Preparing a cuppa: Coffee shop owner Kow Teck Phing, 59, making a cup of hot coffee at his eatery in Taman Daya, Johor Baru, which is sold at RM2.30 per cup. — THOMAS YONG/The Star
JOHOR BARU: The price of a standard cup of coffee here has increased by about 70% in the past three years.
A cup of kopi used to cost around RM1.50, but the price has crept up – 10 sen or 20 sen at a time – to about RM2.60 currently. It can even go up to RM2.80 for takeaways.
