How much was a cup of coffee when you were born.

[fuzzybuddy]

I was watching a 1958 episode of Perry Mason. One of the running gags was Mason eating at an upscale, terribly expensive French restaurant and a cup of coffee was $1. All through the episode, nobody could figure what made a cup of coffee cost a whole $1. I'm not a Starbucks guy, so I don't know what a plain old black coffee would cost there??? Or at Mickey D's? And weirdly you can find out what a cup of coffee cost when you were born.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/price-coffee-were-born-090000198.ht

 

[JaniceM]

32 cents. lol

 

[Victor]

ten cents with refill

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Didn’t drink coffee when I was born so idk

 

[chic]

How would I know? It was 20 cents a cup by the time I started drinking it.

 

[win231]

I don't know how much a cup of coffee was when I was born - in 1953, but when I was around 20, there was a restaurant near me called "Sambos" & they advertised: "Sambos has it - a cup of coffee for ten cents."

 

[Buckeye]

It says 22 cents in 1946 - not where I was born...