Apart from mooning over Bicky, I also can't keep myself from staring at the wall where it is advertised that coffee is 5¢. Say this was about 100 years ago, the same cup of (I'm assuming drip/brewed) coffee would be $0.93 today. The cumulative rate of inflation is 1767.3%. If I were to get a cup of coffee from my favorite, albeit expensive, cafe today it is currently $3.75. If I were to get the cheap McGarvey gut rot (unlimited) at my favorite diner it's $2.25. Even at the more expensive rate, if you reverse the inflation rate and went back in time, it would cost you $0.20 for a cup of coffee, not $0.05. Not sure if someone in the 1920s would experience sticker shock at 20 cents but it doesn't seem all that bad to me. I'm not an economist. Historians and beloved mutuals please weigh-in.















