A Cup of Coffee in China

A Cup of Coffee in China
Beijing, China
Winter 2012

My hotel in Beijing cost me $20 a night.  It cost me $10 to take a 45 minute taxi ride from the airport.  The bus cost 12 cents to ride and if I had a monthly pass, it would  have only cost a nickel.  I paid $1 to ride a train for an hour. A full meal cost about $3.  But a cup of instant coffee costs $6 to $7.  However, I had breakfast in my hotel every morning for less than $3 and that included all the coffee I wanted.