The high cost of charred coffee beans

[marmar]

from MSNBC:



Starbucks raises prices of complex drink orders
Starbucks rolled out a new pricing plan last week, boosting the cost of some menu items by as much as 33 percent in several large U.S. and Canadian markets.


msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 4:36 p.m. ET, Mon., Jan. 18, 2010


Starbucks' customers with complex orders may have to shell out a little more for the baristas' trouble.

The coffee chain rolled out a new pricing plan last week, boosting the cost of some menu items by as much as 33 percent in several large U.S. and Canadian markets, according to published reports.

However, customers with simple orders, like plain coffee, were rewarded: They saw prices decreased by around 10 cents, according to the New York Post.

The price of an extra shot of espresso jumped from 55 cents to 70 cents. Adding a shot of syrup to your latte rose 33 percent to 40 cents. For an example of how this can affect a drink's price: ordering the triple grande soy vanilla latte, which was already $5.55, is now $6.25, the paper reported.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34925407/ns/business-consumer_news/

[peace frog]

1. Starbucks coffee sucks

I wouldn't pay half what they charge for that swill.

[HillbillyBob]

2. UNREC who cares about starbucks

making coffee at home is a lot more sensible.
I have never ever had it I make better at home, I dont have to stand in a long line and I cant afford 6$ for a cup of coffee that I can have at home for less than a buck even expresso.
I have more important things to pay for.

[WeDidIt]

3. McDonald's coffee is better than Starbucks. n/t

[lame54]

5. I hate starbucks - but mcdonalds is worse

[JCMach1]

4. Make my own, sorry Starbucks...

[SidDithers]

6. WTF is a triple grande soy vanilla latte?...

Sid
(currently enjoying his large double-double from the Tim's down the road)

[KG]

7. 'charred coffee beans'

:rofl:

exactly my thought as i drank my first and only cup of starbucks coffee.

[hatrack]

8. Doesn't a $6.25 cup of coffee pretty much define "discretionary"?

Either that or it pretty much defines "idiocy".