-NutsandVolts t1_jaafgpb wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:37 AM

Reply to comment by Charlie_Runkle69 in McDonald's prices 1974 by JAlbert653

Yes, coffee used to be a really cheap item until they realized how dumb consumers are and they could charge alot more.

BreadItMod t1_jaap6tg wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:49 AM

No it probably has more to do with global demand, the population is twice what it was then, it’s still the same few regions producing coffee beans though.

Intelligent_Sea_9851 t1_jaavs0g wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:37 AM

we now have twice more cows?

MrMitchWeaver t1_jac8uif wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:52 AM

Cows can expand to a lot of different climates. Coffee plants cannot.