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Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by adambenayoun » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:29 PM UTC

carlob wrote: post #33

adambenayoun wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I own 3 espresso machines and have access to 5 no matter where I am (Splitting my time between Tel Aviv and the bay area) and I still drink coffee outside.

I find it's really hard to make a homemade espresso that comes close to the one you get from a café around here. But then again maybe I should invest 10k on a new machine (and then 20k to renovate my kitchen to fit it in).

Nothing beats drinking an espresso from a cafe's machine around the corner - I'll give you that.

Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by mseebach » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:30 PM UTC

neverminder wrote: post #26

When I used to live in Norway you could buy a coffee cup (an actual cup) from Statoil (petrol station) and you could drink free coffee with that cup forever (in Statoil stations of course). That was 7 years ago though, so it could have changed by now.

I'm pretty sure that's still a thing (in Denmark at least). It's a different economic proposition, it's more of a "loyalty program" to make Statoil the default choice for gas than an effective way to pay for coffee. Also, the quality of the coffee wouldn't be competitive in NYC, to put it politely.

Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by rickdale » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:31 PM UTC

This is great. I wish I could get this in the suburbs, with Tim Hortons on delivery.

Recently I purchased a Keurig k-cup brewer. The machine wouldn't always pump out water, so thinking I was screwed I ordered another Keurig brewer, this time the Vue. $150 for the first Keurig, $100for the second. In the meantime I purchased bullet proof coffee to give it a shot, thats an extra $45. So, in a matter of 1 week I spent about $300 on just getting my home coffee situation together. And I still go to Tim Hortons on my way home from purchasing coffee at the grocery store, or if I am out.

FWIW, I called Keurig thinking they wouldn't do anything and they sent me a brand new k-cup brewing machine that is in a box right next to me. But I do love my K-Vue machine, its the best single cup @home experience I have been able to find and I probably drink about $45 worth of coffee out of it each day.

Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by dllthomas » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:32 PM UTC

The fact that this spans multiple coffee shops is the most interesting thing here, I think.

Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by hiphopyo » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:34 PM UTC

nfoz wrote: post #34

hiphopyo wrote: post #28

Wait, before you all drink up, check out the CAFFEINATED documentary (the actual documentary starts at 4:19). Ever wonder why Barack Obama doesn't drink coffee? Pt. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OecTZBjFvw#t=259 Pt. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qncmE7O7wg4

I'd prefer a link to some scientific discussion about the problems with caffeine.

Same here. I love coffee but as with other drugs I get this vague notion that it's not always good for me. There's plenty of research over at http://pubmed.com and http://liebertpub.com if you're interested.

http://edition.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/caffeine/NU00600.html

Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by jp555 » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:35 PM UTC

hiphopyo wrote: post #38

QuantumChaos wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Coffee is good for you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee#General_health

Those health benefits are more for people in their 80s. The coffee bean is actually a poison that the coffee plant uses to deter herbivores. Not to mention a recent Danish study that suggests pregnant women should abstain from caffeine as it's lethal to the fetus.

Your first claim is illogical. THC is an insecticide, yet not a single human has ever died from consuming cannabis. NOTHING is "Good" or "Bad" without proper context.

"Suggest" is not a very convincing word to me. Sounds more like a hypothesis than a conclusion. I highly doubt any ethics board would approve a double-blind clinical trial exploring how much coffee consumption is required to kill a human fetus in utero. Who are these monstrous Danish scientists!?

Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by mseebach » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:36 PM UTC

jp555 wrote: post #39

jon_black wrote: post #16

For $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 very good for you. Water from the tap is not free, it is a cost everyone pays in some way or another (built into rent or part of property taxes). Even if you still live with your parents, a dollar they spend on the water bill is a dollar less for you.

Tap water for drinking is effectively almost free, and free water fountains are indeed ubiquitous. It's the two 30-minute showers a day that kill your parents water (and heating) bills.

Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by pbhjpbhj » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:37 PM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #19

jon_black wrote: post #16

For $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.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee#Health_benefits

and don't forget to read the following section on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee#Health_risks .

Anecdotally I've found I'm more alert [in the mornings particularly] without caffeine but cutting it out hasn't helped me normalise my sleeping patterns.

Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by andrenotgiant » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:38 PM UTC

This will only exacerbate an existing problem at coffee shops in NYC: The "Coffice" phenomenon where people use the coffee shop as their office.

Now these people will feel justified basically becoming a tenant of coffee shops and leeching 4-5 coffees a day, leaving this startup with the empty CUPS. :)

Re: For $45 Per Month, All the Coffee You Can Drink

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Post by thisisauserid » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 2:41 PM UTC

crazygringo wrote: post #27

Interesting. At least one coffee shop in NYC has already done this on their own, for only $25/mo (but it's only one location): http://www.yelp.com/biz/fair-folks-and-a-goat-new-york-2

The subscription only gets your their ice coffee which is amazing and incredibly strong. Everything in both of their stores is for sale (maybe even including the furniture) but yes, only one location has a cafe.