Ask RiotACT: Cheap coffee in Canberra - where is it hiding?

Mate, beleive it not the shell servo near hindmarsh were the car yards are at Phillip, has great coffee FOR 80 cents! (the first 3 second drop of the milk is actually water, so wait til the stream turns white) I leave the car running opo in click click Ka Ching, Byron Bay cookie $2 and you r ROOOLLLLINNNNN 🙂

AS a coffee shop hanger former Barista I cant believe Im going to Shell for a coffee daily

Enjoy!

dungfungus said :

clairee said :

Mordd – IndyMedia said :

John Moulis said :

creative_canberran said :

bigred said :

…and tip if you get really good service from the staff.

At $4-5 a coffee (which seems about the standard for a large these days) they won’t be getting any tips.

And given that the actual input costs are only around $1 depending on the type of beans used and overheads, they are making a fair profit already.

Material costs, not full input costs including rent, wages, insurances etc.

That’s true. But it’s still not my job to pay extra to subsidise an employee’s wage.

Who asked you to pay extra? But the price of wages needs to be included in the cost of what is sold, including coffee.

Precisely. Staff get paid by their employer. I’m not going to tip (read: pay extra) for someone doing their job well. That’s a standard that I expect as the minimum.

clairee said :

Mordd – IndyMedia said :

John Moulis said :

creative_canberran said :

bigred said :

…and tip if you get really good service from the staff.

At $4-5 a coffee (which seems about the standard for a large these days) they won’t be getting any tips.

And given that the actual input costs are only around $1 depending on the type of beans used and overheads, they are making a fair profit already.

Material costs, not full input costs including rent, wages, insurances etc.

That’s true. But it’s still not my job to pay extra to subsidise an employee’s wage.

Who asked you to pay extra? But the price of wages needs to be included in the cost of what is sold, including coffee.

I wasn’t suggesting tipping the venue for the quality of the coffee, as you point out you are already paying for that at around $4/4.50 for a large double shot coffee. What I said was if the STAFF give you really good SERVICE, then tip the STAFF. They are working on low hospitality wages and deserve a little extra if they give really excellent service. But don’t put in a tip jar, give it directly to the staff member. I won’t tip a venue for quality, but I will tip staff for good service.

Mordd – IndyMedia said :

John Moulis said :

creative_canberran said :

bigred said :

…and tip if you get really good service from the staff.

At $4-5 a coffee (which seems about the standard for a large these days) they won’t be getting any tips.

And given that the actual input costs are only around $1 depending on the type of beans used and overheads, they are making a fair profit already.

Material costs, not full input costs including rent, wages, insurances etc.

That’s true. But it’s still not my job to pay extra to subsidise an employee’s wage.

Mordd – IndyMedia said :

John Moulis said :

creative_canberran said :

bigred said :

…and tip if you get really good service from the staff.

At $4-5 a coffee (which seems about the standard for a large these days) they won’t be getting any tips.

And given that the actual input costs are only around $1 depending on the type of beans used and overheads, they are making a fair profit already.

Material costs, not full input costs including rent, wages, insurances etc.

Fair comment JC.
Then there is that element called “risk” which is difficult to put a cost on. Take the case of the family coffee shop/cafe at Cooleman Court (Weston) who got 30 days notice to vacate in favour of a landlord appointed franchise type coffee shop. Anyone one who decides to go into a small business these days deserves the Order of Australia.

The sad thing is that the prices are not related to the input cost. Messy-to-make milk coffee with substantially more costly raw materials sell for the same price as a short black that takes a fraction of the time to make and minimum of raw materials.

There is a hole in the wall in the arcade that leads up to AusAID from outside Industry House (above the casino end of City Walk) where you can get a $1 espresso “off peak”. I visit when I am in the area.

John Moulis said :

creative_canberran said :

bigred said :

…and tip if you get really good service from the staff.

At $4-5 a coffee (which seems about the standard for a large these days) they won’t be getting any tips.

And given that the actual input costs are only around $1 depending on the type of beans used and overheads, they are making a fair profit already.

Material costs, not full input costs including rent, wages, insurances etc.

creative_canberran said :

bigred said :

…and tip if you get really good service from the staff.

At $4-5 a coffee (which seems about the standard for a large these days) they won’t be getting any tips.

And given that the actual input costs are only around $1 depending on the type of beans used and overheads, they are making a fair profit already.

bigred said :

…and tip if you get really good service from the staff.

At $4-5 a coffee (which seems about the standard for a large these days) they won’t be getting any tips.