I found Coffee Bean and Tea Leaves!

Yes! I found Coffee Bean and Tea Leaves about 20miles from where we lived. Finally... I managed to satisfy my coffee addiction. Since I’ve came here, I had tried StarBuck's Frappacino... but it just does not measure up to my favourite Ultimate Vanilla from the Coffee Bean. My usual order back home also came with extra beans. Back in Singapore, the lady even knows me by my name and my order and does not even charge me for my extra bean. Believe it or not, she even gave me a Coffee Bean Mug on knowing that I will be leaving for Arizona for 2 years.

Well, guess I don’t have that power here. I got to pay for my extra beans. Nevertheless, I was more than happy to see my favorite franchise here. But this comes with a cost. My ultimate cost me 5USD here, which is equivalent to about 8SGD back home. Ouch…

Somehow, I felt that the coffee and fastfood are overpriced here.

Below is a “CHING’S INDEX
1 Ice Coffee = $ 5USD = 1 Bean
1 Mac Meal = 1 Bean

Imagine you can buy

1 Tub of Haagen Daz Icecream = 0.4 beans

1 Tub of Godiva Ice Cream = 0.5 beans

1 CK undergarments = 0.5 beans

1 Polo ¾ Pants = 1.5 Beans
1 Levi’s Pants = 2 Beans
1 DKNY Shorts = 2 Beans
1 Yoga Mat = 2 Beans
Most Clinque Products = 3.5 beans

Imagine back home, my daily consumptions is about 2 Iced Coffee or sometimes even 3. So that equates to buying 1 Levis a day. I don’t think I can afford to buy 1 Levis a day back home!