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Cheaper Starbucks?
Starbucks, slowly getting in tune with the economy, is offering tips on how to trim costs of your caffeine habit.
I write this, of course, as I sip my afternoon iced latte.
1. Don't believe the $4 coffee myth: Approximately 50% of our beverages are priced under $3 and more than one third under $2.
2. Bring your own cup and get 10 cents off your beverage.
3. Order a brewed coffee with steamed milk known as a Caffe Misto, instead of a Caffe Latte. That provides an average savings of 85 cents.
4. Get refills on brewed coffee for just 50 cents. Registered Starbuck card holders get refills on the house.
5. Brew yourself. Pick up a back of Starbucks whole bean coffee to brew at home for about 30 cents a cup.
6. Enjoy a coffee press for two. For about $3, any coffee we sell can be brewed through a coffee press, which yields four 8-oz cups and costs less than a grande.
7. Order pairings. For $3.95, order breakfast or a snack with coffee, a savings of about 90 cents.
8. Use your treat receipt, available through Sept. 30. Bring in your receipt from your morning purchase and in the afternoon after 2 p.m., get any grande cold beverage for $2.
Do you have your own methods to save on Starbucks? I know what you're going to say: Go to Dunkin Donuts or McDonald's. Just doesn't cut it for Starbucks addicts like me. -- Marcia "Bargain Hunter" Pounds
Comments
Too funny Marcia! "Go to Dunkin' Donuts." it's like you were reading my mind.
I love Starbucks too, but it doesn't taste as good when I brew it at home, so I'm still getting the 4 bags for $19.99 at Dunkin' Donuts for home brew.
Posted by: Super Saver Kathy | August 13, 2009 5:42 PM
As a non coffee drinker, I don't have to worry about it but I really wish someone one day will explain to me the reason you must sit at Starbucks drinking coffee and using a laptop.
Makes me feel like I need to drag out the laptop, so I can sit with all the "cool" people! lol
BTW, you can use your laptop at Dunkin' and Mickey D's too, but it seems like you never see the "cool" people at them.
Posted by: KCK | August 13, 2009 8:00 PM
Too funny KCK! You're going to hate me, but I love to people-watch in Starbucks. On the rare occasions when I have a window of time, I like to sit in one of the big easy chairs with the newspaper and a coffee and enjoy the parade of folks coming through. I don't get out enough, do I?
Posted by: Super Saver Kathy | August 14, 2009 1:11 AM
I love going to Starbucks, and relaxing with my chai tea latte. My husband & I do the same thing, as Super Saver Kathy - we break out the newspaper and/or enjoy conversation in the big easy chairs. So comfy! No laptop needed.
Posted by: Nikki | August 14, 2009 7:26 AM
Starbucks is still the best tasting coffee, I don't care what crap those others sell even if its a few cents less. Next best, Tim Hortons but we don't have them in FL yet. Maybe someday.
Posted by: Paul | August 14, 2009 9:37 AM
Get a 1 oz expresso and add the milk from the condiments bar. Then you can control how strong you want your coffee and its cheaper. Not as hot, but I don't like it hot anyway. I read that tip somewhere, and use when I need a Starbucks quick fix.
Posted by: Weston Homeowner | August 14, 2009 12:02 PM
As long as we are talking about cheap, let me tell you about my latest Starbucks fix. I bring a large home brew to work in the morning and sip about half of it before I lose interest.
Then, right after lunch, I pour the other half of the home brew over ice and add 1/2 bottle of a Starbucks Frappucino drink. Remember when the Frappucinos were a quarter at Walgreens with coupons? I'm hooked...now what am I going to do?
So...this is how it works? The companies send out lots of coupons, run lots of sales, get you to fall in love with their products, and then.......oh no....not that....retail? Noooo!!!!
Posted by: Super Saver Kathy | August 15, 2009 11:26 PM
Any Starbucks Gold members out there? This is the best thing to happen to me. I'm a daily Starbucks drinker myself, so I save about 26 cents per day. When I bring the family along on Sunday mornings, I save about $2-$3 per trip with beverages and sandwiches. At an annual cost of $25....I made out like a bandit when I purchased this card!! 10% off everything!
Posted by: Jenney | September 21, 2009 12:11 PM