Tasha Does Tulsa.

Love coffee? Me too. As with food, I enjoy coffee best when someone else makes it for me, and especially if I’m being served coffee in a mismatched mug in some cute, moody little coffee house somewhere.

Problem is, in this here town, a standard 12-ounce cup of black, coffee house coffee costs about $2. Swig one of those every day of the month and you have practically another utility bill on your hands, with nothing to show for it except pampered taste buds and a circular file with coffee breath, constantly full of cup sleeves and stirrers.

Here’s another idea: Make your own coffee, and keep the change.

Read the rest of this story in Consumer Watchdog in this week’s edition of Urban Tulsa Weekly.