| separately, on the topic of coffee available in Singapore (although i'm not a fan of it :), mediaspin is correct to point out that there are many much cheaper alternatives here. For instance, a cup of plain kopi-o (local term for black coffee with no sugar/cream) in a coffeeshop or hawker centre is unlikely to cost you around S$0.60-0.80(?) whereas a cup of iced coffee at Starbucks, Coffee Bean, Spinelli (and etc) would cost at least S$4-5.
i vaguely remember that when the concept of coffee houses such as Starbucks began in Singapore several years ago, the coffeeshops decided to create their own forms of coffee beverages which were available at such coffeehouses. anyway, the question remains- why does the price of a cup of coffee differ so much? could it be: 1) the environment (e.g. air-conditioned seating areas) 2) better quality coffee beans 3) that you pay so much so that you can sit as long as you want 4) ???? |
Pudong Starbucks is Nice