Comparing the Price of Coffee and Electricity

There was some attention-grabbing analysis final month which in contrast the sum of money we spend on our day by day cup of espresso, and the electrical energy we use day by day to energy our properties and home equipment. The outcomes are fairly stunning. It seems that most espresso ingesting Brits are forking out extra money on their espresso than on their annual electrical energy invoice!

It has been estimated {that a} heavy espresso drinker is more likely to drink round 21 cups of espresso in a single working week which might finish costing round £2,000 a yr if purchased from a espresso store every time. This consists of some family favourites akin to filter espresso, on the spot espresso, cappuccino, latte and espresso.

Even the typical espresso shopper will spend £452.28 a yr on drinks from espresso outlets in comparison with £424 a yr on electrical energy.

What makes this much more fascinating is the truth that regularly we hear about how vitality suppliers are rising their charges and that’s adopted by the onslaught of complaints by shoppers who really feel they’re being ripped off, however there has solely been a small quantity of protection concerning the rising price of espresso. What’s extra, shoppers nonetheless appear to search out the value of espresso acceptable. It stays the second largest traded commodity in at the moment’s world and in 2006 it could have price you round $0.60 (£0.39) per lb whereas at the moment you possibly can count on to pay round $3.70 (£2.38) per lb.

There are methods to scale back the quantity we spend on espresso with out chopping on amount or high quality. Making your espresso at work utilizing one of many many cost-effective Bean to Cup Espresso Machines obtainable, reasonably than taking a visit to the espresso store each morning is likely one of the choices. It will scale back the associated fee and can be a much less worrying option to get pleasure from your day by day caffeine dose.

The analysis additionally revealed that we collectively eat round greater than 511 million cups of espresso per week as a nation. Of that 511 million, round 4 in 10 of us will buy our espresso from a excessive road espresso vendor akin to Costa espresso or Starbucks, costing on common £1.92. Usually the remainder will both make a cup within the workplace, at work or at house utilizing a bean to cup espresso machine or maybe with on the spot espresso.

So who do you assume consumes extra espresso; males or girls? The analysis confirmed that the truth is males are the larger espresso drinkers, consuming on common eight cups of espresso in a working week in comparison with simply six cups of espresso for females. Males are additionally a 3rd extra more likely to seize a fast cuppa on the best way to work, in the course of the early morning commute.

It will additionally appear that with age comes an acquired style for espresso, with over 55’s ingesting an infinite fifteen cups of espresso per week, and 18-24 yr olds having a mean of simply seven cups.

A last nugget of helpful espresso data – if you’re trying to discover a group of espresso lovers to converse with, then it’s value wanting within the West Midlands because the analysis additionally confirmed they look like the largest caffeine addicts within the UK, ingesting on common fifteen cups of espresso.