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Lavazza is also available at Jumbo La Romana. Great selection of coffee including my favorite Monte Alto from the Ramirez farm Jarabacoa.
My two favorites as well. The Monte Alto organic is almost as good as the stuff our good friend Cobraboy used to get for us.
 

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My two favorites as well. The Monte Alto organic is almost as good as the stuff our good friend Cobraboy used to get for us.

Cobraboy’s coffee was great, we used to buy 50 pounds of beans a year. It’s starting to come back after the rust killed it. Lavazza is good too, but our current favorite is Starbucks Espresso Beans. Last week ShopRite (supermarket in USA) had Lavazza 12 oz bags on sale for $2.99, clean out the shelf and packed them in our tank going to DR.
 

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Cobraboy’s coffee was great, we used to buy 50 pounds of beans a year. It’s starting to come back after the rust killed it. Lavazza is good too, but our current favorite is Starbucks Espresso Beans. Last week ShopRite (supermarket in USA) had Lavazza 12 oz bags on sale for $2.99, clean out the shelf and packed them in our tank going to DR.
I've got news for you!! BRAVO has the whole Lavazza line!
 
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Wine is a huge ripp-off here. Not a huge wine drinker but, from what I've seen, it's 50% to 100% more in the supermarkets here than in Florida.
 
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Wine is a huge ripp-off here. Not a huge wine drinker but, from what I've seen, it's 50% to 100% more in the supermarkets here than in Florida.
Years ago when I lived off the Núñez we used to shop at National Bella Vista. They had decent wines for a supermarket. There’s clearly a daily wine and the dine out wines. A daily wine does not have to be expensive to be good. Picking a bottle for a business dinner requires more skill and experience
 

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Years ago when I lived off the Núñez we used to shop at National Bella Vista. They had decent wines for a supermarket. There’s clearly a daily wine and the dine out wines. A daily wine does not have to be expensive to be good. Picking a bottle for a business dinner requires more skill and experience
Even low priced wines like Frontera and Concha y Toro cost almost double here of what you'd pay in Florida. Glad I'm not a wine lover.
 
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I would not suggest these labels to anyone, for any reason
I'm not recommending them. It's just a simple way to make an apples to apples comparison. I'd bet the same difference would apply to any two wines you want to compare the prices of. They're both better than Gallo, Thunderbird, and Boone's Farm.
 

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I'm not recommending them. It's just a simple way to make an apples to apples comparison. I'd bet the same difference would apply to any two wines you want to compare the prices of. They're both better than Gallo, Thunderbird, and Boone's Farm.
I was aware you were not recommending no worries!
 

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Thank God you guys can complain about the prices here because your countries were always cheap to live. My electric bill alone back in the Bahamas would average around $1,200 dollars per month. Some of us have it so good, that we complain about things that really don’t matter…🤷🏾‍♂️

I know because as lucky as I am in life, I do find myself complaining about irrelevant things as well.
Just to clarify, I was only referring to groceries and items you purchase. Housing, water, electricity and many other things I do consider still cheapish, so for years it has all balanced out... Groceries are also relatively cheap if you go to the market and not supermarket...
 
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I would not suggest these labels to anyone, for any reason
I was blessed without the ability to discern between really expensive wine or a bottle of Carlos Rossi. To me, Wine is wine is wine.

My bank account is in a helluva lot better shape because of it.

I make a great cheap date.
 

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The Bahamas is really expensive. It was $8 for a six-pack of their local beer 30 years ago.
A six pack of the local beer (Kalik, which is actually now owned by Heineken) is now around $20. And that was 4 years ago since I was there. It may be higher now. My friend was there a few weeks ago and a pack of his Marlboro cigarettes were $25. Although he was in a tourist area which made it a bit more expensive.
 
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Just to clarify, I was only referring to groceries and items you purchase. Housing, water, electricity and many other things I do consider still cheapish, so for years it has all balanced out... Groceries are also relatively cheap if you go to the market and not supermarket...
I did a comparison a few months ago with a friend back home who was complaining about the prices, and what he spent $110 dollars on in the grocery store. I was only charged around $1,800 pesos for the same exact things in my UberEats app for home delivery. It was from Ole on 27 de February. Everything is imported in the Bahamas, so everything is super cheap to me here.

One of the reasons I love it here and can go out to eat 2-3 times daily in restaurants such as La Cassina, Peperoni, SBG, Santino, etc. without a care in the world. I’m so used to paying exorbitant prices back home, I feel as if im in cheapo heaven. 😂