You go to Starbucks because you want the sugar and you don't want to make it yourself.

But boy, instead of those $6-$8 coffees, you could skip a few of those and start your journey down sourcing beans from different places, finding a flavor that suits you, and learning to roast your own beans. If you skip a few more, you can get a decent coffee grinder, and a few more and you can even get a Keurig (bah) with a reusable K cup if you don't want to spend time cold brewing (my favorite) or the slow gentle brewing that keeps it from becoming too bitter.

If you like cold brew, it takes like a minute to put your morning coffee together and you can even do all the sugary bits yourself in that period of time.

But most people don't like the coffee... they like the sweetened and flavored caffeine. They haven't yet woken up (HAH) to the fact that you can achieve better, deeper flavors at home.

I buy a tub of Yuban from Sam’s or Costco... prior to covid/Biden stolen election the tub would cost $7 bucks now it’s up to $12. (almost, but not quite double). The tub will make 3 months of daily pots of 12 cups of coffee. Even at its most expensive it’s costing .13¢ a day to make a full pot of coffee for 3 months.

I can’t wrap my head around the fact that for basically the cost of a single trip to Starbucks people could be saving hundreds. I know a person who goes to Starbucks every single day spends roughly $7 each visit. In the same 90 day time period while I spend $12 for my tub of coffee they are spending $630.

$8 of charcoal coffee. We don't support them and they are going bye bye.