$15 cup of coffee

tampa bays 10 ^ | 06.13.08 | Posted by Michael Weber

[JZelle]

I wonder what Gail thinks of the gas prices?

[Emmett McCarthy]

I suspect Gail has a “tropical fruit like flavor” coming from between her ears.

[uncitizen]

Could it beeeeeeee......STARBUCKS?!

[Keith in Iowa]

Still not as expensive as Kopi Luwak - the Indonesian coffee that is harvested after the beans have been “processed” by a civet. That goes for $120 - $600 a pound.

[modest proposal]

I am glad I am not a liberal elitist falling for sucker scams like this left and right :D

I always have believed every available item on the market has a certain price that, above which, the item will yield diminishing returns.

For coffee I would say that price is 5 bucks for a cup.

[Red_Devil 232]

No thanks. I will stick to my whole bean Eight O’Clock Coffee ground fresh each morning at home.

[Americanexpat]

I would rather drink Duran coffee and it is only $2.75 a pound.

[digger48]

What? 15 bucks and it wasn’t even run through a monkeys @ss?

[Perdogg]

They are only making 20% on a cup, if you assume 10% overhead, they are making 9% profit, THAT’S OBSCENE!!!!! ;)

[FrdmLvr]

Yes, but is it "fair trade" coffee?

(I purposely don't buy it if it's fair trade. Out of principle.)

[jeffc]

Pure Kona bean is the best.
Freshly ground cold beans, fresh cold spring water, stainless steel percolator, ceramic mug, real cream, and Hawaiian turbinado cane sugar.
That's a cup of coffee!

[ovrtaxt]

$15 coffee! New! Now with Mexican salmonella!

[dighton]

She says the coffee has a tropical fruit type flavor coming out of it.

You don’t get eloquence for less than $50 a cup.

[ovrtaxt]

I’m with you. That’s the best coffee on the market.

[Red_Devil 232]

It is down right corporate greed! I call for a Wind Fall Profit Tax!

[Slump Tester]

Confiscatory coffe prices.

I wonder what Gail's husband thinks, and if the dumb bitch paid cash or financed it with "her" credit card.

[SIDENET]

No thanks. I will stick to my whole bean Eight O’Clock Coffee ground fresh each morning at home.

Freshly ground Peet's brewed in a french press for me. I like it better than anything I could get at a coffee shop.

[Drew68]

A coffee shop in Washington is offering a cup of coffee for $15. That’s right, $15.

I dunno. I once paid $20 for a single glass of 25 y/o Macallan scotch. This was about 15 years ago and I was curious what a $20 drink tasted like.

Sadly, $20 drinks aren't nearly as uncommon these days.

[Pablo64]

"The coffee shop paid $100 for a half-pound bag that makes only 8 cups of the coffee."

That doesn't compute. Even if it was already roasted, a half pound of beans will make more than a measly 8 cups. If it was un-roasted, it would make even more.