March 15, 2018
On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 14:13:10 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> At the current exchange rate, a venti-sized cup of drip coffee at Starbucks in Korea is $4.51. When I go to GA, it's cheaper. A venti Americano is $4.79. But I think when people talk about $5 coffees, they're referring to lattes and all the other forms of polluted espresso abominations people drink.

According to this article Russian Starbucks charge $12.30 for a latte...

https://www.thespruce.com/how-much-is-starbucks-coffee-766065

March 15, 2018
On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 17:06:00 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 14:13:10 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>> At the current exchange rate, a venti-sized cup of drip coffee at Starbucks in Korea is $4.51. When I go to GA, it's cheaper. A venti Americano is $4.79. But I think when people talk about $5 coffees, they're referring to lattes and all the other forms of polluted espresso abominations people drink.
>
> According to this article Russian Starbucks charge $12.30 for a latte...
>
> https://www.thespruce.com/how-much-is-starbucks-coffee-766065

Or actually, a tall cappuccino. Whatever.
March 18, 2018
On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 17:08:28 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 17:06:00 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 14:13:10 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>>> At the current exchange rate, a venti-sized cup of drip coffee at Starbucks in Korea is $4.51. When I go to GA, it's cheaper. A venti Americano is $4.79. But I think when people talk about $5 coffees, they're referring to lattes and all the other forms of polluted espresso abominations people drink.
>>
>> According to this article Russian Starbucks charge $12.30 for a latte...
>>
>> https://www.thespruce.com/how-much-is-starbucks-coffee-766065
>
> Or actually, a tall cappuccino. Whatever.

More like 6$ I’d say by looking at the actual price over here.


March 18, 2018
On Sunday, 18 March 2018 at 13:23:08 UTC, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 17:08:28 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 17:06:00 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 14:13:10 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>>>> At the current exchange rate, a venti-sized cup of drip coffee at Starbucks in Korea is $4.51. When I go to GA, it's cheaper. A venti Americano is $4.79. But I think when people talk about $5 coffees, they're referring to lattes and all the other forms of polluted espresso abominations people drink.
>>>
>>> According to this article Russian Starbucks charge $12.30 for a latte...
>>>
>>> https://www.thespruce.com/how-much-is-starbucks-coffee-766065
>>
>> Or actually, a tall cappuccino. Whatever.
>
> More like 6$ I’d say by looking at the actual price over here.

Some facts for a change, the actual price list:

PS: http://www.starbucks.ru/media/Цены%20на%20основные%20напитки_2018_01_tcm84-35742.pdf

I do not see anything above ~300-400₽.
Which is 5-6$.

March 18, 2018
On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 12:36:24 UTC, Meta wrote:

>
> Sorry to derail, but I had to ask: where does 1 coffee (even extra large) cost $5 USD? Let me know so I know to never move there.

I have seen regular coffee at $4.50 and as high as $5.50 in the USA (and not always a large), but in order to get there, it has to be "single cup pour over" made, as opposed to coming out of a machine into a pot. And the beans have to be organic or they are telling you exactly where they were grown and giving you alleged "flavor notes" and maybe they roasted them in-house or locally, and the place has to have an upscale or luxury vibe. But Starbucks in the USA gives you a 20oz out-of-a-machine for under $3. McDonald's beats everybody - $1 for a large. Although I am not a big fan of the McDonalds coffee (maybe psychological due to the low price). 7/11 convenience stores and Chevron gas stations both have several varieties of coffee on tap that they sell for under $2 for a large, that I think tastes good.
March 18, 2018
On Sunday, 18 March 2018 at 20:18:45 UTC, Tony wrote:

> I have seen regular coffee at $4.50 and as high as $5.50 in the USA (and not always a large),

I believe they currently have a $5.50 pour over, but this undated third-party hosted menu for Voltaire Coffee House in San Jose, CA shows  "pour over" cups of coffee from $4 to $5:

http://places.singleplatform.com/voltaire-coffee-house/menu
March 18, 2018
On 03/18/2018 04:18 PM, Tony wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 12:36:24 UTC, Meta wrote:
> 
>>
>> Sorry to derail, but I had to ask: where does 1 coffee (even extra large) cost $5 USD? Let me know so I know to never move there.
> 
> I have seen regular coffee at $4.50 and as high as $5.50 in the USA (and not always a large), but in order to get there, it has to be "single cup pour over" made, as opposed to coming out of a machine into a pot. And the beans have to be organic or they are telling you exactly where they were grown and giving you alleged "flavor notes" and maybe they roasted them in-house or locally, and the place has to have an upscale or luxury vibe. But Starbucks in the USA gives you a 20oz out-of-a-machine for under $3. McDonald's beats everybody - $1 for a large. Although I am not a big fan of the McDonalds coffee (maybe psychological due to the low price). 7/11 convenience stores and Chevron gas stations both have several varieties of coffee on tap that they sell for under $2 for a large, that I think tastes good.

McDonald's and Wendy's both have pretty good coffee, but the catch is they often let it sit around far too long, at which point it can get pretty bad. So it's kind of coffee roulette. (And McDonalds $1/large thing seems to have gone away, I think it was just a temporary promotion. At least around here, anyway (Cleveland area, in the US)).

I'll never understand the whole "pour over" coffee movement. It's basically the same exact technique everyone's the cheap consumer level coffee machine already does far more conveniently: Hot water poured over coffee grounds sitting in a filter. I've been to one of those pour over places, and it was mediocre at best (not to mention slow and expensive). I've had better coffee from fast food joints. But then again, I've never been very hipster-compatible ;) There's a couple (non-fast food) chains we have around here, Panera and Arabica, that make some of the best coffee I've ever had, without doing the whole pour-over fad, for about $2.
March 19, 2018
On Monday, 19 March 2018 at 03:12:52 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:

> (And McDonalds $1/large thing seems to have gone away, I think it was just a temporary promotion. At least around here, anyway (Cleveland area, in the US)).

Still doing it in the Northern California McDonalds near me. $1 for a large soda too.

> I'll never understand the whole "pour over" coffee movement.

There is a coffee chain that started in San Francisco, Philz Coffee, which specializes in pour over coffee, and is now up to 42 locations. It is popular, and pour over and popular means an excellent chance you end up waiting in a significant line, but a lot of people don't seem to mind. I even wonder if it adds to the experience, making the product seem more valuable. However, someone must not like the wait because I read an article recently that mentioned some upscale coffee places were going back to using machines. I believe they only mentioned the time factor, but it is also labor intensive to manually pour the water.
March 19, 2018
On Thursday, 15 March 2018 at 12:36:24 UTC, Meta wrote:
> On Wednesday, 14 March 2018 at 12:00:42 UTC, Seb wrote:
>> Yeah, the idea is that 5$ a month isn't much (~ one coffee in most countries), but if 500 people donate one coffee a month, you get the entire coffee machine with a warp engine :)
>
> Sorry to derail, but I had to ask: where does 1 coffee (even extra large) cost $5 USD? Let me know so I know to never move there.

Yeah...

I still prefer an 'espresso', that in Italy is simply called 'caffè': 1.00 euro in Milano.
An original Cappuccino, italiano, is 1.20 euro...

/Paolo
March 19, 2018
On 03/19/2018 12:31 AM, Tony wrote:
> 
>  I believe they only mentioned the time
> factor, but it is also labor intensive to manually pour the water.

Yup [nod, nod]. That's why decades ago they invented machines to pour the hot water over the coffee for us ;) It even heats up the water, too!