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[–] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

So no secret here that I pay obnoxious amounts for coffee. Not particularly a coffee snob, but heh, I get around.

The most expensive so far I think I’ve paid for was at Greece Airport.

So far:

  • Changi Airport - Kenangan Coffee $6
  • Jewel (Changi Airport): % Arabica $10 (that’s on par with the airport above, price-wise)
  • Melbourne Coffee (Phnom Penh): $1.88 USD

The last equates to under $3 AUD. I gave $2 (USD) and said to keep the change…

I’m now sitting in a park contemplating how this feels like it’s socioeconomically representative. Not from what we can afford, but what they charge. % Arabica, was good but just the general level I’d expect in Melbourne from a minimalist white designed cafe, but not for that price point which was around $8 SGD to begin with.

Props to Kenangan, though. Man who made my coffee, hard to tell with age, but easily 50s, maybe 60s?

Probably can go on a holiday with my coffee money.

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

I moved to making my own coffee because of how much I was spending on takeaways in a week and this was awhile ago.

What I spent over a year could have given me a holiday as well.

[–] wscholermann@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

10 dollars? Fucking hell that's pretty bad even for an airport.

[–] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

I mean, I didn’t even to ask for the price, so when it came up I was like: 😑