That’s different. Some people want to be seen as richt, but not as generous or kind.
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Filling in the gaps that he is being too “polite” to express – no
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It reminded me of nothing as much as Robin William’s line about cocaine being god’s way of telling you you have too much money.
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I remember when coffee was 35 cents 3 and a half years ago, if Kamala wanted to lower coffee prices she could have done it by now.
There’s only one candidate that can lower coffee prices by deporting everyone and putting coffee tariffs on beans…
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According to Hofmann’s video (and their menu), it’s from beans grown on Okinawa. They will also sell you a kilo of those beans for £2800 if you prefer.
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If someone has that much money, and isn’t inclined to give it away, then there’s really only a few things they can do with it. 1) Buy actually-theoretically-useful stuff, thereby depriving others of access to those resources. 2) Save it, and maybe some of it gets invested somewhere downstream in ventures that result in a more productive economy. 3) Waste it on stuff that has nowhere near as much value as what they pay, in which case the money ends up in the hands of less-rich-than-them people while consuming relatively little in terms of actually scarce resources.
More of (2) would be better than (3), but (3) is better for everyone else than (1).
Note: This is all conditional on them already having and keeping the money. How they got it, whether they should have it, etc. are entirely separate questions.
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Hey, you almost make it sound like they’re doing a good thing by consuming this ridiculously expensive espresso. 
I don’t subscribe to the the assumption that the money “ends up in the hands of less-rich-than-them” (a.k.a. it “trickles down”). That would entirely depend on who reaps the benefits of said coffee shop. I would expect that is some rich dude. It’s definitely not the staff.
Plus it is definitely a choice that they are not inclined to give it a way, so nobody is forcing their hand.
Anyways, I hope that espresso place soon reopens with a different concept and a different name. My suggestion: Eat the rich!
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As applies to some wastard that would spend $335 on a cup of espresso, I cannot answer that first question, but I sure as hell can answer that second one.
No, it’s is not. This isn’t even close to a case of sour grapes, I can 100% objectively state that there is no cup of espresso on the planet (or anywhere in orbit) worth that much. The second you’ve expressed willingness to pay that much for a fucking cup of coffee, your assets should be ceased and their value used to cover costs of people in need.
(Yes, I understand this could be applied to many things: I spend some of my own funds on purely selfish pleasures, but I like to think I do it as a reasonable level. Perhaps we need a formula of “average cost of goods” compared to “idiotically overinflated ego drink” or something like that.)
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