Free tool
Home vs. cafe coffee cost calculator
Compare what your coffee costs at home and at the cafe over a year, and work out how much water to use for your brew ratio. Add milk, syrup or filters as extras per cup. Nothing is stored.
Brewing at home saves about
$2,187 a year
- Home, per cup
- $1.04
- Home, per year
- $543
- Cafe, per year
- $2,730
- Water per cup
- 288 g or ml
Brewing at home saves about $2,187 a year, or $42 a week. Even swapping half your cafe drinks would save about $1,094 a year.
Doesn't include the cost of equipment, electricity or water. Cafe prices and drink sizes vary. Estimates only.
Make the home cup worth it
- Fresh beans. See choose coffee beans.
- The right ratio. See brew ratio basics.
- Pick a method. See the brew methods chart.