Perth Coffee prices?

admin

I went on a trip to NZ recently, and was surprised that coffees were more expensive in Wellington [even after taking exchange rates into account] than Sydney or Melbourne, but according to The West Australian, in Perth it is "difficult to buy a coffee for less than $4 and $4.50 is becoming the norm".

Why are coffees so expensive there - would be interested to know if anyone has any idea?

DoubleRistretto

Hi Admin - thought you might find this interesting - not sure whether it's a good explanation or not! see: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/lifestyle/a/-/lifestyle/7615350/gods-of-the-grind-need-reality-check/ dR

admin

what is it with the price of coffee in Perth?! ... take a look at the attached, from PerthNow website: http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/coffees-would-send-perths-best-broke/story-fnhocxo3-1226627110570

Koffee_Kosmo

Snip from link above

Leo Agnello, whose Forrest Place cafe Bocelli's Espresso was voted the city's best coffee shop by customers during the Eat Drink Perth month, says his trade is doing fine, despite the competitive push to lower prices, as he serves up long blacks for $3.80 to the tune of hundreds a day . "Five cafes around me have closed up in the past seven or eight months,'' he said. "It is really hard to make a living when you have to pay exhorbitant rents and high wages. "On Anzac day I will be paying $4,600 in wages because I have to pay double time.''

I agree that it's all about expenses first and then think about profits Some shop fit outs can be over $250 K or over - So there's the bank loan and high rents to think about If an owner is unfortunate to be in a shopping centre that requires a new shop fit out on set intervals then you are paddling up the creek without a paddle KK

JamesM

basically, we're all idiots in Perth. The so called "mining boom" has pushed up the price of everything, coffee included. Sadly, the guy with the blistered fingers that's actually picking the coffee off the tree's still doesn't get more than $2 for every 12kg he picks. It's bullsh1t. There's currently a "price war" on coffee in Perth, but it's all a load of rubbish. One bar, whom primarily sells alcohol decides they can kick off a price war and have a heap of media attention, yet they don't even serve specialty coffee. It's all sparked from the other bullsh1t article about a fellow who spent a whopping $7.50 for a cup of coffee in Perth. (which was a double, with double milk, in a double sized jug, on a public holiday). People will believe anything they read in the media.

mycuppa

That's exactly right JamesM - nothing like a bit of media spin. Making matters worse are freight companies charging stratospheric rates for east-west transit due to the supply & demand - plenty of full trucks heading west and a lot of almost empty trucks heading east. In national pricing benchmarks across many products, those performing the number crunching fail to fully understand the freight differentials - or they make assumptions/allowances in the pricing models that are fundamentally flawed.

greenman

I visited Standing Room Only yesterday and enjoyed a Panama Don Pepe Geisha syphon brew for $7--250ml of amazing coffee which equates to $3.50 per cup. Hats of to SRO for providing top shelf coffee for a very reasonable price. Compared to Gordon Street Garage's $15 for a Geisha brew!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Dry_bean

greenman wrote:

I visited Standing Room Only yesterday and enjoyed a Panama Don Pepe Geisha syphon brew for $7--250ml of amazing coffee which equates to $3.50 per cup. Hats of to SRO for providing top shelf coffee for a very reasonable price. Compared to Gordon Street Garage's $15 for a Geisha brew!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

"$7--250ml of amazing coffee which equates to $3.50 per cup." Which works out to $28 per litre. ??? Petrol $1.45L, milk $2L, fruit juice $2.50L. $28 litre "a very reasonable price?" I'm sure it is if your the retailer, as a consumer, not so much. :stir

admin

JamesM wrote:

basically, we're all idiots in Perth. The so called "mining boom" has pushed up the price of everything, coffee included. Sadly, the guy with the blistered fingers that's actually picking the coffee off the tree's still doesn't get more than $2 for every 12kg he picks. It's bullsh1t. There's currently a "price war" on coffee in Perth, but it's all a load of rubbish. One bar, whom primarily sells alcohol decides they can kick off a price war and have a heap of media attention, yet they don't even serve specialty coffee. It's all sparked from the other bullsh1t article about a fellow who spent a whopping $7.50 for a cup of coffee in Perth. (which was a double, with double milk, in a double sized jug, on a public holiday). People will believe anything they read in the media.

Hi James - good to get feedback from s.o. who is Perth-based... just a quick question though - you seemed to be saying two different things: 1. the mining boom has artificially pushed up prices 2. it's the media sensationalising one particular place can you clarify - which is it: ie are prices [generally] higher due to the mining boom in your opinion, or are they no higher than anywhere else, it's just the media reporting that's at fault? cheers A

littleroundman

Here ya go:

"IT'S official. Perth has the most expensive coffee in Australia. While Sydney may be Australia's most expensive city, with steepling house prices, at least the coffee's cheap. Well, cheaper than other Australian capital cities, anyway. A takeaway cappuccino in Sydney costs $3.22 on average, about 15 cents less than it would cost in Melbourne and 20 cents less than in Brisbane. Perth, in a recent national survey by coffee machine company Gilkatho, was the most expensive capital, with the average cappuccino costing $3.89, with some cafes selling a mug for as much as $7.25. Just last month a story on Perthnow, about Perth's most expensive coffee -- at $7.25 for a mug of flat white or a cappuccino -- went viral and sparked hundreds of comments which raged about the price of coffee in the West"

You can read the complete article on PerthNow.com.au