We leave for the UK and
Ireland in a couple of days. We have coffee every morning to give us a reality
check, you know, wake up and smell the coffee and so on and so forth. It also
helps to kick start us and help us face the daily trauma that Bombay holds for
its inhabitants.
The Espresso pods we use
come in packs of 36 and the pack just got over. So, I thought, instead of
opening a fresh pack and using only 4 till we return rendering the remaining
pods stale, I would buy some instant coffee.
I went down to the local
grocer and asked for some sachets. I bought 4 sachets of Nescafe for Rs 10 each
and was putting them away when I looked at the quantity. I was stunned. A
single sachet which cost Rs 10 contained a mere 7 grams of coffee! A gram of
coffee costs more than a rupee!! I quickly pulled out my calculator and
discovered that a kilo of coffee costs a staggering Rs 1,400/- plus. I agree
that this is sachet pricing and that a 500 gram pack may be cheaper.
In other words, coffee
drinkers are drinking something that is far more expensive than a bottle of
most Indian whiskey. Staggering is it not?
And notwithstanding the
price, the coffee itself was unpleasant and sour. Quite foul actually!
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