Comments on: Reader Tip: Save Money on Iced Coffee Drinks http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/ personal finance that makes cents Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: deRuiter http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-134624 deRuiter Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:43:57 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-134624 Dear Friends, In the 1950s through the 1970s, food servers at Howard Johnson's Restaurants were taught the difference among small, medium and large drinks, which was CUP SIZE AND AMOUNT OF ICE!!!!! Every HoJos drink was exactly the same amount of liquid. The help was taught to STUFF the medium and large cups with the crushed ice so the buyer paid more for the larger size beverages, but got the same amount as the small soda, UNLESS YOU SPECIFIED LIGHT ON THE ICE AND WATCHED TO MAKE SURE THEY DID NOT PUT IN EXTRA ICE! I was frugal even then. Dear Friends, In the 1950s through the 1970s, food servers at Howard Johnson’s Restaurants were taught the difference among small, medium and large drinks, which was CUP SIZE AND AMOUNT OF ICE!!!!! Every HoJos drink was exactly the same amount of liquid. The help was taught to STUFF the medium and large cups with the crushed ice so the buyer paid more for the larger size beverages, but got the same amount as the small soda, UNLESS YOU SPECIFIED LIGHT ON THE ICE AND WATCHED TO MAKE SURE THEY DID NOT PUT IN EXTRA ICE! I was frugal even then.

]]> By: O_Chemist http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-130890 O_Chemist Mon, 05 May 2008 22:48:45 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-130890 Actually, this practice is common enough to have a name.. "ghetto latté." Actually, this practice is common enough to have a name.. “ghetto latté.”

]]> By: TripleE http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-119610 TripleE Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:51:13 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-119610 My mom worked in the service industry for years, and always told me about the soda with no ice trick. It's very cold in the machine anyway, especially since the ice sits on top. You might as well avoid the ice unless you need to keep it cool for a long time. Then again, you're just watering it down. Another cheap, and slightly less shady, way to save money at the coffee shop is to order the equivalent of an espresso drink with regular drip coffee instead. I do like a good latte from time to time, but it's usually at least a dollar cheaper to go with cafe au lait or cafe con leche (same thing, different names depending on the shop). I don't miss the espresso at all, since most good coffee shops usually have a tasty drip coffee as well. Better yet, there's no way the barista can screw it up with espresso that is too weak or too strong. My mom worked in the service industry for years, and always told me about the soda with no ice trick. It’s very cold in the machine anyway, especially since the ice sits on top. You might as well avoid the ice unless you need to keep it cool for a long time. Then again, you’re just watering it down.

Another cheap, and slightly less shady, way to save money at the coffee shop is to order the equivalent of an espresso drink with regular drip coffee instead. I do like a good latte from time to time, but it’s usually at least a dollar cheaper to go with cafe au lait or cafe con leche (same thing, different names depending on the shop). I don’t miss the espresso at all, since most good coffee shops usually have a tasty drip coffee as well.

Better yet, there’s no way the barista can screw it up with espresso that is too weak or too strong.

]]> By: Coffee Worker http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-87355 Coffee Worker Thu, 24 May 2007 23:05:30 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-87355 that's a cheap chisler move. If you're gonna rip off a business, please pull that garbage at $tarbucks and not your locally owned joint. that’s a cheap chisler move.

If you’re gonna rip off a business, please pull that garbage at $tarbucks and not your locally owned joint.

]]> By: MamaDuck http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-4442 MamaDuck Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:06:53 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/29/reader-tip-save-money-on-iced-coffee-drinks/#comment-4442 Plus you can get the flavored syrups in the bottles if you like the vanilla or caramel or anything ;). Plus you can get the flavored syrups in the bottles if you like the vanilla or caramel or anything ;).

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