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MAR 09, 2026

Seattle Has the Most Expensive Coffee in America. Austin Beats New York. Here's the Data.

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We tracked median café prices across 7 major US cities. Seattle leads at $14.75—higher than San Francisco or New York. Austin's café prices beat NYC. Chicago is the most affordable at $10.00. The city-to-city gap is 47%. Here's what the data actually shows.

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