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Title: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: bijou on May 05, 2010, 10:33:33 AM
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How much are you willing to pay for a cup of joe?

A gourmet coffee chain is betting you'll pay up to $12 for a fine brew.

Cafe Grumpy has Brooklyn locations in Greenpoint and Park Slope.  It also has a Manhattan location in Chelsea.

It is part of a small, but growing, movement of coffee shops roasting their own beans.

The company defends the steep prices, saying they are higher end coffees and take much longer to develop and process.

The cafes offer a changing selection of coffees.  One current offering is called Nekisse.  It is described as a "very clean, sweet, complex cup with tropical fruit notes of pineapple, kiwi and key lime." ...
link (http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/manhattan/12-cup-of-coffee-comes-to-new-york-20100403-lgf)

For twelve dollars I'd want a basket of tropical fruit for comparison purposes thrown in.
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: DefiantSix on May 05, 2010, 11:14:50 AM
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Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: Wineslob on May 05, 2010, 11:35:06 AM
Is it gonna have a shot of Eagle Rare in it?
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: NHSparky on May 05, 2010, 11:46:38 AM
And I thought it was bad enough paying $40/lb for Jamaican Blue Mountain.
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: thundley4 on May 05, 2010, 11:52:45 AM
I complain when I can't get a can of coffee for under $8.
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: NHSparky on May 05, 2010, 11:56:07 AM
I complain when I can't get a can of coffee for under $8.

Would you still complain if you got the 3-lb bag of Starbucks for $18?
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: The Village Idiot on May 05, 2010, 11:57:50 AM
Serving stupid people all over NYC
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: thundley4 on May 05, 2010, 12:15:26 PM
Would you still complain if you got the 3-lb bag of Starbucks for $18?

I've never had Starbuck's coffee.
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: debk on May 05, 2010, 01:58:42 PM
I've never had Starbuck's coffee.


Me neither....but I have a serious devotion to their Double Chocolate-y Chip Frappacino.   :drool:

no coffee at all in it....and it's kind of like a semi-frozen chocolate thing with bits of chocolate in it.  :-)
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on May 05, 2010, 02:12:22 PM
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A gourmet coffee chain is betting you'll pay up to $12 for a fine brew.

Ralph Wiggum is betting that he won't.
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: BlueStateSaint on May 05, 2010, 02:38:43 PM
Ralph Wiggum is betting that he won't.

My money's on Ralphie . . . but, when other people take the challenge, all bets are off.
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: Wineslob on May 05, 2010, 03:04:37 PM
I've never had Starbuck's coffee.

Tastes burnt to me.
I'd love me some med roast Jamaican Blue. Pure Kona ain't half bad either.
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: Hawkgirl on May 05, 2010, 03:29:13 PM
New Yorkers will buy it just so they can't show off the cup...kinda like starbucks people...lol
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: littlelamb on May 05, 2010, 10:56:56 PM
With this economy who has 12 bucks to spend on coffee
Title: Re: $12 Cup Of Coffee Comes To New York
Post by: NHSparky on May 06, 2010, 05:53:20 AM
Tastes burnt to me.
I'd love me some med roast Jamaican Blue. Pure Kona ain't half bad either.

I love Kimo Bean, but at $35/lb...not in this O-conomy.