Coffee Savings Calculator (and why I'm ignoring it)

Mr. Raccoon sent these two links about  how those daily mochas/lattes/fraps can add up. I'm sure he's sharing the sites as a service to the curious and that there's no telegraphed message to me (clearing throat).  The first is a calculator where you can plug in a single-drink price, cups per day, coffee days per year, etc,  and see how much you could save over a ten year period, if you opted for the free or cheap office sludge.  And here's a blog post from Undernews, talking about the calculator.

I put myself on a $5/week coffee budget about a year ago, but it didn't last very long.  I'm not sure it's even so much the coffee itself as how much I enjoy being a regular at the Hound.  It means a lot to me to have a  non-corporate, caffeine-based Cheers close by.  I suppose I could change to just plain coffee.  Those mochas do add up. But, I prefer to justify it as a contribution to the economic health of my local economy.  I also enjoy seeing the first Coffee Hound baby, Hans, get bigger and open-eyed--he's about three months old now.  Hans is frequently attached to one of his Hound-owner parents in a front pack snuggli, or in the arms of a grandparent or family friend.  You won't see that at Starblechs.

Comments

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[peets coffee]

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[Calcrat]

Sorry for the shameless plug here, but I actually made a calculator much like Hugh Chou's that figures out how much coffee adds up to over an entire lifetime. For me it is over a million bucks.

http://www.calcrat.com/coffeeCostPHP.php

[Amy Proni]

There are trade-offs to everything, right? Support the local business and enjoy your coffee.

[skully]

this post reminded me of one of your earlier ones that turned me on to the delocator (www.delocator.net) which i have been faithfully using to plug in local coffee houses around town. go java boys! you're in there now because of moi!

[Mr. Procyonidae]

"Hmm. Well, questioning the motives of your sources is certainly a healthy, wise and all-too-rare journalistic habit," he mused, pausing briefly to sip from his Iced Coffee—Extra Espresso Shot, No Sweetener (Grande, $3.17). If only the larger size weren't so top-heavy and prone to falling out of the cupholder, he would have gotten a Venti.