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My wife and I go through about 4lbs a month using mainly Chemex and Areopress. Used to get (decent) crummy coffee at Aldi and Grocery Outlet, occasionally splurging for local roasts at the coffee shops. Still, I calculate that's about $35 or so a month on beans, Chemex filters should probably be calculated with how pricey they can be - napkin maths say $11 roughly for a months supply.

$46USD ain't bad compared to my other vices πŸ˜ͺ

Curious to hear if I'm around the average spender or how it tracks! Maybe you have some tips on cheap but amazing coffee? I wouldn't know unless I asked y'all

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

If I am not traveling, just drinking at home or my office then under $25 for single origin Typica or Yellow Bourbon light roast beans.

If I am traveling then I might splash out $100 for four bags of beans.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I drink tea, like the standard orange pekoe stuff. 1 to two bags a day... About $8 for a box of 72... So I dunno less than $5/mo anyway

EDIT pardon me I just saw that this was a coffee community. No hard feelings meant! I still enjoy a social coffee every now and again! May the coarse bean with you or whatever it is coffee drinkers say eachother πŸ˜…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Any good coffee drinker can appreciate tea the same. It's all delicious plant water one way or another 🀩

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Β£30-Β£40 for me. Currently working my way through local roaster recommendations from another thread but it’s taking a while because I order in 1kg packs.

Usually go for two americanos per day with a double shot in each one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Most days it's two 18g of espresso, one 25g made into a pour over. I go through about 2kg a month (about 4.5lbs) with dialling in and some shots for other people.

I spend anywhere from Β£60 per kilo down to about Β£30, depending on where and from whom I am buying. My local roasters (Outpost.coffee) tend to be more expensive than some of the other big names in the UK.

Depending on what's available, I either get a single bag for espresso and a bag for pour over or a bunch of different bags, anything up to 8 typically.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I use 25-26g per day at a cost of $10-$20 a pound so maybe $15-$30 a month

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

About 2,5€ or so

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use an aeropress every morning to make americano style. Roughly 17g of coffee ground somewhere between espresso and turkish coffee.

I get my coffee from a local roaster that will roast and grind the beans for you on the spot, in about 15mins. 200g for around $12

~17g per day depending on how much over or under I scoop, ~6205g per year, ~517g per month

  • ~$30 USD per month at home
  • another ~$20 USD per month on decaf at restaurants/cafes
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for including the stats! I'll be looking back on this to improve my AeroPress pulls

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

We have been super happy with CostCo’s Rainforest Blend(I think it’s under 15 bucks for an 3lbs bag) and grinding it ourselves for our EOD cup of joe. We have some specialty coffee’s in some vacuum containers for weekends.

We typically make Americano’s or French pressed coffee.

We also will do drip sometimes but I usually just use the Costco canned stuff for that. We are using it more and more now that we have a 6 month old and it’s on a timer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Random guy here, stumbled onto this thread.

I can only drink decaf, doctors orders. My wife doesn't drink more than a cup a day usually, caffeinated.

We have a breville espresso machine, got it during COVID because we were home so much.

We made coffee every day, sometimes several times a day. But now that we're more or less back to normal, we're not home often enough to use it regularly. Perhaps once a week.

We still love fancy coffee, just not enough to get up a bit earlier to make it, and take it with us, and then clean the thermos later. Bah.

So we go through a pound or so every few months. It's actually a bit annoying because the coffee gets less fresh as the weeks go on.

As for what coffee we buy? We buy local, there's a roaster near our house, which always smells amazing when you drive by. Their coffee is fine, quite tasty even, it just all kind of tastes similar, if that makes sense. Even if I go for some fancy flavors, which I'm guilty of doing (in a separate special grinder), they all taste very similar in base flavor. Maybe people like that πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ it's fine.

Our favorite coffee is schuil in Grand rapids Michigan, super tasty, and their flavors are phenomenal (if you like that kind of thing).

Edit: beans are about $9-11/lb here in Michigan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

For the current coffee, 56Β’/k-cup, so about $25/mon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Around Β£21 a month.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Around 1kg per month. I buy Lavazza red, it tastes good and strong for Β£10. 40mg lisdexamfetamine washed down with a quad espresso is a good way to start the day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

$180 US. $360 including tips.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

$24 AUD ($16.30 USD) for 500 grams of coffee a month. I drink a cup a day and it's enough for me and my partner to get through. I use a stovetop moka pot and get beans from the local markets here in melbourne :-)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

700 UAH (18$) for a kilo for a month. freshly roasted. two people. two double espresso (16.5g of coffee) almost every day. plus occasional guests. Kyiv, Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

A 1lb bag of kicking horse is about $15CAD on sale, and it lasts me 3 weeks or so

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

maybe 75 cents I'm guessing. maybe 2-3 store brand kpods a month.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

3 to 5$ a month but I can only drink one cup a day now and it is just me.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

$0. I can't stand the taste of The Bean. Not sure how much my housemates spend on it, but it doesn't seem to help them. I'm up first, and they claim I make a good pot of coffee, so they wake up when I feel like putting the pot on around 7:00 am.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You know what the best cup of coffee is? The coffee you don't need to make for yourself, in the comfort of the place you live/call home.

Do you drink something like tea instead?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No. Caffeine doesn't agree with my ADD.

I hit a vape of nicotine and a vape of THC to wake up, lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hell yeah - water, a cigarette, and a puff on my stiiizy for me.

How does it interact with your ADD?

I'm starting to think long term use for caffeine should be something everyone avoids. Since I've cut out over half of the caffeine I used to intake I've noticed that I sleep much more consistently, and I want to say the quality is better but that could just be a placebo associated with getting the right amount in the first place lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It makes my ADD go haywire. Sure I have a short burst of energy, but my focus is shot for the rest of the day. Also I think I have a harder caffeine crash than most people, as I normally need a nap when the energy jitters wear off

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's about $30 a month for two of us who both drink 2-3 cups a day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

About 4.99 for 200g of instant. Lasts me a while but it's just me using it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

$57 monthly. But I order not a cheap coffee.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Radiokava. It's a local coffee roastery in Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I have an auto reorder every 3 weeks for a 2lb bag of ground coffee that we like from Amazon.

I then use a reusable bag and a gallon pitcher and steep the coffee for about a day.

So, maybe $30-$35 a month?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I use a small French press, usually used once per day. I buy preground for press from a local roaster which is about $10 for 500G which lasts about a month.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Like $10 on a thing of instant every couple months.

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