As much as I like coffee, it’s now a high-end luxury item that I can no longer afford even occasionally due to everything else raising as well.

You could always make it yourself. Although caffeine pills are the cheapest way to go if it’s really caffeine you’re after.

Paying $3 for a drink was always a scam. Paying $5 is just like getting ripped off by a drug dealer while thinking you’re getting the hook up. Complete insanity.