Brain recalibration - a cost of living/modern life thread
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Just a shame those coffee shop guys, and it’s usually guys, love under-roasting their beans #acidcoffee
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You think they roast their own beans?
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
The three nearest to me are all female owned or co-owned, which I guess could be an anomaly. Majority of the staff across all three are also women. Definitely no acidic coffee on offer, maybe men are just bad at coffee!
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The real snobby coffee places I know roast their own coffee, yes.
It has become a red flag for me, alas.
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All of that. They went sky high for last year, and dont think they've come down at all. Used to be able to get one in France for about £20 a day, and now it's more like £50.
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I don't really know why they'd do that, as surely specialist roasters will do a more reliable job, and the economy of scale will keep costs sensible, as well as giving more effective choice, as they are roasting much more.
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Same as the multitude of craft beers. Imagine the horror if you asked one of them why they don't just use Heineken.
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Declaration of interest: one of my great grandfathers was a partner in 'Polglase Chambers' in Bristol, a tea, coffee and spice merchant. I guess that coffee in those days (end of the 19th century & beginning of 20th) was a whole different thing.
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I think you had coffee with milk in those days😉
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At least a Heineken wouldn’t give me turbo indigestion like their craft beer which inevitably is basically 110% hops with some grapefruit juice squeezed in.
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Never had one, they look something you might have for desert.
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So you go to over-priced snobby cafes that roast their own beans incorrectly? Okay.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Nor me. And I don't eat Cocoa Pops either now I'm all growed up.
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My first boss used to price things in pints of lager. He found that a car at one period of time cost the same in another period, say ten years on if using the 'lager index'.
I tend to think of items I want to buy in terms of 'fills of petrol' (apart from the obvious). I recall looking at a printer for the PC years ago and wondering if it was worth it, and then realising that it cost LESS than a tank of fuel, a tank of fuel which I could not make last a fortnight.
But I agree with what I've read above about the high cost of items which don't appear to follow inflation. There's things in my grocery shopping which I know have doubled in price over the last three years. And there are many items which if they sold them in the sizes they used to, would be thought to be excessive at that price.
Shrinkflation is what it's usually called, but it really goes beyond that, the manufacturers realise that it would be beyond what the market would stand.
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Printers and OEM ink. There is a prime example of crazy pricing. It is often cheaper to buy a new printer than replacement ink. No, I don't buy OEM ink.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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Yeahbut if I were a client I'd rather go to a greasy spoon with good coffee than a Michelin star level cafe with shitty coffee. I guess some are more impressed by superficial surroundings than I am.
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Actually I do Mrs W buys then for the grandson when he visits but after he’s gone there’s usually 3 quarters of a box left and as they will have gone soggy before his next visit. So I finish them off.
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Judge it according to who you're dealing with, I've had business meetings in the cafe, pubs or a nice restaurant.
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Good excuse.
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I just booked an SUV for Tenerife and it was £40 for 6 days. I felt a bit concerned as it was so cheap!
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interestingly, my local bakery has not put up prices, everything costs about the same as last year and even then, they only increased prices by about 5-10%.
It’s not the case for the more upmarket sourdough dealers, who now sell a loaf for £ 5.50.
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I think people have different taste, and I think a lot of people love the coffee shops with the under-roasted beans.
My priority is a place with easy service, not too loud, close but not too close to the venue. Quality of coffee is quite low down on the list - doesn't mean I don't have an opinion on it.
I could start a whole thread on what food and drink orders people think are acceptable for an external business meeting (aka not with colleagues), and what people do when they're on their 4th or 5th meeting in a row.
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Christ that's cheap. Should have just set up a monthly standing order and driven it back to the uk.
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Yeah, I'm genuinely concerned about it now :D.
I need a bigger car to get bike box in, otherwise a small car would have been just over £30.
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I can get my oversized bike box in a VW Polo. Back seats down and only seats 2 but still...
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I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Yeah, there are three of us there, and a full size suitcase case so had to size up. Actually driving to the airport in a TT Coupe with the (Alan) bike box in the back - no problem.
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