Because others have asked me.

[bktheirregular]

Anyone reading this, what are the standard prices like at a local Starbucks? (I'm also asking people from New York, because I never went into a Starbucks there. I don't drink coffee at Starbucks here, either, but people have asked me how much cheaper the coffee is back home from here in Athens.)

Not much to report from here at the moment. Auditing is boring my co-workers almost to tears (I'm not much better at the moment), and winter in Athens is apparently like fall or spring in New York. Well, I guess the place is somewhat more tropical. Rain's a lot more common than in the summer; I suspect the smog count is also down.

Three weeks in, and the phone company still hasn't raised a finger with regards to putting in a phone line. Which is why I'm logging in from Starbucks in the first place; it's either that, or Plateia Syntagma, which is ... well, open to the elements. Not to mention the hoodlum pyromaniac skateboarders who inhabit the square after dark, and apparently found it funny that I was scared of being lit on fire.

(I ain't letting go of that anytime soon. And the next punks who try and send a flaming stuffed Doberman my way ... let's just say that I've got a lot of room for photos in my cell phone, and I do know how to carry a grudge. They tell me to smile, I'm on Candid Camera? (Which, by the way, they did last time as they passed me by.) Smile, frakwits, you're on Exhibit A, B, C, and D.)

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[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

last time I was in a Starbucks (in the Detroit area) most of the espresso drinks (cafe mocha, macchiato, etc) were in the neighbourhood of $3 for a tall. Not sure about the regular coffee, though. :(

[twistedchick]

In Maryland: $1.50 to $1.85 for a tall (small) coffee or hot tea. I usually get a grande latte, which is $3.85 or so, and load it with cinnamon.

I didn't realize there was Starbucks in Athens.

[bktheirregular]

There's a number of them in Athens, actually, and a few on some of the islands, if I recall. I don't go there for the coffee, but until I get a phone line in, it's the only place I can connect to the net that's protected from the elements.