grimbo
Explorer
Remember you can't do a straight dollar for dollar conversion.
Our wages, cost of living etc are higher than the USA as well so you're not comparing apples for apples
But yes they are expensive
Crazy Australians
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Remember you can't do a straight dollar for dollar conversion.
Our wages, cost of living etc are higher than the USA as well so you're not comparing apples for apples
But yes they are expensive
highdesertranger
Adventurer
this is exactly why I will build my own. I have not found a toy hauler that can handle off road. highdesertranger
The reported prices are average prices... and places like McDonald's McCafes and donut shops probably bring that average way down.
"Perth, in a recent national survey by coffee machine company Gilkatho, was the most expensive capital, with the average cappuccino costing $3.89, with some cafes selling a mug for as much as $7.25."
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...633155978?nk=6f489d0ff95355f7528b18678a1a5e19
"Perth, in a recent national survey by coffee machine company Gilkatho, was the most expensive capital, with the average cappuccino costing $3.89, with some cafes selling a mug for as much as $7.25."
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...633155978?nk=6f489d0ff95355f7528b18678a1a5e19
jdlobb
Adventurer
The reported prices are average prices... and places like McDonald's McCafes and donut shops probably bring that average way down.
"Perth, in a recent national survey by coffee machine company Gilkatho, was the most expensive capital, with the average cappuccino costing $3.89, with some cafes selling a mug for as much as $7.25."
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...633155978?nk=6f489d0ff95355f7528b18678a1a5e19
that is maybe the most pretentious price index metric I can possibly imagine. Is it accompanied by a comparison of average Pilates class and artisanal cheese prices?
DiploStrat
Expedition Leader
Dude, you have to understand that anyone from Brisbane has an anxiety attack if they get more than 20 metres from a barista. (Yeah, the Aussies LOVE their coffee.)
GR8ADV
Explorer
+1. I live in Seattle. Coffee carts, bars etc are literally everywhere from bowling alleys to art shops. In fact I was in a Starbucks the other day, and way in the back I noticed an espresso stand.
But you can't really compare watered-down American coffee (that's been sitting on the warmer for hours) to other countries since most other countries wouldn't dare serve it that way.
grimbo
Explorer
Never been to Melbourne then. Coffee is taken very seriously with an abundance of quality locations to get it. It is actually quite a good index to compare costs
indiedog
Adventurer
It is indeed serious stuff here. It doesn't cost much to make good coffee at home. We buy whole beans and grind them then just use an espresso machine. Once you have good coffee it's impossible to drink crap stuff. Even when camping we take a stove top espresso maker. We don't rough it in that regard. :sombrero:
Rumpig
Adventurer
not all of us do, i'm happy to chuck some Nescafe or the like in a cup and drink that...bugger paying the rediculous figures coffee shops charge everyone for their fancy coffees i say...lol..It certainly has gotten trendy these days to be a fancy coffee drinker here in Oz though, the amount of tradies i see on jobsites with their cafe bought coffees in the morning is amazing, it's big business now.