Sugar Pine Coffee & Creamery — Restaurant in Portola

The staff here was nice and the decor was charming. I ordered a 12oz soy latte. I paid $4 (latte) +$1 (alt milk) = $5+tax (total). The pricing seemed a little off, so nerd that I am, I did the math.

The cost per 12oz latte (8oz milk) is:

Cow's milk: $3.75($/gal)/128(oz/gal)x8(oz) = $0.23

Soy milk: $2.99($/0.5gal)/64(oz/0.5gal)x8(oz) = $0.37

The actual cost increase for 12oz latte using soy is:

$0.37($/8oz soy milk) - $0.24 ($/8oz cows milk) = $0.14

To put this in perspective, I paid 25% more than someone ordering a regular latte and an additional ~$0.09 in tax on just the additional $1 cost for the soy.

I could understand if soy was uncommon and there was a scarcity charge but the lady behind me ordered soy too, and soy is available everywhere.

If they want to make more on lattes charge $4.50 to everyone, but you shouldn't charge 25% more to customers for something that only costs a tiny bit more.

That being said, everything else was great and the latte was pretty good.

I'd be happy to remove this review if you adjust pricing on alt milks but I believe it's a valid review with the $1 add fee, and I'd wager I'm not the only one who...

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