Can we talk about how I quit buying coffee at the shop near my office and my wallet finally stopped screaming?

Cora Clark · 2026-09-11T06:05:04.750046+00:00

I used to hit the cafe by my office every single morning, $5.75 for a latte, sometimes twice a day if work got rough. That was about $170 a month just gone, and I never even thought about it because it felt like a small treat. Back in January I bought a $40 drip machine and a $12 bag of beans, and now I make a full pot before I leave the house. The first two weeks were rough, not gonna lie, the coffee tasted like hot brown water and I almost caved. But I started weighing the beans instead of scooping, watched one short video on grind size, and now it honestly beats the shop. I've put the $170 I'm not spending into a jar, and after 4 months there's $680 sitting there for a real emergency. My coworkers think I'm being cheap, but they're the ones buying $7 cold brews every day. Anyone else here had a daily habit that looked tiny until you added it up?

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