I have a coffee addiction, but it’s good for doing philosophy. I get my best work done at a coffee shop. I can read through several articles, pound out a rough draft, or revise something that I’m working on. It’s great, but it’s hard on the wallet. If you got a standard latte everyday of the semester, (at about $3.30 a latte) it would cost you close to $250 a semester. That sucks.
Well, at least I’m not buying the most expensive Starbucks drink ever.
One of the things we’ve started doing here at Sanctuary is putting our spare change in a big glass jar. When it fills up, we cash it in and go spend it on stuff that we probably don’t really need, like movies. I say this because it fills up quick, and when we cash it in, we always have more money than we thought we would.
Money is so overrated. The utility you’re deriving from those coffees is probably more than the $250 you’d be saving per semester. Buy the coffees, shed the guilt. Pleasure matters more than money.
In response to “Pleasure matters more than money”… That may be true…unless you are Andy’s wife and you have to do the bills.
You could move to a short latte. They don’t advertise the short size, but they do have it. That will bring down the cost a lot and the drink will taste better since it moves you closer to the proper proportions of a latte and away from the 90% milk lattes that Starbucks usually serves.
Mark, you’re totally right about the crazy way that Starbucks makes their lattes. It’s funny you mention their secret short option.
I was getting a double shot latte and having them use less milk. That was the only way I could get normal tasting lattes from them.
One day the barista alerted me to the short option. So now I actually get the short latte (still a double shot). The double bumps it back to 3.30
Sarah, Andy is capable of doing the bills.. enjoy a week or two and make him sweat it out 😛
Sorry, Andy. Happy belated holidays!