Espresso as a Service? I like it.
For $45 per month, you only get regular brewed coffee. Unlimited espresso is $85 per month.
For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink
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#12Significant savings for some.
If you had a 2 cups a day coffee habit, this works out to about $.73 a cup or $1.45 a day. Pretty good deal if you like coffee shop coffee.
Assuming you'll otherwise spend $3 per cup you'll save about $1657 a year. $2190 vs $532.90.
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#13Once it's free - I'll bet you drink 2x as much.
Yep. The article said there is a similar program in Israel. “They say they’re drinking more coffee than before, about 20 percent more,” says Rotem (who, by the way, drinks four to six cups on a bad day). “Our users save around 30 percent on coffee.”
The word "user" seems strangely appropriate.
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#14Cool idea, but it seems to target a pretty narrow demographic:
- wealthy enough to live in NYC and buy at least
one cup of coffee every single work day
- cheap enough to want to save a few bucks a month on coffee
- can't be bothered to carry a credit card around every day
- can be bothered to carry a smart phone around every day
- trendy enough to frequent NYC coffee shops
- untrendy enough to be seen using "coupons" in public
- techy enough to consider installing a coffee buying app
- non-techy enough to not have built a crazy $10k
coffee roasting-grinding-brewing setup at home
It'll be fun watching this play out.
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#15I wonder how they disperse the money to the various shops.
Edit: From the website "We pay you for each drink purchased at your awesome coffee shop "
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#16For $0 a month you can drink water from the tap. It's healthy and doesn't require installing an app.
(Psst. You should be finding ways to balance your diet, not contribute to its destruction.)
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#17Cool idea, but it seems to target a pretty narrow demographic: - wealthy enough to live in NYC and buy at least one cup of coffee every single work day - cheap enough to want to save a few bucks a month on coffee - can't be bothered to carry a credit card around every day - can be bothered to carry a smart phone around every day - trendy enough to frequent NYC coffee shops - untrendy enough to be seen using "coupons"…
> - non-techy enough to not have built a crazy $10k coffee-brewing setup at home
I have an espresso maker (admittedly much much cheaper than that) at home, but I still drink coffee out throughout the day.
Though I also must admit to the fact that I leave in Rome where an espresso is 70-90 cents and consistently good.
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#18I'm a huge espresso lover - made sure to have an espresso machine everywhere I spend more than a few hours (office x 2, apartment x 2) and I still find myself buying coffee when I'm outside.
I've used them while in Israel (and I know one of the founders), I only have good stuff to say about them.
There are 2 benefits from using it, obviously the first one is the huge cost saving but the second is the fact you can drink at several places and you get to discover some good places.
When you pay for your espresso sometimes you tend to stick with the place you know have good espresso, however with CUPS I get to visit new places from time to time (mostly when I see on the app that a nearby cafe is a member) and I get to experiment with new blends.
Also I found that some places have amazing savings for members - some places will give you drinks and other things at a discount and usually will welcome you as a regular (meaning you get a better service).
I hope they spread everywhere and make this an international membership meaning if I visit NYC I can use my app from Israel.
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#19For $0 a month you can drink water from the tap. It's healthy and doesn't require installing an app. (Psst. You should be finding ways to balance your diet, not contribute to its destruction.)
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#20For $0 a month you can drink water from the tap. It's healthy and doesn't require installing an app. (Psst. You should be finding ways to balance your diet, not contribute to its destruction.)
Coffee is good for you.