Why? Because they are raising their rates by 9 cents. Most coffee houses raise their rates every 2-3 years. They already rasied the price of coffee by 3 cents this year. I know, they are fair trade, but so is Beaner's and their refill rate on all sizes are $1.25 and my Tall Drink (Small) will go from $1.53 to $1.62 - only a small 10 cents for a Personal Cup Discount to $1.52. I cannot afford this increase and will have to start searching for a new coffee place since I did not like the Rowanda at Beaner's so I will be trying other coffee places to see if there are other good places. I do not need to pay the coffee growers to go to school, and give them better living conditions. Would be nice, but I cannot afford it! I gotta worry about paying my college bill and get into my own place before I can help other people.

 

I also want to make a point, if you keep raising the rates, people are not gonna keep coming. I understand their clients are more affluent, but I hope they stick up for this too. Cost of living is going up way too much and not everyone gets raises to counter cost of living.