UK coffee prices spike, flat white averages £6.50
A horse goes into a café and orders a flat white. The barista brings him the coffee and says, "That'll be £6.50". The horse gets out his wallet and pays. The barista returns later and says, "You know, we don't see many talking horses here." The horse replies, "£6.50 for a flat white, I can see why".
David Ho76Climate change will mean fewer talking horses at your local café.
kmosser.bsky.social12Grasshopper walks into a bar. The bartender says “Hey! We’ve got a drink named after you!” Grasshopper responds “You’ve got a drink named Steve?”
Informed Takes3"Wage rises...." lol Get real.
GJRboston5guy and a giraffe walk into a bar they both get drunk giraffe passes out guy gets up to leave bartender says "Hey! you can't leave that lyin' there!!" guy says "that's not a lion - it's a giraffe"
Chris Camfield (AlliedArmour)5This is so dumb and I love it
Transdoggirls4jesus5You are not mad enough at starbucks and other major chains. Coffee price shocks wouldn't be hitting this hard if we valued coffee varietals and allowed our coffee berries to have crop diversity. But nope, brazilian arabica and robusta is what all the major coffee chains buy.
Nigel Bell 🍉3I foresee a wave of Café owners: 'oh woe, save me from the ALP's economics' issuing in handwringing torrents from the ABC come the next (& onging) run-up to a State &/or Federal election. Ironically, it'll have nothing to do with ALP economics & everything to do with their pro-fossil fuel policies.
Car Free Routes2And yet we are proud of creating billionaires Imagine all of Society’s wealth is 12 slices cake And the billionaires have half of them Yep, that is our economy
First the £10 pint, now the £6.50 flat white: coffee industry faces inflationary pressures
calizaybak.bsky.social5If only the UK was part of a massive trading block that could ease the inflation by sharing the burden.
dyvanna.bsky.social2Th reason for increased prices is the harvest. That's why we have increased takeaway prices by 10% to 4.40 and sit down prices by almost 20% to 6.50. Mmm.
norfolkenchanced.bsky.social2Given its discretionary spending not hard to image a lot of job loses are down the line.
Aems1And rather than acknowledge the cost of living crisis, or the predatory wealthy, people will say "it's gen z, they're drinking less coffee than ever before". Like they do with Hospitality.
Always found it odd that 'fancy' coffee places are treated as the peak of inflationary gentrification, whereas in fact - according to this piece - a flat white costs £5.50 *in Starbucks* www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ju...
Omelette Coleman1To me Starbucks is a fancy coffee place. At least if you go by the prices.
Nadeali1That’s considered outrageous in Oslo! I pay the equivalent of 4.20 quid in a posh coffee place here.
Alex1I don't think I encountered a flat white more than £3.50 anywhere in Australia/NZ
mickbyrne.bsky.social1True but for that price you get 2 litres of coffee and about 400 calories!
Claudio1Madness! In Italy: A Cafe Latte, a Brioche (marmalade filled sugar dusted croissant), a 500ml bottle of mineral water, waitress service - € 4.25 - and that’s not a cheap cafe
Luke1Same buying Lavazza coffee from the supermarket - it’s expensive for average coffee, making gentrified coffee look cheap.
