As someone in the industry, ill play devils advocate for a minute-
They don’t have a drip coffee option, which means these were probably pour overs at market price. Looks like their pour overs cost anywhere from 7-8 dollars each based on said market price. Which is fairly standard for the quality of coffee they get and/or roast. (And they don’t accept tips which means they pay their people which is nice, but also get put into the price equation). It’s not some Folgers BS or pre-ground stuff they ordered from Sysco. The C-market (its the commodities market for coffee and goods. Essentially it’s the coffee stock market) on coffee is INSANELY high and has been for the last couple years and keeps rising, and doesnt look like it’s letting up anytime soon. This drives up the price per pound of RAW coffee to like $5-6/lb for average coffees and $7-12+/lb for higher end/more experimental beans. Basically if the company doesnt own their own farm, prices are gonna be up because theyre getting nickeled and dimed from the first click of their purchase to the time the pallet shows up at their door.
Usually these places that take the coffee seriously (admittedly sometimes TOO seriously) have set ratios theyve found taste best, which makes sense for the 6-8oz of coffee you got in the 12oz jar. A latte or americano would have filled them up im sure. Seems like they only have one size jar for to go orders.
Now… it just may not be your thing and that’s totally fair. Coffee is subjective and for a lack of a better term, third wave style etc might just not be your cup of tea. And in all honesty it can get crazy pricey.
at home we do 330ml water/20g grounds for a single cup, which is quite fuckin heavy but
if you wanted a big ol cup of black coffee there are plenty of places to get that. treating yrself to some thoughtfully hand-poured speciality shit is just not the same experience
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u/CandlejackIsntEvenRe Sep 10 '26
As someone in the industry, ill play devils advocate for a minute-
They don’t have a drip coffee option, which means these were probably pour overs at market price. Looks like their pour overs cost anywhere from 7-8 dollars each based on said market price. Which is fairly standard for the quality of coffee they get and/or roast. (And they don’t accept tips which means they pay their people which is nice, but also get put into the price equation). It’s not some Folgers BS or pre-ground stuff they ordered from Sysco. The C-market (its the commodities market for coffee and goods. Essentially it’s the coffee stock market) on coffee is INSANELY high and has been for the last couple years and keeps rising, and doesnt look like it’s letting up anytime soon. This drives up the price per pound of RAW coffee to like $5-6/lb for average coffees and $7-12+/lb for higher end/more experimental beans. Basically if the company doesnt own their own farm, prices are gonna be up because theyre getting nickeled and dimed from the first click of their purchase to the time the pallet shows up at their door.
Usually these places that take the coffee seriously (admittedly sometimes TOO seriously) have set ratios theyve found taste best, which makes sense for the 6-8oz of coffee you got in the 12oz jar. A latte or americano would have filled them up im sure. Seems like they only have one size jar for to go orders.
Now… it just may not be your thing and that’s totally fair. Coffee is subjective and for a lack of a better term, third wave style etc might just not be your cup of tea. And in all honesty it can get crazy pricey.