There are various kinds of coffee. I'm using moka pot and I'm buying grinded coffee. Those are cheap enough, moka pot is around $50 and lasts few years (forever if you're careful), grinded coffee is something like $10 in my country and enough for a 2-3 weeks for me. I'm living in a third-world country but that's not my biggest spendings my a large margin. Preparing 4 cups of coffee takes around 3 minutes. That's enough for me to sustain for a half of day.
There are some people who are spending unhealthy amount of money, true, but they chose to do so. There are various options and if someone wants to spend 10x money to get 10% better taste (and even that is subjective), that's his choice, not something unavoidable.
There are some people who are spending unhealthy amount of money, true, but they chose to do so. There are various options and if someone wants to spend 10x money to get 10% better taste (and even that is subjective), that's his choice, not something unavoidable.