There’s been a surge in popularity on TikTok of Gen Z users who share their tricks for emulating the coffee shop experience on a budget, from making cold brew in their refrigerators to bulk-buying plastic cups for iced lattes.
I still use an inexpensive Contigo one I bought in the US for US$12 or something ten years ago. I don’t think it’s got much of the blue paint left on it now. Banging purchase.
They can be bulky but it’s much better than actively buying disposable cups for use at home. Hell, I’ve even bought a takeaway coffee from a local chain in the afternoon, rinsed it out, and put my own coffee in it for that evening’s shift at work.
My office overlooks a construction site currently and it’s incredible how much money workers are pissing away with Tim Hortons. Plus hundreds of waste cups they throw into the pickup beds then head to the highway for disposal.
I have a thermos and thermos-like metal coffee cup with a lid and it’s saves so much money it’s stupid. I found out I was spending $30-$40 a week on energy drinks.
Jokes on them though because I found out caffeine doesn’t affect me at all so now my “coffee” is just hot chocolate. 🤫
So … the lineups at the local coffee shop are actually about signalling wealth and not just because they’re financially ignorant and/or too lazy to make it at home?
wut? Why?
Can’t have that coffee shop experience without creating tons of waste, I guess?
Coffee and tea should be one of the least wasteful things we consume (outside of production). You can literally compost the waste.
Blueberry bushes love it as a mulch.
Because showing up to work or a lecture rattling an iced latte like a maraca is the coffee shop experience.
True story, before the 80s, workers used to carry thermos flasks of coffee to work.
Some of us still do
Fuck yes.
I still use an inexpensive Contigo one I bought in the US for US$12 or something ten years ago. I don’t think it’s got much of the blue paint left on it now. Banging purchase.
Oh hang on, looks like Asda do one similar over here for a tenner, just a tad smaller.
They can be bulky but it’s much better than actively buying disposable cups for use at home. Hell, I’ve even bought a takeaway coffee from a local chain in the afternoon, rinsed it out, and put my own coffee in it for that evening’s shift at work.
My office overlooks a construction site currently and it’s incredible how much money workers are pissing away with Tim Hortons. Plus hundreds of waste cups they throw into the pickup beds then head to the highway for disposal.
I have a thermos and thermos-like metal coffee cup with a lid and it’s saves so much money it’s stupid. I found out I was spending $30-$40 a week on energy drinks.
Jokes on them though because I found out caffeine doesn’t affect me at all so now my “coffee” is just hot chocolate. 🤫
So … the lineups at the local coffee shop are actually about signalling wealth and not just because they’re financially ignorant and/or too lazy to make it at home?
TIL.
People care about unexpected things!
Think about the average tiktok user
Anything to convince themselves everything is fine.