Just for a bit of perspective: the average monthly salary in Switzerland is around $11000 so maybe $10 for a flat white is more affordable.
If comparison against average monthly wage is your benchmark, it’s still proportionately cheaper in Australia with average monthly wage being $6,201.43 (i.e., >50% of $11,000, whereas the coffee price is <50% of $10.16).
Average wages here are also higher than the majority of the countries above us on the average-coffee-price chart.
I don’t trust the article.
I recall having coffee and croissant in a Salzburg historic courtyard cafe for cheaper than the price of one in a shitty Aussie suburban location.
You don’t trust average price data because of a personal anecdote? Very strange take.
It is my own direct evidence, not someone else’s anecdote. TBF Salzburg is in Austria which the article doesn’t mention.
Your “direct evidence” is literally an anecdote lol
Lol please don’t be a dick lol on here LMAO it isn’t Reddit ROFL
Yes it is an anecdote for you and everyone else. But for me it is direct evidence because it happened to me. Yes only a sample size of one but it is not an outlier, locals told me it is normal.
What a weird article.
When I make coffee at home, it works out to 65 cents per cup. And I make it exactly how I like it — so it tastes better than most cafes.
I’m prepared to pay more when someone else makes it, but not ten times that price. Sorry.
is it just me or is the news full of bullshit articles these days priming us for price rises in pretty much everything? sick of this shit
I’d be happy if it was due to the death of undervalued labour, but this is just straight up greed (the trend, not this article)
I have noticed it too… it is like propaganda. Why you should not wait and buy that house now, house prices have never been stronger… now this
This is especially weird coming from the conversation as well
Why is it weird?
Actually never mind I hadn’t read the article, which is well written and has the quality I would expect from a conversation article.
Prices rise regardless of whether they’re discussed or not. If it makes you feel so uncomfortable then just don’t read articles that are obviously about cost-of-living like this one.
Did the author choose airport coffee shops in the most expensive cities?
Doesn’t factor in cost of living, probably only exchange rates. Also Japanese coffee is terrible.
There is no scenario where I’m willing to spend $6-8 on a coffee. I am not alone, I expect most people would not. Market demand simply won’t support that price point.
At the same time, if the market were willing to pay $10 a coffee, you better believe that cafes would gladly charge that $10.
