This Cafe Was Fined Rp. 15 Million Because Visitors Complained About The Price Of A Cup Of Coffee, Even Though It Was Only Rp. 30 Thousand

JAKARTA - This is what this customer did. Because they complained about the price of a cup of coffee, which was considered too expensive, a cafe had to receive a fine of tens of millions of Rupiah.

The price of coffee that they complain about is around Rp. 30 thousand per cup. Meanwhile, the fine that must be paid is around Rp. 15 million. The police are involved in this matter.

A cafe in Florence, Italy has been fined 1,000 euros, after angry customers called police to complain about the price of hot drinks.

The cafe in question is Ditta Artiginale, a famous coffee shop in Florence. The fine was imposed on Monday, because the cafe was judged to have failed to display the price of a cup of coffee on their counter.

A customer who objected to calling the local police was annoyed by the price of a cup of decaffeinated coffee, which costs 2 euros, or around Rp. 30,988 per cup.

Regarding the incident, Ditta Artigianale explained, the coffee in question came from a Mexican plantation and had been 'prepared with great care by the barista'.

It is known, the average price of a cup of espresso in Italy is around 1 euro or around Rp. 15,494. Although, many coffee shops in the Land of Pizza have raised their selling prices this year.

The cafe owner said he was 'ready to pay for the blame', but criticized the law and fines, saying prices had been displayed on a digital menu.

"I believe that with everything served in bars today, this law has so much absurdity and must be changed. Otherwise, 99.9 percent of bars and restaurants will easily go wrong," Francesco Sanapo wrote on Facebook. Euronews May 18

To note, the Ditta Artigianale coffee shop is one of the famous cafes in the Tuscan City. This cafe has won several competitions for its coffee making.