What does one coffee actually cost?

Beans, milk, the cup. Punch in your numbers and see the true cost of every flat white — and the margin at your price.

per cup

1 · Your numbers

Coffee beans ($ per kg)

Grams per double shot

Milk ($ per litre)

Milk per cup (mL)

Takeaway or dine-in?

Cup + lid (cents each)

The little extras (optional)

Everything else per cup (cents)

Syrup, wastage, napkins, the odd dropped cup. 10¢ is a fair guess.

What you charge ($)

One coffee costs you

$0.00to make one cup

Margin at your price

$0.00 a cup · 0% of the sell price

At cups a day, that margin is $0.00 a week.

Rent, wages and the machine aren’t in this — it’s your marginal cost per cup.

Quick maths, not tax or accounting advice.