I ran the calculations and McDonald's $1 coffee is cheaper than making it at home.

Simply put, I wanted to know if it was worth buying an $18 iced coffee jar just to make cold brew at like a 1oz coffee : 10oz water ratio and a $5 creamer and I wanted to see how long it would take for my to get my money back from the iced coffee I drink every day from McDonald's. And guess what, at around $0.50 an ounce for coffee at a 1:10 ratio it would cost $1.00 just in beans alone to get 20oz of coffee compared to McDonald's 21oz coffee drink for a dollar. This doesn't include the creamer cost, any taxes, and the fact that most coffee brand I found were easily above 50 cents per ounce also taking into account that 1:10 is a pretty generous ratio and some people do 1:4. I tried recalculating with cheaper and cheaper options and I don't get a meaningful return for so much effort for literal months all of this too, I never included tax!. All with lower quality options on top of it and maintaining quality control, cleaning, and making it myself. I walk to mcdonalds next to my apartment so I don't even spend money on gas anyways. What has life come to where I can easily say now that I buy coffee at McDonald's because it's more expensive to make it at home. Also, I refuse to drink espressos or my coffee black that's not an option. I want the same that McDonald's is providing a caramel medium iced coffee.