I mean, it's still pretty cheap if you don't buy it from coffee shops. Pretty much most people have a coffee machine at home and every work place I've been at has decent machine coffee (it's pretty much a non negotiable perk for most Dutch at this stage)
The Netherlands drinks the most coffee per capita in the world, so price clearly isn't stopping them. Also helps that wages are pretty high here, therefore cost of living increases also.
Even plain coffee from a coffee shop isn’t that bad of price. It’s when you start getting into all the specialty coffee drinks that add a ton of sugar/ syrup, steamed milk etc etc (95% of the menu really) that they get really expensive for “just a coffee”. That’s also what turns it into an expensive dessert rather than a daily cup of coffee.
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u/vulcanstrike Sep 10 '26
Depends where you are. In the Netherlands, 4+ is pretty standard cafe prices, even supermarket kiosk coffee is going to be 2+
You can refuse to pay it, but that means you aren't going to cafes. All depends on where your line in the sand is.