Sorry.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
      1·
      1 year ago

      There’s a homeless dude in NZ making decent coin using a thermos of boiled water and some instant coffee for like $2 a pop. It comes down to “do you want luxurious drink” or “ME NEED CAFFEINE NOW”

    • MHLoppy@fedia.io
      5·
      1 year ago

      If comparison against average monthly wage is your benchmark, it’s still proportionately cheaper in Australia with average monthly wage being $6,201.43 (i.e., >50% of $11,000, whereas the coffee price is <50% of $10.16).

      Average wages here are also higher than the majority of the countries above us on the average-coffee-price chart.

    • sqgl@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      I don’t trust the article.

      I recall having coffee and croissant in a Salzburg historic courtyard cafe for cheaper than the price of one in a shitty Aussie suburban location.

        • sqgl@beehaw.org
          1·
          1 year ago

          It is my own direct evidence, not someone else’s anecdote. TBF Salzburg is in Austria which the article doesn’t mention.

            • sqgl@beehaw.org
              2·
              1 year ago

              Lol please don’t be a dick lol on here LMAO it isn’t Reddit ROFL

              Yes it is an anecdote for you and everyone else. But for me it is direct evidence because it happened to me. Yes only a sample size of one but it is not an outlier, locals told me it is normal.

      • sqgl@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        Admittedly that Sao Paulo coffee is expensive when factoring in ezchange rates.

        But exchange rates do not explain the cheap Spanish coffee (which I presume is good quality).

  • Nath@aussie.zoneM
    3·
    1 year ago

    There is no scenario where I’m willing to spend $6-8 on a coffee. I am not alone, I expect most people would not. Market demand simply won’t support that price point.

    At the same time, if the market were willing to pay $10 a coffee, you better believe that cafes would gladly charge that $10.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Yes they are expensive, but they have been for years. I have made my own for 15 years or so. My old Rancillio Espresso is still going strong 15 years later.