Surprisingly low price

[jon-nyc]

Large drip coffee at the cafe inside Whole Foods: 2.89.

Can’t remember how far back you’d need to go to see that price at SBUX.

[Horace]

I thought plain coffee was always pretty cheap at starbucks.

[Jolly]

Surprised. Thought coffee growers had had a bad year.

[jon-nyc]

@Horace said in Surprisingly low price:

I thought plain coffee was always pretty cheap at starbucks.

It is relative to the desserts other drinks but still not that cheap.

[George K]

@Horace

[jon-nyc]

That’s a barista made drink. Drip coffee is what I ordered.

[Horace]

Americanos are second-tier pricing, while brewed coffee is the cheapest thing on the menu. I thought I remembered them costing a dollar some years ago.

[LuFins Dad]

It’s $2.65 for a 12oz, $2.95 for a 20oz, and $3.25 for a 24oz.

(Which doesn’t make a lot of pricing sense. You go up 8oz for 30 cents, then the next 4oz is 30 cents.)

[jon-nyc]

It’s 12, 16, and 20.

[jon-nyc]

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Surprisingly low price:

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

I know where I got confused… Their frozen Venti is 24oz…

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in Surprisingly low price:

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

SO bougie.

[Tom-K]

@jon-nyc said in Surprisingly low price:

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

Matt Gaetz says the same thing (tho' for a different product.)

[jon-nyc]

Lol

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Surprisingly low price:

@jon-nyc said in Surprisingly low price:

Venti is Italian for 20.

One time I ordered a grande coffee and the woman replied ‘Venti?’ I said ‘No, sedici’. Nobody laughed but me.

SO bougie.

When the cashier asked for my name for the order, I told her “Spartacus”. When the barista brought the order up and hollered “Spartacus!” I stepped up and said “I am Spartacus” then another older guy stepped forward and said “I am Spartacus”… Then another guy, and another… Those poor androgynous twentysomethings were so confused.

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Surprisingly low price:

When the cashier asked for my name for the order, I told her “Spartacus”. When the barista brought the order up and hollered “Spartacus!” I stepped up and said “I am Spartacus” then another older guy stepped forward and said “I am Spartacus”… Then another guy, and another… Those poor androgynous twentysomethings were so confused.

Tell me that's a true story. Please.

[George K]

Also, if OK with you, I'm going to steal that for a future FB post.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K Afraid not, in fact, I think I saw the original anecdote on TNCR…I tried it once to no good effect.

[George K]

Still stealing it for FB. It's the funniest thing I've read all week.

[jon-nyc]

It’s actually from a video that went viral a decade ago or so.

George- find the video and post that.