r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Puzzled_Artichoke281 • Sep 10 '26

Unskippable ad 17 dollars for these two coffees

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u/JessicaMurawski Sep 10 '26

Why is it in jars

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u/Puzzled_Artichoke281 Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 10 '26

Some coffee places are doing this now as a paper cup replacement. Bring the jar back get a dollar off

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u/CodeCat0 Sep 10 '26

Bring the jar back get a dollar off

You could have gotten reasonably priced coffee if you'd just brought back 15 jars.

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u/New_Libran Sep 10 '26

They hate this one trick

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u/ImDero Sep 10 '26

They also apparently hate making coffee because those two jars look weak af

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u/Big_Balls_n_Taint Sep 10 '26

They look a lot like the type of jars that split around the bottom when you pour hot liquid in 😂

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u/oswaldcopperpot Sep 10 '26

Why does my coffee smell like olives??!!

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u/JeNeSaisQuoi_17 Sep 10 '26

Exactly! Lol These looks like old pantry jars!

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u/tonykush-ner Sep 10 '26

Presentation is so important with food.

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u/lawofsin Sep 10 '26

This is why I love reddit.

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u/MagneticFluxDrive Sep 10 '26

Right! Looks like tea more than it does coffee.

Coffee is supposed to be black. I make mine Ellie Mae style.

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u/Nordicpunk Sep 10 '26

Likely a really nice light roast coffee. They look more like tea. Saying this is $12 a cup isn’t really a data point. It could be like getting a glass of Camus Cabernet and saying “why is wine 40 a pour now?”

The cups are stupid but specialty coffee can get as expensive down a rabbit hole as anything else.

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u/mrav8r2 Sep 10 '26

Some amazing washed Yirgacheffe beans look like this