About the Coffee Cost Calculator
Cost per cup of home-brewed coffee, and the saving against buying it out.
Also known as: cost per cup coffee, home coffee savings, coffee budget calculator, cafe vs home coffee.
How to use this calculator
- Enter price per bag, bag size, coffee per cup, cups per day and the other fields.
- The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
- Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
- Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.
Formula
cost per cup = bag price ÷ bag size × dose + extras
Worked example
Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:
- Price per bag = 12
- Bag size = 250 g
- Coffee per cup = 18 g
- Cups per day = 2
- Café price per cup = 3.5
- Milk and extras per cup = 0.15
the calculator returns:
- Cost per cup: 1.01
- Cost per day: 2.03
- Cost per month: 61.73
- Cost per year: 740.22