Posted on July 13th, 09 by dailysavingsfromallyou
Save big with one small change
Recently, I’ve started brewing my own iced tea at home and bringing it to work in a travel mug. I was buying tea out once a day at a nearby coffee shop or at our company’s cafeteria, costing me about $2 a pop. While that’s not a lot of money, it started to add up. (I also wanted to cut down on my caffeine intake and I couldn’t find decaffeinated tea at restaurants and cafés, but I could brew it easily at home.) I was floored when I figured up how much I could save by making this change:
A whopping $475 a year!
A box of 48 Lipton decaffeinated tea bags costs about $4 at my local grocery store. I get about 40 glasses out of a box—that’s 10 cents per glass. I’m saving $1.90 per glass by not going to a restaurant. Over the course of a year (assuming I drink five glasses a week), that’s almost $500 in savings!
What have you started making at home to conserve cash?
SEE ALSO: “Eat out” while staying in
Posted by Emily Hendricks-Turnier, Associate Editor
2 Comments:
Cheryl says:
July 13th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I use the store brand decaffeinated tea bags (usually Great Value, which I like the best) and can save even more than that. I love this tip!
ACDM says:July 13th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Lipton has this great Cold Brew version for Ice Tea…. besides being affordable its also super fast to make…. I am not a big Tea drinker but the husband is and loves it….