Newstalk’s army of bean counters have been randomly sampling coffee in shops stretching from Cork to Cairo and here are their findings:
Barcelona €1.97
Belfast €2.84
Cairo €1.46
Cork (BB’s, Gloria Jeans & Mr Cotton) €2.62
Dublin (Cafe Sol, Bewleys, Loft Cafe) €2.20
Galway (Arabica, Mocha Beans, Barbarista) €2.53
Limerick €1.80
Jerusalem €3.30
Stockholm €2.07
Hong Kong (Pacific Coffee, Starbucks, Local Cantonese chain) €2.02
Toronto (Tim Hortons, Starbucks, Linuxxcafe) €1.36
Sydney €2.12
New York €1.15
Jerusalem provided the most expensive cup of coffee sampled by our
Newstalk coffee bean counters at $4.50 (€3.30).
Gloria Jean’s in Cork was the most expensive cup sampled in Ireland at
€3.10.
Hong Kong and New York provided the cheapest cups and the only ones for
under €1. At 73 cent Dunkin Donuts in Manhattan was the cheapest cuppa
we found.
The cheapest found in Ireland was €1.70 in Limerick. The Treaty City was
also the cheapest location, on average, surveyed in Ireland.
Elaine Cobb found it nigh on impossible to source take-away coffee in
Paris but her figures put the average price in the French capital at
€3.30.
