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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Nino Bucci

Brew-haha: should Australians be paying $5.50 or more for a cup of coffee?

Cupped hands holding a coffee cup with latte art on the surface
A survey of Australian capital cities found the average price of a small takeaway flat white at speciality venues is $4.78 – almost half the price found in some international capitals. Photograph: Wenn Rights/Alamy

If there’s one thing Australians like more than coffee, it’s whinging about the price of coffee.

The latest round of coffee-breathed howling started after a Melbourne roasting tsar said Australians should pay a minimum of $5.50 for a cup.

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