Hanging coffee, did you know ? / myLot

Ireland

April 9, 2024 8:04am CST

Today I read a very interesting post on social media about hangong coffees. Some small coffee places in Italy allow customers to order extra coffee or meals for other people in need. This is how it works: When you order your coffee at the till, you can add extra items and pay for them. The receipts with the extra items are hanged on an announcement board. Then someone who is in need and can't afford a coffee or meal can get the hanging items for free. Apparently this happens only in some small participating businesses, have you ever experienced this hanging coffee initiative?

11 people like this

10 responses

Greenery8

@grenery8 (16820)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

9 Apr 24

cafes charge so much here, waiters expect tips now (we are no tip country) so i don't know. sounds nice if you have a spare money.

2 people like this

besweet

@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

9 Apr 24

They do, that's true. I make my own coffee at home usually and use a thermos to take it to work, so I don't have to buy from the coffee shop. It doesn't have to be something expensive for the free items I guess.

1 person likes this

besweet

@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

11 Apr 24

@grenery8 Yes that would be ideal. I wouldn't be profitable for them, I am not sure they would do it unfortunately.

1 person likes this

Greenery8

@grenery8 (16820)

• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)

10 Apr 24

@besweet i drink tea but if i drank coffee,i would make it then carry it too. it is more economical

i would rather like that cafe treats people in need with free coffe and some meal, not expecting others to do it, just my thought.

1 person likes this

Show more comments

Anna

@LadyDuck (474633)

• Italy

9 Apr 24

I am Italian, yes I have experienced this when I went to Milan to see my Mom.

1 person likes this

besweet

@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

9 Apr 24

That's good to hear! It would be nice to see this is adopted by more shops around the world.

1 person likes this

besweet

@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

11 Apr 24

@LadyDuck In France too ? It's very strange, I wasn't familiar with this.. When travelling if it wasn't english I wouldn't have understood though.. I don't understand Italian and I speak very little French !

1 person likes this

Anna

@LadyDuck (474633)

• Italy

10 Apr 24

@besweet It was also common in France.

1 person likes this

Show more comments

snowy

@snowy22315 (189848)

• United States

9 Apr 24

That would be great, as long as people didn't take advantage of it.

1 person likes this

besweet

@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

9 Apr 24

Yes that's definitely a risk, I thought about it too. I am not sure how they can manage that risk.

1 person likes this

Anna

@LadyDuck (474633)

• Italy

10 Apr 24

@besweet It's never large franchises that offer this, but small cafes and they know their customers and who are those in need.

1 person likes this

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318815)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

10 Apr 24

I haven't experienced it, but I have heard of it, but not here.

1 person likes this

besweet

@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

11 Apr 24

Same here, I haven't experienced it either. I got responses from people here who have experienced this and it seems like very interesting initiative!

1 person likes this

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318815)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Apr 24

@besweet It is interesting.

1 person likes this

jaishankar

@Shivram59 (41289)

• India

11 Apr 24

@besweet As far as I know;we don't have anything like hanging coffee here.But it's interesting to know about it.

1 person likes this

besweet

@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

12 Apr 24

Thanks for your comment! It's interesting yes. Same here, we don't have this concept here either.

1 person likes this

jaishankar

@Shivram59 (41289)

• India

13 Apr 24

@besweet It is you who from whom I heard about hanging coffee.

1 person likes this

Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (43984)

•

9 Apr 24

We have a few places that do this, they call it ''suspended'' coffees. Same concept. I think it's very nice.

1 person likes this

besweet

@besweet (9859)

• Ireland

9 Apr 24

It's a good initiative yes, I haven't seen it in any shops here. It's nice to be able to help someone else in need and in a practical way.

1 person likes this

Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (43984)

•

9 Apr 24

@besweet I know we have one diner that lets individuals purchase a suspended meal as well, the cashier keeps the receipts on a bulletin board behind the counter for when they are needed.