Eight bucks for freshly-squeezed juice. How many oranges does it take to make 16-ounces of juice, I wonder. Eight dollars doesn't seem so unreasonable if it takes six dollars worth of oranges to make that much juice - but how could it? They'd get wholesale, right? Throw in labor, I suppose, and the cost of equipment, too.
Still, I'm beginning to think I've lived too long when people are cool with an $8 bottle of juice. There will be those clamoring to get their hands on one - those who make great bank or those who don't pay the bills (there's a gas station in Beverly Hills that has always charged about $1.00-$1.50 more a gallon than its competitors just down the street - currently about $5.75 a gallon - and yet you still see people filling up there), but when you think how many people there are who have to work a whole hour at an unrewarding, craptastic job for $8 or $10 then it all seems rather obscene.
It says right on the juice makers site that it takes 5 oranges to make 15.2 oz.
At $8 a pop, you can save up for a month and get a kick ass juicer for about $150. We just got one and I love it. 4-5 Carrots, 2 leaves of kale, a half inch of fresh ginger, and 1 small apple is my breakfast. It's surprisingly good and probably more healthy than the coffee and cigarettes which was my previous breakfast.
$8? Way too high for most people, obviously. They are trying to make a lot of money off it, because you know, Starbucks. But it's not like a freshly made juice is ever going to be cheap. Using fresh fruit for juicing is ridiculously labor intensive - If it takes five oranges to make one juice, somebody has to peel those five oranges. The cost of the produce is relatively low, especially if one uses non organic produce.
In any case, people will absolutely pay $8 for fresh juice.
My reading of George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvor Martin, is that he exhibits some of the profile characteristics of a serial killer.
For example, it's common for them to be attracted to, and mimic police activities. They may drive blue boxy cars for example, and even have special equipment, or emergency lights (John Wayne Gacy did this).
Zimmerman was making several police calls per week in advance of the slaying. He probably had his intended victim chosen based on who he thought would evoke the most sympathy -- for him! (Answer: a black teenager).
Another facet of the serial killer is they cozy up to authority (Gacy, again) so that they can then turn the blame back to the victim ("and then this kid, he turned quickly on me!")
If there are delays in bringing this murderer to justice, I hope it is because they are trying to collect as much evidence as possible to make the case stick.
@Matt I thought that too when I first got my juicer and was looking at some juice recipes. You'd be surprised how it balances the sweetness of carrots and apples. (Tip: peeling the ginger will take away some of the strong tartness that most people can't stand)
There are several eyewitness and earwitness accounts that have Trayvon Martin running away and Zimmerman pursuing, which makes any sort of self-defense claim pretty ludicrous. And we also have Zimmerman on tape calling Martin a "fucking coon". The man is guilty as sin.
I'm betting starbucks will find a way to make their juice taste just as terrible as their coffee. Starbucks coffee may be the worst I've ever tasted... and that includes instant coffee.
As for the Zimmerman/Martin case: It's Florida. They'll probably end up giving Zimmerman a medal and a job with the police force. Florida is a shit hole.
The real problem is the idea that downing two cups of juice is "healthy". There's a reason why, back in the day, when people knew how to eat, juice glasses were extremely small, 6 ounces at the max.
Remember that scene from Pulp Fiction when Travolta asked for a sip of Thurmond's milkshake because he wanted to know what a $5 milkshake tasted like?
Still, I'm beginning to think I've lived too long when people are cool with an $8 bottle of juice. There will be those clamoring to get their hands on one - those who make great bank or those who don't pay the bills (there's a gas station in Beverly Hills that has always charged about $1.00-$1.50 more a gallon than its competitors just down the street - currently about $5.75 a gallon - and yet you still see people filling up there), but when you think how many people there are who have to work a whole hour at an unrewarding, craptastic job for $8 or $10 then it all seems rather obscene.
At $8 a pop, you can save up for a month and get a kick ass juicer for about $150. We just got one and I love it. 4-5 Carrots, 2 leaves of kale, a half inch of fresh ginger, and 1 small apple is my breakfast. It's surprisingly good and probably more healthy than the coffee and cigarettes which was my previous breakfast.
In any case, people will absolutely pay $8 for fresh juice.
And ditto on @4 -- NOTHING beats fresh carrot/ginger juice.
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You just fill the hopper, empty the bins every now and then.
My reading of George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvor Martin, is that he exhibits some of the profile characteristics of a serial killer.
For example, it's common for them to be attracted to, and mimic police activities. They may drive blue boxy cars for example, and even have special equipment, or emergency lights (John Wayne Gacy did this).
Zimmerman was making several police calls per week in advance of the slaying. He probably had his intended victim chosen based on who he thought would evoke the most sympathy -- for him! (Answer: a black teenager).
Another facet of the serial killer is they cozy up to authority (Gacy, again) so that they can then turn the blame back to the victim ("and then this kid, he turned quickly on me!")
If there are delays in bringing this murderer to justice, I hope it is because they are trying to collect as much evidence as possible to make the case stick.
As for the Zimmerman/Martin case: It's Florida. They'll probably end up giving Zimmerman a medal and a job with the police force. Florida is a shit hole.