Coffee and cake prices

[chris]

In Palermo, there are places charging $5000.

This is for a cafecito, right? Not a cafe double. Basically colored water, seldom any flavor.

 

[antipodean]

This is for a cafecito, right? Not a cafe double. Basically colored water, seldom any flavor.

My daily coffee at any of my three locals are all going for around 5000 (USD 4,04) - but an excellent flat white out of a La Marzocco or similar in truly lovely and always full surroundings that certainly were not "cheap" investments.

Am not going to complain about that price having enjoyed flat whites in 12 countries on 6 continents in the past 4 months of travels. The most I paid abroad recently was around USD7-8, and way less delicious or enjoyable.

 

[Vossos]

One thing I’ve often noticed anecdotally is that price increases always seem to occur on Fridays. I’m curious why