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.
