Why is iced coffee so expensive?

[AgentJean]

I just don't get it. A 24oz cup of "hot" coffee can be had at wawa for around $1.25 but if you buy a 24oz cup of iced coffe it's going to run you closer to 2 bucks.

What's up with that?

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Ice is really expensive!!!!!!11!111

They have to fight polar bears for it.

 

[pontifex]

speaking of expensive coffee, i heard that starbucks is raising their prices by $.09

 

[MiniDoom]

Don?t have an answer to your question, but it is very easily made.
Strong brewed coffee+ sweetened condensed milk +ice

 

[AgentJean]

Originally posted by: pontifex
speaking of expensive coffee, i heard that starbucks is raising their prices by $.09

You know our founding fathers revolted because of a 3 cent increase on the cost of tea :Q

Ok being in all seriousness, an increase of 9 cents is NOTHING when you're already paying 5 bucks for a cup of joe. On the other hand increaseing the cost of my 99 cent cup of coffee by 9 cents is grounds for a revolution.

BTW, I'm very sure Starbucks is only increaseing their prices to offset the increase in minimum wage, which went up 12%

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: AgentJean

Originally posted by: pontifex
speaking of expensive coffee, i heard that starbucks is raising their prices by $.09

You know our founding fathers revolted because of a 3 cent increase on the cost of tea :Q

Ok being in all seriousness, an increase of 9 cents is NOTHING when you're already paying 5 bucks for a cup of joe. On the other hand increaseing the cost of my 99 cent cup of coffee by 9 cents is grounds for a revolution.

BTW, I'm very sure Starbucks is only increaseing their prices to offset the increase in minimum wage, which went up 12%

possibly. i don't even drink any kind of coffee so it doesn't bother me.

 

[lozina]

you pay extra for the National Gimmick Tax

 

[Queasy]

Global Warming. It costs more to make ice these days.

 

[uallas5]

Don't buy it make your own. My wife only drinks hot black so I make xtra every morning. After work, I take what's left and put it in a bottle in the fridge (we have a thermal carafe coffee maker so the coffee never tastes "old" or "burnt"). The next morning, the coffee is cold so needs little ice. I also make sugar syrup too so I don't have to worry about dissolving reg sugar in cold coffee. Then just repeat daily.

 

[dullard]

<- Dullard has a friend who owns a local coffee shop and a small coffee bean roasting company.

A quality iced coffee is far different from what is described above. A quality iced coffee is NOT hot coffee + ice + mixins. Sure, cheap crap can be made and called iced coffee, but you shouldn't be paying more for it (they may charge more, but you shouldn't waste your money on that crap).

No, what you want is a cold brewed coffee. Beans that are brewed cold require a lot more time, care, expense, and equipment. The best of all, is the Iced Toddy. You need the expensive Toddy equipment or coolers for brewing it: $$$. You need more time and labor: $$$. It all adds up. A quality iced coffee costs more to make, is drastically different, tastes far better (very little bitterness), and thus you pay more for it.

I can't stand normal hot coffee. But, I do enjoy an iced Toddy very rarely.

 

[Xavier434]

I can answer this by just reading the thread topic. This statement goes for all products in existence.

"If people will buy, then they will sell."

Welcome to capitalism.

 

[So]

"Why is iced coffee so expensive?"

Ice is hard to come by these days. Haven't you heard of global warming? The ice harvesting ships have to go farther north every year, and have to fight over less and less ice. Why, last year, one ice raider rammed another and nearly a hundred sailors died in the (nowadays) luke warm waters. On top of that, ice piracy is on the rise...

 

[imported_FishTaco]

Originally posted by: So
"Why is iced coffee so expensive?"

Ice is hard to come by these days. Haven't you heard of global warming? The ice harvesting ships have to go farther north every year, and have to fight over less and less ice. Why, last year, one ice raider rammed another and nearly a hundred sailors died in the (nowadays) luke warm waters. On top of that, ice piracy is on the rise...

It's true, ice piracy is a real problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ice_pirate.jpg

 

[mzkhadir]

another reason why ice is so expensive : http://youtube.com/watch?v=SgE_mkR2oac

 

[Platypus]

It's more expensive to make.. it's not as simple as just adding hot coffee to ice.. it has to be cold brewed.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: So
"Why is iced coffee so expensive?"

Ice is hard to come by these days. Haven't you heard of global warming? The ice harvesting ships have to go farther north every year, and have to fight over less and less ice. Why, last year, one ice raider rammed another and nearly a hundred sailors died in the (nowadays) luke warm waters. On top of that, ice piracy is on the rise...

It's true, ice piracy is a real problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ice_pirate.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/
http://video.google.com/videop...cid=-53599564303749331

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: Platypus
It's more expensive to make.. it's not as simple as just adding hot coffee to ice.. it has to be cold brewed.

i'd guess that 90% of the iced coffee out there is old "normal" that had been iced

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: davestar

Originally posted by: Platypus
It's more expensive to make.. it's not as simple as just adding hot coffee to ice.. it has to be cold brewed.

i'd guess that 90% of the iced coffee out there is old "normal" that had been iced

Hard to say.. they don't do it that way at Starbucks or Caribou coffee.. that's a large chunk of that 90% figure

 

[aircooled]

At the starbucks I visit iced coffee is double strength coffee made like normal, then put in the refrigerator and poured over ice when you order. I guess the double strength part could be why.

 

[Cyco]

Call me old fashioned, but I'm a firm believer that iced and coffee should never be used together, much less the same sentence.

 

[FoBoT]

because you'll pay it

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Ice is really expensive!!!!!!11!111

They have to fight polar bears for it.

That made my day.

 

[Yreka]

Originally posted by: AgentJean

Originally posted by: pontifex
speaking of expensive coffee, i heard that starbucks is raising their prices by $.09

You know our founding fathers revolted because of a 3 cent increase on the cost of tea :Q

Yeah, but adjusted for inflation, thats like...... 12 grand

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: davestar

Originally posted by: Platypus
It's more expensive to make.. it's not as simple as just adding hot coffee to ice.. it has to be cold brewed.

i'd guess that 90% of the iced coffee out there is old "normal" that had been iced

Hard to say.. they don't do it that way at Starbucks or Caribou coffee.. that's a large chunk of that 90% figure

Starbucks doesn't cold brew. They "normal" brew at double strength and pour it over ice to cool/dilute it.

 

[imported_Baloo]

They are marketing it to the same people that buy bottled water.