Daily cup of coffee, a luxury for Lebanese amid economic crisis

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Daily cup of coffee, a luxury for Lebanese amid economic crisis

STORY: Daily cup of coffee, a luxury for Lebanese amid economic crisis DATELINE: June 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:57 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Manara 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI TERRO, Visitor 3. various of Issa Assaf's coffee shop 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ISSA ASSAF, Coffee shop owner STORYLINE: Lebanon's financial crisis deprives many Lebanese of their simplest joy: a daily cup of coffee. A daily cup of coffee in Manara, a famous tourist destination situated on the coast of Beirut, are among the favorite activities of people with limited incomes. A cup of coffee in Manara used to cost 1,500 Lebanese pounds, equivalent to 1 U.S. dollar ahead of the crisis, and is now priced at 70,000 Lebanese pounds (0.75 cents), which is less expensive for people with U.S. dollar income and way more costly for people whose salaries are still paid in the local currency. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI TERRO, Visitor "The economic situation is tough. No one can now drink three cups

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