The coffee situation in Germany is terrible. If you need caffeine (and seeing as I have class from 9am to 7:45 pm twice a week, I often do), you usually go to a bakery, plop down €1.50, or about $1.85, for about three or four spoonfuls of disgusting sludge that somewhat smells of coffee. Starbucks, meanwhile, has the same prices as the US, only in euros, and paying $5 for coffee seems ridiculous. Besides, I try not to have too many American products in Germany.
Today, however, a friend of mine introduced me to Aspect. I got a wonderful chai latte that tastes better that Starbucks, is about the same size of a cup of Starbucks coffee, and is only €1.80. And the best part? It’s open on Sundays! YAY!
Suddenly my upcoming hellish week of term-papers doesn’t seem so bad anymore. (…Who am I kidding? It totally does.)
Ahh! I feel your pain! A latte here at Starbucks is about $4.30, and that’s when the dollar is up (ugh). They drink Nescafe, which tastes like disgusting bitterness.
I discovered Starlight Coffee, the Starbucks look-alike that has an almost identical logo but sells different Chilean pastries, and lattes are half the cost. Can’t wait to get home for some Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf…
same problem in ireland. never thought i would miss starbucks. thanks for the bank advice! i’m looking into it!