'It is a cappuccino. It can't be $10,' says Harry Styles about NYC coffee prices

Singer jokes coffee and tipping costs spookiest part this Halloween

Singer Harry Styles, who recently completed a 30-show residency at Madison Square Garden in New York, ​thought prices for coffee in the city were some ‌of the spookiest things he saw around Halloween.

"It is a cappuccino. It can't be $10, it can't be," he said during one of his last concerts, ​according to videos posted by fans on social media.

"The ​scariest thing about this Halloween is the price of ⁠caffeinated beverages in this city. Astronomical. It's out of control," he ​added, before also complaining about expensive tipping.

Some fans, in comments after ​the video, thought it was amusing that such a wealthy and successful personality would complain about such an ordinary thing as the price for a ​cup of coffee.

"Harry is right... $10 for a cappuccino plus at ​least a 20% tip?," said one fan. "Are you for real?"

Others, meanwhile, criticized ticket ‌prices ⁠for his concerts.

Coffee has suffered a series of cost shocks in recent years including climate-related production shortfalls in major producers and the imposition of US tariffs, which were later removed.

The price of a ​pound of ground ​roast coffee ⁠in US cities averaged $9.33 in September, according to the latest inflation reading from the Bureau of Labor ​Statistics.

That is the highest ever for the month ​and ⁠91% higher than in 2020, adding another item to the cost of living discussion as the US votes in the midterm elections.

Coffee companies say ⁠they ​had to cut profit margins during the ​cost shock to prevent prices rising even more, and are now in a period ​of recovering their margins.