Dude, making coffee at home is not insignificant. I drink my coffee black and even that is like $2/coffee (which someone told me has gone up at Tim Horton’s since I was last there). Multiply that by the 3-4 coffees I drink a day and you’re looking at $30-$40/week which becomes becomes $120-160/month.
I can buy a can of coffee that lasts me two months and make it at home for $10. That’s a $370 savings every two months. (CAD)
He said “but not insignificant”. That said, $185/mo($370/2) for something you get hot and fresh every single day should not be a big deal. The economy doesn’t function if little purchases can’t be made and it’s not like people are asking for a new pony every week. If you wanna be frugal to afford something else then that should be your choice and not just the bare minimum to be able to afford rent because your employer won’t pay you.
I too drink 3-4 cups a days, which I make at home (or, much more often, at the office. Which means I save more money because I don’t pay for the ingredients. At least not directly), but every now and then - say, once or twice a week - I buy a cup of coffee. Now, it’s mostly a matter of convenience (I don’t go out specifically to drink coffee, I buy it because I’m already out for other matters) but if I was financially struggling I could make that coffee at home (or at the office) and take it with me. But if wouldn’t be that significant. If we use your numbers, that’s about $2-$4/week - or about $156/year (I don’t calculate the price of the jar because I already need it for the 3-4 cups I make myself, and yes I will use them up more often but at this point it’s small change). Not much.
You drink 3-4 cups a day, and because you make them at home you imagine that these people who buy their coffee buy 3-4 cups a day. But is this really the pattern? I mean, I can say that I drink 3-4 cups a day and that I can say that I buy coffee, and both of these statements will be true. So maybe my pattern is the more common one? It would be enough to fill the cafes with people that only drink out once a week…
I don’t imagine people buying 3-4 a day. I used to do it. And yeah every now and then I’ll grab when I’m out, but usually I take two travel mugs with me to work and don’t need to.
Also, it takes less time for me to make coffee than I would spend in the Tim Horton’s drive thru in the morning. Just not worth it.
Completely off topic but…
You’re drinking 3-4 coffees a day? Is that normal for the people around you as well?
I only ask because that’s an insane amount of caffeine for me. I think I’d be bouncing off the walls 😄
Yeah until recently I was drinking that much, but I never noticed a change in my energy levels from coffee. I could also have coffee quite late in the evening and not have trouble sleeping.
I recently cut back to max 1 a day (sometimes going days without) and haven’t noticed any change.
Dude, making coffee at home is not insignificant. I drink my coffee black and even that is like $2/coffee (which someone told me has gone up at Tim Horton’s since I was last there). Multiply that by the 3-4 coffees I drink a day and you’re looking at $30-$40/week which becomes becomes $120-160/month.
I can buy a can of coffee that lasts me two months and make it at home for $10. That’s a $370 savings every two months. (CAD)
He said “but not insignificant”. That said, $185/mo($370/2) for something you get hot and fresh every single day should not be a big deal. The economy doesn’t function if little purchases can’t be made and it’s not like people are asking for a new pony every week. If you wanna be frugal to afford something else then that should be your choice and not just the bare minimum to be able to afford rent because your employer won’t pay you.
I do get it hot and fresh every day though.
I agree with you about the economy, but on a personal level - keep in mind I drink it black - I find the idea of buying coffee at a shop ridiculous.
I too drink 3-4 cups a days, which I make at home (or, much more often, at the office. Which means I save more money because I don’t pay for the ingredients. At least not directly), but every now and then - say, once or twice a week - I buy a cup of coffee. Now, it’s mostly a matter of convenience (I don’t go out specifically to drink coffee, I buy it because I’m already out for other matters) but if I was financially struggling I could make that coffee at home (or at the office) and take it with me. But if wouldn’t be that significant. If we use your numbers, that’s about $2-$4/week - or about $156/year (I don’t calculate the price of the jar because I already need it for the 3-4 cups I make myself, and yes I will use them up more often but at this point it’s small change). Not much.
You drink 3-4 cups a day, and because you make them at home you imagine that these people who buy their coffee buy 3-4 cups a day. But is this really the pattern? I mean, I can say that I drink 3-4 cups a day and that I can say that I buy coffee, and both of these statements will be true. So maybe my pattern is the more common one? It would be enough to fill the cafes with people that only drink out once a week…
I don’t imagine people buying 3-4 a day. I used to do it. And yeah every now and then I’ll grab when I’m out, but usually I take two travel mugs with me to work and don’t need to.
Also, it takes less time for me to make coffee than I would spend in the Tim Horton’s drive thru in the morning. Just not worth it.
Completely off topic but…
You’re drinking 3-4 coffees a day? Is that normal for the people around you as well?
I only ask because that’s an insane amount of caffeine for me. I think I’d be bouncing off the walls 😄
I mean, not every day, but usually yeah. I don’t drink coffee on Sundays though because I’m aware that I drink a lot of coffee.
Yeah until recently I was drinking that much, but I never noticed a change in my energy levels from coffee. I could also have coffee quite late in the evening and not have trouble sleeping.
I recently cut back to max 1 a day (sometimes going days without) and haven’t noticed any change.
Doesn’t sound that much for Finland at least. A couple of cups here and there.