Coffee in Hokkaido, Japan (photo by Daniel T. Yara, courtesy of morguefile.com)

It’s another Monday and all over the world people will be reaching for a cup of coffee to help get a week of work off to a good start. MSNBC reports that people in Moscow will pay the most dearly for a caffeine lift, “$10.19, including service, according to a new survey.”

That’s quite a bit more than the $3.75 people will be paying in New York City, but if you want to do better still you can visit Buenos Aires where a cup goes for $2.03. The figures come from a survey conducted by the London office of U.S. consulting firm Mercer.

It’s not just the coffee that’s expensive in Moscow. An international newspaper costs $6.00. According to MSNBC, “In addition to purveying the world's most ruinous roast, Moscow topped Mercer's overall cost of living index for the third year in a row, finishing ahead of Tokyo and London.”

If you’d like to read the MSNBC article cited above go to: Moscow tops most expensive cup of coffee list