How I quit my daily Starbucks habit that cost me $5,000 a year

Oliver Brandt's Starbucks drink of choice is a macchiato espresso.

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• I was ordering at Starbucks every day of the week.
• I crunched the numbers and realized my Starbucks habit was costing me about $5,000 a year.
• I stopped going to Starbucks at the start of 2024 and have stuck with it. Here's how I did it.

For years, the single most important thing I could never do without in the mornings was a Starbucks macchiato espresso and a blueberry muffin.