As I mentioned before in a number of earlier posts, sometimes we have different (or no view) at all how well people live in other countries. With this new coffee affordability index, I aim to provide some new insights about the bad and good economic situations at a glance. Especially in case of the European Union, the belief in Asia is that all EU citizens live well. That is not necessarily true. If anything the living standards in Central and Eastern and European countries significantly declined in recent years. In case of Bulgaria, more than half of the work force works abroad. In case of Lithuania, the situation is possible even worse.