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Varied areas of the world have different numbers of tips and acceptance rates. Tip-giving is frowned upon in several East Asian nations like Japan. For example, in the United States, penalties are commonly expected, and service employees may be compensated to reach the minimum wage in many instances. It is possible to apply the grant automatically to the loan amount in the U.S. or any other nation where tips are anticipated, depending on the restaurant or number of enthusiasts at the table. The actions taken by a U.S. citizen who is visiting another country may have a different impact than the words said.

© Provided by CNET We (grudgingly) crunched the numbers to find out how much you could save by skipping Starbucks and making your coffee at home. Gerenme/Getty As contemporary poet and scholar Lizzo said, "The truth hurts." And it's true when it comes to your daily coffee habit. You probably already know that it's cheaper to make coffee at home; it's simple bulk shopping versus a single-item economy, with consumer versus DIY culture thrown into the mix. But if you've ever wondered how much you can save by making your own coffee compared to buying from Starbucks, I did the math. Coffee from a cafe can be satisfying. Whether it's the aroma that greets you without having to wait for the coffee to brew, the soothing buzz of cafe culture, or just the reassurance that your half and half isn't past its expiration date. But desperate financial times can call for desperate financial measures, even for something as sacred as everyday cooking. How much money can you actually save by making coffee at home? I didn't particularly want to do this math -- the truth hurts, remember? But for the greater good, I crunched the numbers. Since Starbucks is the most ubiquitous coffee shop in the country, where an awful lot of us drink our coffee, the price comparison here is based on cheap, medium, and expensive Starbucks orders with equivalent ingredients calculated for DIY versions. Verdict? Depending on your coffee order, save up to $736 by making your coffee at home every day. Below is a full breakdown of the potential savings that linger in your pantry. Best Coffee Makers of 2022: See Cnet's How I Calculated I researched Starbucks menu prices for items that represented low, medium, and high priced coffee drinks. A $1.85 tall drip coffee is about the least financial damage you can do at Starbucks. Moving down the size and price level, a grande Caffe Latte at $3.65 is about mid-range for Starbucks drinks. Any additional bells and whistles on the grande tier will cost you 50 to 80 cents more. Moving on to the highest-priced items, I chose the venti Caramel Macchiato because it's one of Starbucks' oldest offerings, but also one whose ingredients aren't hard to come by and which you could theoretically make at home—even with the requisite caramel drizzle. At $4.75 for a venti Caramel Macchiato, the only Starbucks coffee drinks that are more expensive are the venti versions of seasonal items. (Looking at you, pumpkin spice latte.) Pumpkin spice lattes can be made at home and save many hundreds of dollars a year. Olivia Geyelin© Provided by CNET Pumpkin spice lattes can be made at home and save many hundreds of dollars a year. Olivia Geyelin For comparison, I used Starbucks' published ingredient lists and ingredients available online. I then used these prices to calculate the cost of similar drinks made at home. I've included the total price per day for each of the items, as well as the annual cost, assuming your daily coffee habit matches an average work week: five days a week for 50 weeks. (If your daily schedule includes more than one trip to Starbucks, you can continue to multiply accordingly.) In the chart below, I've counted both coffee drinkers and one cup of coffee. Oh, and if you factor in the regular tip to your barista or the money spent on gas to get to the coffee shop, those savings are even bigger. Most people are equipped with a standard coffee machine, but if you plan to brew espresso-based beverages at home, there will be some upfront equipment costs, so I've factored in and factored in the cost of average-priced hardware into the sum of the two beverages. If you're starting from scratch, CNET tested to find the best coffee makers and espresso machines in 2022. Read more: Best coffee clubs and subscriptions in 2022 Cost of Starbucks Drip Coffee Vs. her preparation at home At just $1.85, a simple drip coffee (Starbucks lingo for the little ones) may seem like a pittance, but you can save more than $300 a year by making a 12-ounce serving of coffee at home, even with Starbucks' proprietary Pike Place Baked Beans. At $10 for a 12oz bag at Target, using data from various coffee blogs on how much ground coffee it takes to brew a 12oz (tall) serving, you should get roughly 16 12oz drinks per bag of coffee. That brings the daily cost to 62 cents per serving. (Even a basic single-use coffee maker like a Keurig and a year's worth of coffee cups will get you into the dollar-a-day range, including the cost of the machine.) For your $307 or $615 (two-cup drinkers) over the course of the year, you'll save, you can score with one of the top rated models from our list of the best coffee machines or by subscribing to one of our favorite coffee clubs. Making coffee at home is an obvious money saver. Depending on the beverage of choice, savings can be in the thousands. Getty Images-Boy Anupong© Provided by CNET Making coffee at home is an obvious money saver. Depending on the beverage of choice, savings can be in the thousands. Getty Images - Boy Anupong The cost of a Starbucks grande latte vs. production at home A classic latte is still coffee without the frills, but it requires more effort and more specialized equipment if you want to make it at home. For $3.65 a drink at Starbucks, should you? With nearly $600 in savings over the course of a year that you can do yourself, you probably should. A Starbucks Grande Caffe Latte consists of a double shot plus about 12 ounces of milk. While this only represents about 14 fluid ounces in a 16-ounce cup, the slight foam that comes with the steamed milk makes up some of the volume in the cup. I calculated my own costs for a similar drink using Starbucks Whole Bean Espresso Roast. (It's $10 for a 12-ounce bag at Target.) I went through several coffee blogs to get the average number of 15 grams of ground espresso beans needed for a double shot of espresso, so a 12-ounce bag of Starbucks Espresso Roast would work out. about 22 double shots, which requires a total of 11.5 bags of coffee per year. 23.5 gallons of 2% milk is needed for a year's worth of pint-sized lattes, and I pulled the average milk price from data collected by the USDA. Once you do. at home, your classic latte goes from $3.65 to about $1.35 a day, leaving $575.68 in your bank account at the end of the year. Again, this includes the cost of a basic espresso machine, so that number drops by almost 50 cents per drink after the first year of use. It's cheaper than even a basic cup of coffee. Cost of Starbucks Caramel Macchiato Vs. home made First of all, I have to state that the macchiato from Starbucks bears no resemblance to the real Italian macchiato, which consists only of espresso.