More expensive coffee is drunk in Greece since the beginning of the year.

The price increased due to the tax on PVC packaging, but also due to the high prices of coffee on the international market.

However, Greeks and tourists took over the restaurants on the beach.

All types of coffee have risen in price since yesterday.

The reason is the introduced environmental tax on plastic products - cups, caps and straws.

The average increase is about 10 euro cents, but the price also jumped due to high coffee prices, as well as expensive electricity, the owners of the cafes justify the new prices, BNR reported.

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Coffee in a plastic cup with a disposable lid is 10 cents more expensive.

One of the most popular types of coffee "Fredo espresso" of 3.20 euros is now 3.60 euros.

The Greek Ministry of the Environment aims with this tax to "reduce the growing trend in the use of disposable plastic products".

Coffee consumption in Greece exceeds 42 tons per year.

Greeks are dissatisfied not only with the increased price of coffee, but also with the high prices of basic necessities.

The opposition has reported on price speculation, with the government only an "observer".

The sunny and almost spring weather today attracted the Greeks for a walk along the beach, which, despite the high prices of coffee, filled the restaurants.

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