Card surcharges died on 1 October — so we track the menu instead. Compare flat white prices across Sydney cafés, follow your locals, and get pinged the day they move.
House rules: prices pulled from cafés' own websites · named only with a receipt · venues get 72 hours to reply before any flag sticks.
Regular flat whites from cafés' own websites — delivery or Instagram menus flagged where that's all they publish.
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Prices are being pulled from café websites right now.
The first full harvest lands with Edition 2 — Friday 9 October. Check back then, or get the alert.
Website prices link the café's own listing; delivery and Instagram prices are flagged as such. Delivery-menu prices can include platform margin and may differ in-store. Every figure carries its check date. Stale menu? Hit the tip line — photo-backed corrections jump the queue.
Follow your locals. We'll show their prices here every time the index refreshes — and Pro members get pinged the day one moves.
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Two Sydney owners have gone on the record since the ban. Quotes verified; maths shown; replies invited.
Illustrative: ≈11× the card-cost benchmark on an assumed $18 baseline — baseline receipt pending. Right-of-reply: invitation pending; no flag publishes before 72h.
Intent confirmed, no figure on record — unscored until we see the menu. Send it via the tip line.
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Prices: pulled from each café's own website or menu. Every figure links its source and check date. No published price = not scored, ever.
The Milking Index: M = observed rise ÷ card-cost benchmark (1.0% cafés, 0.8% bars, 0.5% retail — our estimates, footnoted). Bands: Hero ≤0.2 · Fair ≤1.25 · Watch 1.25–3 · Flagged >3. Only outliers get flagged.
Evidence bar: two independent evidences (dated receipts/menus) + 72-hour right-of-reply before any flag. Replies published word-for-word within 48h. Corrections appended, never edited away.
What we never claim: a price rise is not evidence of motive. We report the gap between the rise and the card cost — never that the ban caused it.
Corrections log: none yet. Right-of-reply log: Rusty Rabbit — invitation pending as of 2 Oct 2026. Old Mate's — menu evidence requested 2 Oct 2026.
Spotted a move? Prices and dates only — don't allege motives. Photo-backed sightings clear verification first.
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