California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold Mine

Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by ardit33 on Saturday February 17, 2018 @03:09PM (#16402452)

In Rome, I bought 1.20 euro for a espresso, and 2.0 for a cappuccino, right smack in the middle of the city near the train station.

In Albania, it is the 0.80 for a medium-good espresso (Lavazza or Illy), and 1.20 to 1.50 for a cappuccino.

In Barcelona, a glass of wine varied between 2.5. and 3 euros. I never paid more than that. In the US? 12-15 (In NYC at least).

Also, in NYC, you can't buy a bottle of water for $1, in most places, while in supermarkets in Spain was about 0.50 or 0.60

So, yeah, Americans in general pay twice as much for beverages.

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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by Kephael on Saturday February 17, 2018 @03:20PM (#16402503)

NYC unfairly keeps large grocers such as Walmart out of the city. You can order 40 water bottle packs from Costco using Instacart for 3.69 in NYC [1]. NYC Bodegas are not competitive, it is unfortunate the city allows the poor to be taken advantage of and forced to shop at such uncompetitively priced stores.

[1] https://www.instacart.com/store/items/item_128043194

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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by Hydraulix989 on Saturday February 17, 2018 @09:39PM (#16404129)

How does it keep them out?

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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by nitrogen on Saturday February 17, 2018 @11:36PM (#16404481)

I'm not familiar with NYC, but typical techniques involve refusing to issue business or construction permits, or imposing untenable restrictions.

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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by nightski on Saturday February 17, 2018 @03:23PM (#16402513)

Lol in the Midwest a glass of wine will run you $4-6 and an espresso around $2-3. Of course you'd pick the highest cost region.

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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by ardit33 on Saturday February 17, 2018 @04:08PM (#16402708)

I didn't pick the lowest cost regions in Italy or Spain either. I am comparing cities vs. cities and not cities vs. middle of nowhere. Both Rome and Barcelona are world class cities. (Barcelona the more modern one). The prices are similar in Berlin and many other cities in Europe expect in Scandinavian countries and London.

There are places where things are even cheaper (especially in Souther Italy), where 3 euros will get you a whole bottle of wine.

While NYC is expensive, is it not much more than either San Francisco or Boston. (maybe a 5% difference, but not 2x).

Just saying

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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by nightski on Sunday February 18, 2018 @01:57PM (#16407522)

Minneapolis/St Paul metro isn't the middle of no where. It's almost 4 million people... We have over 80 breweries and a 1 billion dollar sports stadium where the super bowl was held this year. I could go on.

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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by djrogers on Saturday February 17, 2018 @03:20PM (#16402504)

You can’t compare prices in NYC and extrapolate that to the rest of the country - it’s the most expensive place for pretty much everything.

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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by ardit33 on Saturday February 17, 2018 @04:17PM (#16402747)

SF and Boston are close enough to NYC:

Consumer Prices in San Francisco, CA are 1.16% lower than in New York, Consumer Prices in Boston, MA are 12.87% lower than in New York, NY

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