Price of a cup of Coffee !

Fulton Crown

Got to thinkin about this recently and wonderin was there much reduction in the price of a cup of coffee now that the Tiger has departed.

Went into a coffee shop in malahide recently and requested an Americano - Black Coffee - milk on the side.

It came in a medium sized cup nicely presented an all that ....and the price €2.90.

Nearly €3 for a cup o coffee !

Is this normal....is this reasonable ......is this a rip off.....why is it so expensive ?

Toby Take a Bow

It's a little on the expensive side, but I don't know Malahide very well. I'd say Malahide is a little on the expensive side.

2.50 is expensive for a coffee, but it depends what you're getting. also, if you're thinking it's too expensive, don't shop there. Simple.

johngalway

Fulton Crown wrote: »

why is it so expensive ?

Because you paid it.

If you were willing to pay €5.90 for it that's what they'd be charging.

AnneElizabeth

Londis on Dame Street is €1 for coffee or tea. €2 for a chicken fillet roll. Amazingly cheap!

Mr. Denton

It's a rip-off but sometimes it's the kick you need to get you thru the day.

Hopefully in future they'll offer a service to inject the caffiene directly into my eyeballs.

starbelgrade

I never pay more than €2 for a coffee.

squod

€2 and every seventh cup free in McDonalds. Decent coffee too.

Aishae

I noticed a lot of coffee shops seem to charge less now but there are still plenty of menus I've seen where the price is 3.60 for eg. Crazy. What I always found odd was the price of hot chocolate, it's more than the price of coffee usually.

I've noticed newsagents etc don't try to charge people a fortune anymore. Lots of 1/1.50 deals - in Dublin at least,

I dont mind so much if you get a decent sized cup but those places that charge a fortune for a tiny mug?! He'll no

Chuck Stone

johngalway wrote: »

Because you paid it.

If you were willing to pay €5.90 for it that's what they'd be charging.

^^

/thread.

Run_to_da_hills

squod wrote: »

€2 and every seventh cup free in McDonalds. Decent coffee too.

Cheaper again if you peel the loyalty stickers off the cups that are left behind from customers too lazy to dump them.

Basq

€2.90 is a tad expensive for a medium Americano (should be max €2).. but just be thankful you didn't go to Costa Coffee - you wouldn't have gotten change for a fiver there!

Though to be honest, I'd rather pay €2.50 for a good cup of coffee than €1.50 - €1.80 for the absolute dirt you get in a Centra nowadays. Vile!

OT - bought a lovely cup of coffee last week and it fell out of the cup holder and spilled all over the ground of the passenger seat. Don't know what I was more pissed about - the stink of coffee in the car until I cleaned it yesterday or the fact I lost a damn fine cup of coffee!

brian ireland

Toby Take a Bow wrote: »

if you're thinking it's too expensive, don't shop there. Simple.

Getting sick of that boring feckin answer to every thread about prices.

Saila

isnt malahide a fancy d4 type area?

theres your answer.

The___________

johngalway wrote: »

Because you paid it.

If you were willing to pay €5.90 for it that's what they'd be charging.

Nail meets head, people complaining about things being expensive after they have bought them makes no sense, if the OP was willing to pay 2.90 for a cup of coffee then you can bet that many other consumers will also pay this premium.

If you think something is expensive don't buy, if enough people do the same prices will drop....

Chuck Stone

brian ireland wrote: »

Getting sick of that boring feckin answer to every thread about prices.

Want do you want?

Socialist coffee?

MrStuffins

brian ireland wrote: »

Getting sick of that boring feckin answer to every thread about prices.

It's true! It's called voting with your feet!

If you need to buy a product, buy where it's cheapest! Very very simple!

brian ireland

squod wrote: »

€2 and every seventh cup free in McDonalds. Decent coffee too.

McDonalds bean to cup coffee is first class.

starbelgrade

Basq wrote: »

OT - bought a lovely cup of coffee last week and it fell out of the cup holder and spilled all over the ground of the passenger seat. Don't know what I was more pissed about - the stink of coffee in the car until I cleaned it yesterday or the fact I lost a damn fine cup of coffee!

You need to suck it up.

Literally.

Balloon Of a fish in C.

Read an article on the internet about Places like starbucks selling mediocre coffee ,but their locations make them popular.

You pay for what you get I suppose ,malahide is a nice spot.

denlaw

Basq wrote: »

€2.90 is a tad expensive for a medium Americano (should be max €2).. but just be thankful you didn't go to Costa Coffee - you wouldn't have gotten change for a fiver there!

Though to be honest, I'd rather pay €2.50 for a good cup of coffee than €1.50 - €1.80 for the absolute dirt you get in a Centra nowadays. Vile!

OT - bought a lovely cup of coffee last week and it fell out of the cup holder and spilled all over the ground of the passenger seat. Don't know what I was more pissed about - the stink of coffee in the car until I cleaned it yesterday or the fact I lost a damn fine cup of coffee!

I think there's a costa coffee shop in the white water shopping centre in newbridge , a costly experience let me tell you , once bitten ......

OPENROAD

Balloon Of a fish in C. wrote: »

Read an article on the internet about Places like starbucks selling mediocre coffee ,but their locations make them popular.

You pay for what you get I suppose ,malahide is a nice spot.

Don't think that is as relevant as it may seem when it comes to the price of coffee in Dublin imo

zyxwvu

Fulton Crown wrote: »

...why is it so expensive ?

I'll tell ya why.. cause they're robbing bastards!! The maximum value of the different beverages in my opinion are as follows:

- cup of coffee - €1.50
- cup of tea - €1.20
- 500 ml fizzy drink - €1.20
- 330 ml can fizzy drink - €0.80
- 330 ml bottle beer in pub- €2
- pint beer in pub - €3

Balloon Of a fish in C.

OPENROAD wrote: »

Don't think that is as relevant as it may seem when it comes to the price of coffee in Dublin imo

It's always easier to appreciate a bargain ,but when in Rome

OPENROAD

denlaw wrote: »

I think there's a costa coffee shop in the white water shopping centre in newbridge , a costly experience let me tell you , once bitten ......

Out of curiosity, how much approx is a latte there?

laughter189

I pay €1.80 at most service stations , and paid € 1.90 at a hospital restaurant at the weekend .

And not only that , but I also got the milk , sugar and spoon for the all-in price above .

Solnskaya

I'm a coffeeholic, 5 cups a day at least, it's a standing joke that I can't pass a petrol station without stopping for a coffee. Mcdonalds have good caffein, Toughers do a fine cup, the Tesco stations are nice too, but as for price, €2 is the max. If it's more than €2, I'd get it the once, but pass on the repeat custom thing. Apart from Mcdonalds, cos I collect the sticker things, and get a lot of free cups, so the price gets lost in a haze of "gotta collect the stickers, mmmmm,heh,mmmmm".

MrStuffins

Solnskaya wrote: »

I'm a coffeeholic, 5 cups a day at least, it's a standing joke that I can't pass a petrol station without stopping for a coffee. Mcdonalds have good caffein, Toughers do a fine cup, the Tesco stations are nice too, but as for price, €2 is the max. If it's more than €2, I'd get it the once, but pass on the repeat custom thing. Apart from Mcdonalds, cos I collect the sticker things, and get a lot of free cups, so the price gets lost in a haze of "gotta collect the stickers, mmmmm,heh,mmmmm".

If you drink so much coffee, why don't you make your own and buy a big flask or something?

brian ireland

MrStuffins wrote: »

It's true! It's called voting with your feet!

If you need to buy a product, buy where it's cheapest! Very very simple!

This is not directed at you personally but most people who complain about prices and being stung have been in a situation where the price is crazy.

They make the on the spot decision to make the purchase because they believe the product must be nice due to the fact the price is ott. They buy, they taste and they come to the conclusion it's a rip.
Next step is to vote with your feet and tell everyone in cyberspace about your experience.

MrStuffins

brian ireland wrote: »

This is not directed at you personally but most people who complain about prices and being stung have been in a situation where the price is crazy.

They make the on the spot decision to make the purchase because they believe the product must be nice due to the fact the price is ott. They buy, they taste and they come to the conclusion it's a rip.
Next step is to vote with your feet and tell everyone in cyberspace about your experience.

Well if you live to the age where you're buying cups of coffee in the city centre and you still haven't realised that price does not necessarily equal quality, then you've lived your life with your eyes closed!

Killer Pigeon

Coffee is mank.

Rocket19

Saila wrote: »

isnt malahide a fancy d4 type area?

theres your answer.

Its on the Northside side of Dublin, so not D4, but yep, a nice area.

I wouldn't say that 2.90 is very expensive for coffee. I've seen much cheaper though (aka. Londis on Grafton Street for €1 is the cheapest I have seen).

I suppose I'm used to paying 3.30 or so in the 'coffee chains' around town though, so I wouldn't even think of 2.90 as expensive. It is actually pretty extortionate though really.

Solnskaya

MrStuffins wrote: »

If you drink so much coffee, why don't you make your own and buy a big flask or something?

Why??? I make sh1te coffee. ps I work for Mcdonalds and most of the big coffee imporers, so feel like I'm just giving somthing back. If you can't afford €10 a day for coffee and €17 for fags, you can just give up. Edit, my values may well be somwhat warped, I blame the Celtic Tiger, he touched me on my no no place.

OPENROAD

Rocket19 wrote: »

Its on the Northside side of Dublin, so not D4, but yep, a nice area.

I wouldn't say that 2.90 is very expensive for coffee. I've seen cheaper (aka. Londis on Grafton Street for €1 is the cheapest I have seen).

I suppose I'm used to paying 3.30 or so in the 'coffee chains' around town though, so I wouldn't even think of 2.90 as expensive. It is actually pretty extortionate though really.

Balloon Of a fish in C.

Wouldn't have thought paying up to €3 for a coffee is too bad ,if you're sitting down to have it.
As long as people are working and the place is clean ,no harm done.

OPENROAD

Balloon Of a fish in C. wrote: »

Wouldn't have thought paying up to €3 for a coffee is too bad ,if you're sitting down to have it.
As long as people are working and the place is clean ,no harm done.

I pay close to that, but in all honesty, for a city like Dublin, it is too expensive imo

Balloon Of a fish in C.

OPENROAD wrote: »

I pay close to that, but in all honesty, for a city like Dublin, it is too expensive imo

I'll only have a coffee twice a week ,but when I do it has to smell like coffee ,the rich bean smell
Only recently had a coffee in templebar in a lovely american style cafe and it wasn't €3 and the staff were brilliant. Left a tip aswell.

Rocket19

OPENROAD wrote: »

Jeeeez.
What I meant was, in comparison to other coffee places, where prices can range from €3.20 -€3.60, €2.90 isn't that expensive.

I said then, that the prices are extortionate, but for what you're getting. €2.90 for coffee is expensive (because its just a cup of coffee!), butin relation to other prices, its cheap-ish.

OPENROAD

Balloon Of a fish in C. wrote: »

I'll only have a coffee twice a week ,but when I do it has to smell like coffee ,the rich bean smell
Only recently had a coffee in templebar in a lovely american style cafe and it wasn't €3 and the staff were brilliant. Left a tip aswell.

My one indulgent normally have a couple a day myself during the week.

OPENROAD

Rocket19 wrote: »

Jeeeez.
What I meant was, in comparison to other coffee places, where prices can range from €3.20 -€3.60, €2.90 isn't that expensive.

I said then, that the prices are extortionate, but for what you're getting. €2.90 for coffee is expensive (because its just a cup of coffee!), butin relation to other prices, its cheap-ish.

Sorry, not feeling too well tonight, I'm a bit slow tonight

Solnskaya

just so ye know, the price of coffee as a commodity has rocketed due to short supply and big demand, the coffee importers are hurting at the mo. So, whatever the price, if it's rich and hot, with that aroma to die for, and you can't stay awake without it, its all good.

Turpentine

zyxwvu wrote: »

I'll tell ya why.. cause they're robbing bastards!! The maximum value of the different beverages in my opinion are as follows:

- cup of coffee - €1.50
- cup of tea - €1.20
- 500 ml fizzy drink - €1.20
- 330 ml can fizzy drink - €0.80
- 330 ml bottle beer in pub- €2
- pint beer in pub - €3

Jaysis I just got some serious deja-vu, that's roughly the price things were when we changed over to the Euro.

Fair play to you for keeping it lit, but I don't think anything has or ever will stay the same price for a decade.

As for a cup of take-away coffee, anything over €2 means I'll reconsider my options in future and anything over €2.50 means I definitely won't be buying it there again.

A sit-in cafe is a different story, and how much I'd pay obviously raises due to the sit-in factor, but anything over €3 is ridiculous and it'd want to be made from those beans that they make cats digest first.

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Coffee is mank.

No it's not...actually...wait a minute...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygCB6ea2I6A

No it's not.

martyboy48

Solnskaya wrote: »

I'm a coffeeholic, 5 cups a day at least, it's a standing joke that I can't pass a petrol station without stopping for a coffee. Mcdonalds have good caffein, Toughers do a fine cup, the Tesco stations are nice too, but as for price, €2 is the max. If it's more than €2, I'd get it the once, but pass on the repeat custom thing. Apart from Mcdonalds, cos I collect the sticker things, and get a lot of free cups, so the price gets lost in a haze of "gotta collect the stickers, mmmmm,heh,mmmmm".

Would this qualify as a coffeeholc???
If it does, I'm fcuked so.... 15+....****e coffee at home+quality in coffee shops:eek:

I would ride myself cos im a sexy man

head into ta your local boylesports de have a coffee machine der with free gear.

zyxwvu

Turpentine wrote: »

Jaysis I just got some serious deja-vu, that's roughly the price things were when we changed over to the Euro.

Fair play to you for keeping it lit, but I don't think anything has or ever will stay the same price for a decade.

Aw no, I know those prices are unrealistic, but they're still the prices I believe those drinks should be, if ya get what I mean? Like I'd be very surprised to see bottles of beer going for 2 quid in any pub/nightclub or cans of coke going for 80 cent... but when you think about it, is a can of coke worth more than 80 cent considering that you can get them for for about 30 or 40 cents when there is a multi-pack offer on. i know people would say "well it sells for more than that, therefore it is worth more" but I'm not convinced!

Toby Take a Bow

brian ireland wrote: »

Getting sick of that boring feckin answer to every thread about prices.

It's the same as saying: it's expensive because you paid for it. And it's true.

brian ireland wrote: »

This is not directed at you personally but most people who complain about prices and being stung have been in a situation where the price is crazy.

They make the on the spot decision to make the purchase because they believe the product must be nice due to the fact the price is ott. They buy, they taste and they come to the conclusion it's a rip.
Next step is to vote with your feet and tell everyone in cyberspace about your experience.

How is telling everyone on cyberspace 'voting with your feet'? The OP didn't even mention the cafe. So we know of a place somewhere in Malahide that's a rip off.

The OP also didn't mention whether the coffee was nice or not. So he's basically questioning why 2.90 is so expensive. So I think the valid answer is: don't pay the price.

(Fixx do really nice coffee, but very very expensive. I'll go there sometimes).

stupidusername

Has Joe been called yet?

seriously we're in a recession, make your own and bring it with you. nice flask will do the job.

Joey the lips

It should be obvious that when your buying a cup of coffee the raw materials(ie coffee cup milk sugar) is only a small element of cost. Production costs will no doubt add up to more and overheads screw the bejasus out of you.

If you want cheap coffee buy a flask in lidl and buy lidl coffee. Bring it with you.

jetsonx

Fulton Crown wrote: »

It came in a medium sized cup nicely presented an all that ....and the price €2.90.

Nearly €3 for a cup o coffee !

Is this normal....is this reasonable ......is this a rip off.....why is it so expensive ?

OP, Coffee is a commodity that become very expensive in the last two years for two reasons. Two consecutive coffee harvests in key growing areas like Vietnam and Brazil which were poor.

Secondly, as China and India emulate the West and their (bad!) habits they have pushed up the demand also.

Taking these two factors into account an average coffee shop probably has a lot of overheads. High insurance costs. Light. Power. Rent. Staff. Commercial Rates.

And as another poster has rightly stated, you never said whether it was nice or not. At the end of the day, its about value not price.

phill106

I went to dublin zoo the other day, an hour in, needing a lift and seeking coffee I spotted one of their little shops. Expecting to be gouged (captive audience and all, excuse the pun) I was pleasantly surprised that it was only 2 euro for a tea/coffee/latte etc (may have been 2.50 but definitely no more then that).
I think they realised people need cheaper these days, or will do without.

sunflower27

Basq wrote: »

€2.90 is a tad expensive for a medium Americano (should be max €2).. but just be thankful you didn't go to Costa Coffee - you wouldn't have gotten change for a fiver there!

Though to be honest, I'd rather pay €2.50 for a good cup of coffee than €1.50 - €1.80 for the absolute dirt you get in a Centra nowadays. Vile!

OT - bought a lovely cup of coffee last week and it fell out of the cup holder and spilled all over the ground of the passenger seat. Don't know what I was more pissed about - the stink of coffee in the car until I cleaned it yesterday or the fact I lost a damn fine cup of coffee!

Ohh yes, Costa is incredible. Ordered two large coffees there a while back, very little change out of a tenner. Drink it on one of their plush couches and you can add on another tenner :eek:

It's not just Ireland.. A nice coffee here is pretty expensive. The whole coffee shortage thing I guess.