News broke this year that a drink that many people consider a necessity to function — coffee — might get more expensive this year .

That being said — how affordable is coffee in the United States ? Specifically, at a state level ?

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According to Coffeeness , the average cup of Joe in Pennsylvania costs $2.94. That means it would take someone roughly five minutes and 26 seconds of work in order to afford one.

Researchers at the site determined these numbers by sourcing coffee prices of regular and Starbucks coffee in each state. They then assessed this against data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to see how h

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