As ȯ¼Í Mayfair's ¡ò265 coffee leaves a bitter taste, how British high street chains are ²¡¤·¿Ê¤á¤ëing the cost of a humble latte to a fiver and beyond
- British high street chains are ²¡¤·¿Ê¤á¤ëing the cost of a humble latte to ¡ò5 or more
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It's been considered a ÄÌ¶Ð¡Ê³Ø¡Ë¼Ô Ã濴ŪÍ×ÁÇ for £±£°Ç¯´Ös, a delicious caffeine ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë to kick-start the working day - yet the?cost of a humble latte is ¸ºß ²¡¤·¿Ê¤á¤ëd ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ ¡ò5 or more by High Street?coffee shops and caf?s.
At?Starbucks, the price of a large latte is?¡ò5.20 when ordered for collection on?Uber Eats in London, while Queens of Mayfair, in one of the British »ñËÜ¡¿¼óÅÔ's swankiest postcodes, ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âs an ÃíÌܤ¹¤ë¡¤¤â¤¯¤í¤à-watering ¡ò13 for its latte.
Danish juice and coffee brand Joe & the Juice, which has more than 50 »ÙŹs in London alone, and ½Ð¸ýs across the UK ´Þ¤àing Liverpool, Brighton, Birmingham and Oxford, ¸½ºß¡¿°ìÈÌ¤Ë ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âs ¡ò4.70 for a large (16oz) latte with Àµµ¬¤Î¡¿ÀµÁª¼ê milk.?
Äɲ乤ë in a syrup, say vanilla, and you'll get ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âd an Éղà 50 pence, although unlike many other ½Ð¸ýs, you won't be ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âd extra for an Éղà milk.?
It comes after it ¸½¤ì¤ëd that Britain's most expensive coffee using topica beans shipped in from?Japan's 'island of eternal ÀÄǯ'?is ¸ºß sold for a whopping ¡ò265 a cup.??
Coffee lovers who have a few hundred ³¤±¤¶¤Þ¤ËÌԷ⤹¤ës to spare can find the pricey brew at ȯ¼Í - a darkly-lit coffee shop based in Mayfair and Marylebone in London.
The coffee is made from typica beans, a higher ¼Á ¸«²ò¡¿ËÝÌõ¡¿ÈÇ of the arabica beans, and have been shipped in from the Nakayama ¹¤¤ÃϽê based on the?Okinawa Island in Japan.
At ȯ¼Í, the high Äê²Á¤Ä¤¤Î ¡Ê¿å°Ê³°¤Î¡Ë°ûÎÁ can be made into any form of coffee that would be ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë in a high street coffee shop. It is ÍøÍѤǤ¤ë as an espresso, macchiato, flat white, americano, cappuccino or latte.?
But while the price of the drink has raised eyebrows, even the modest latte is seemingly becoming more expensive,?with many coffee lovers Àâ they're already »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶âing more than ¡ ò5 by Äɲ乤ëing extra ȯ¼Ís, ÍïÇÀ¾ì Âå°Æ¡¿ÁªÂò»ès and flavoured syrups.
High-end fashion label Prada's London coffee shop in Harrods department Ãߤ¨¤ë¡¿Å¹, ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëd in 2023, ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âs ¡ò6.50 for a latte.
Caffe Nero's is Äê²Á¤Ä¤¤Î at ¡ò4.40 for a large latte, the same as?Costa Coffee.?Pret A Manger and Patisserie Valerie come in ¤ï¤º¤«¤Ë cheaper at?¡ò4.05.?
But this is before any ¿·µ¬²ÃÆþs are made - for instance, Äɲ乤ëing coconut and oat milk to your Caffe Nero ¡Ê¿å°Ê³°¤Î¡Ë°ûÎÁ will »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë you »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë up to 50p.?
Syrups such as caramel, vanilla and hazelnut at Costa Coffee, °ìÊý¡¿¹ç´Ö, will cost up to 55p.
Not much change from a fiver! Danish brand Joe & the Juice, which specialises in healthy juices and hot drinks, ¸½ºß¡¿°ìÈÌ¤Ë ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âs ¡ò4.70 for a large latte
¹õ¿Í¡¿¥Ü¥¤¥³¥Ã¥È Sheep Coffee, which started in London's Camden Market and is µÞ®¤Ê¡¿ÊüÆ¢¤Ê ³ÈÂ礹¤ëing across the globe, ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âs ¡ò5.29 for a Àµµ¬¤Î¡¿ÀµÁª¼ê cup of its ¹õ¿Í¡¿¥Ü¥¤¥³¥Ã¥È Hoof coffee
ÃÏ°è¤Î pricing comes into play; a large latte with a ȯ¼Í of syrup costs ¡ò4.95 at Costa Coffee's Birmingham Airport ½Ð¸ý
In the North East Lincolnshire town of Grimsby, the same drink is 20 pence cheaper
At trendy ¹õ¿Í¡¿¥Ü¥¤¥³¥Ã¥È Sheep Coffee, which has more than 80 »ÙŹs across the UK and is ³ÈÂ礹¤ëing µÞ®¤Ê¡¿ÊüÆ¢¤Ê both here and overseas, a Àµµ¬¤Î¡¿ÀµÁª¼ê ¹õ¿Í¡¿¥Ü¥¤¥³¥Ã¥È Hoof coffee will »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë you »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë ¡ò5.29.?
Äɲ乤ë an extra ȯ¼Í (69p), a syrup (69p) and make it almond milk (59p) and your pimped up coffee is a whopping ¡ò7.26.?
MailOnline ordered the coffee above in Aberdeen, and it would have cost the same in London's West End - but the cost of your coffee can depend where you live.?
While most major coffee chains have ÃÏ°è¤Î pricing, some, ´Þ¤àing ¹õ¿Í¡¿¥Ü¥¤¥³¥Ã¥È Sheep and Pret, don't, ÈóÆñ¤¹¤ë the same prices in almost all of their Ãߤ¨¤ë¡¿Å¹s. ?
If you're on the road, then a service ±Ø¡¿ÇÛÃÖ¤¹¤ë ½Ð¸ý is likely to ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶â you more for your coffee than the same brand in your Ãϸµ¤Î town.?
Likewise an airport caf? might also ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶â you more for the Æø¢ of a decent brew while you wait for your flight.?
A large latte with a caramel ȯ¼Í at?Costa Coffee Birmingham?airport costs ¡ò4.95. The same drink at Freshney Place in the North East Lincolnshire town of Grimsby costs 20 pence ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯.?
The price of a cup of coffee has been driven up by a third in the last three years, ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð ºÇ¶á¤Î ¸¦µæ.
Bougie beans! Queens of Mayfair, in central London, is one such cafe where ordering a coffee might feel like ordering a ¥ï¥¤¥ó, with its specialist beans costing °ÕÌ£¤¢¤ê¤²¤Ë more than high street brands?
It comes after it ¸½¤ì¤ëd that Britain's most expensive coffee using topica beans shipped in from Japan 's 'island of eternal ÀÄǯ' is ¸ºß sold for a whopping ¡ò265 a cup. Coffee lovers who have a few hundred ³¤±¤¶¤Þ¤ËÌԷ⤹¤ës to spare can find the pricey brew at ȯ¼Í - a darkly-lit coffee shop based in Mayfair and Marylebone in London?
A ´ð½à medium latte from a high street chain is now likely to »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë you »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë ¡ò3.70. In 2021, the same drink at the same caf? - a »ÙŹ of Pret in Buckinghamshire - would have cost 30 per cent ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯ at ¡ò2.75,? ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð a ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ë carried out by?À½Â¤¶È¼Ô UCC Coffee.
Unsurprisingly, some of the only ¾®Çä ÉôÂâs that aren't floundering on the UK's high streets are coffee shops - with many selling a raft of associated drinks, some of which have little to do with caffeine.?
There is also the growing ¥¨¥ê¡¼¥È coffee market, where the world's most bougie beans are filtered - using a variety of techniques - and menus are ¸½ºß¤Îd like ¥ï¥¤¥ó ̾Êí¡Ê¤ËºÜ¤»¤ë¡Ë¡¿É½¡Ê¤Ë¤¢¤²¤ë¡Ës, with baristas on ¼êÅϤ¹ to tell you all about your expensive brew.?
A cup brewed using Jamaican Blue Mountain Anaerobic Natural beans - which have ¸ø¼°Ê¸½ñ¡¤Ç§¤á¤ës of 'chocolate' and 'zesty orange' and ¸Ø¤ës 'Í˾¤Ê »ÀÀ' - are served up at Queens of Mayfair for no ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯ than ¡ò10.50, and that's for an espresso ȯ¼Í. A latte costs an ÃíÌܤ¹¤ë¡¤¤â¤¯¤í¤à-watering ¡ò13, with a mocha at ¡ò15.?
And should you want the Bollinger of the coffee world, then look to Asia's civet cats, who are behind the?sought-after Kopi Luwak beans.?
In Indonesia and the Philippines, Ãϸµ¤Îs Áª¤Ö beans from the faeces of the cats, who eat the ½Ï¤·¤¿ coffee berries as part of their diet. They're then cleaned, roasted and sold to coffee connoisseurs.
A cup, which ¸Ø¤ës a '¿¼¤¤, mellow flavour, not acidic' can cost in Ķ²á of ¡ò60 in restaurants.
However, ¶²¤ì¤ës over cruel farming practices - Harrods stopped selling the beans a £±£°Ç¯´Ö ago - has seen only organically sourced beans now sold, sending the prices spiralling even ¤½¤Î¾å¤Î.?
The price of a cup of coffee has been driven up by a third in three years, ¸¦µæ has shown
°ìÊý¡¿¹ç´Ö, Britain's most expensive coffee using topica beans shipped in from Japan's 'island of eternal ÀÄǯ' is ¸ºß sold for a whopping ¡ò265 a cup.
¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð baristas working in the influencer-¹Á¡¿ÈòÆñ½ê of ȯ¼Í, the coffee is ÊóÆ»¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð ordered 'two to three times a week' and is most often ordered by 'true coffee lovers'.
Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood, a UK barista »Ù»ý¤¹¤ë¡¿Í¥¾¡¼Ô and ÁÏΩ¼Ô of Colonna Coffee, told the Telegraph that 'hardly anyone grows coffee in Japan' because of the difficult µ¤¸õ. He ¿ä¬¤¹¤ëd that this may be the ¿äÏÀ¤¹¤ë¡¿Íýͳ for the extreme cost of the beans.
Mr Colonna-Dashwood said:?'Rarity is ÌÀÇò¤Ë sought-after in coffee, and most of the "fancy" coffee people drink is all arabica.?
'Typica, which is what is used here, is not the most sought-after variety of arabica ? I've never seen a typica that expensive before ? which ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ës the value is coming from the fact that it's grown in Japan.' He Äɲ乤ëd that it was the most expensive coffee he had ever seen.