My wife and I just wandered into a minimalist looking coffee shop on the street in West London and (yes, I had to double check) this was the price list for an 8oz cup of filter coffee.
We turned on our heels. (Obv, I didn’t want to look cheap by ordering the £20 cup…)
Well… Was it good?
You can buy 350g from Square Mile for that price 
I will never know
Jeez … Item 12 … over 60 USD !!!
Was it by chance this café?
but tbh: a £10 Geisha sounds okay. If it is well prepared you can get a pretty unique drink (if you like strawberries 
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Now I feel stupid for complaining…
Tbh, I did see this video when it came out but that one comes in a gold espresso cup and other nonsense so I figured it’s just w@nker show off BS for people whose Maclaren sports car is slowed down by the 20mph speed limit in central London and a 22 carat gold paint job.
This was just a cafe on a side street so the shock was real.
The other day, I was wondering about the phasing out of the US penny coin. Since 1965, the value of $1 has inflated to $10.12. To equal a 1985 dollar now takes $3. Inflation is literally robbing everyone.
Gotta pay off that 35 Trillion of debt somehow 
Well, maybe it is… The price tag does not say if the coffee is good - it just says that it is expensive 
I usually buy espresso beans at around 40€/kg and they are pretty good! I once had a coffee that was 100€/kg and it was very funky - tasted like watermelon (yes, you read right). However, that was no coffee I would drink everyday. And if you ordered it as an espresso in the coffee-bar of the roaster, it was just 3,80€ instead of 3,30€… So, far away from the prices in London.
I guess it is similar to wine: you pay for the name and rarity. I know someone who got a 300€ bottle of french red wine for his birthday. I was invited to drink it. We prepared it very well, let it decant etc… But it tasted … not that good 
Later we read that this specific vintage was rated as a bad one, but still, for 300€ you expect something fancy.
Yeah, I’m not against paying over the odds occasionally just to try something. But this price list made me feel like if I paid for the just slightly insane cup, I’d be drinking from the bottom of the barrel.
Haha yeah, I can totally understand!
But London has so many good cafes - with normal prices! Last time I was there I had a long list I wanted to visit but we were there between Christmas and new year - where basically no cafe was open. The only one I visited was “Kiss the hippo” and it was pretty good! I also took £60 worth of beans with me 
Any recommendations? I currently buy from a Portuguese roaster for 22€ per kg but it’s just okay. I wouldn’t mind a fancier one for some occasions.
I read the last one as Striking Terror.
I usually buy from local roasters here in Vienna, like https://nomi.coffee/
Find a shop that roasts in house ans get that fresh roast. Makes a huge difference.
I buy from local roasters when possible. This is obviously easier when you live in a city and there is a good coffee culture. It’s not bad where I live because it’s the Pacific Northwest, so we benefit from the Vancouver/Seattle scene.
For anyone in this neck of the woods, I’m enjoying Cherry Hill’s dark roasts a lot, and Pioneer Gourmet Coffee make a surprisingly good decaf roast.
But generally I would echo @paperdigits’ advice to find a shop that roasts in-house wherever you live. You get to support local businesses as well as having the freshest coffee. Although, I’ve heard that about 7-10 days after roasting is optimal, rather than immediately after it’s roasted…
Does what it says on the tin
