cost of coffee

Old_Dude

If instant coffee is £2 per 100g, and I use a teaspoonful of it per cup how much is a cup of coffee?

ewan_c

According to my jar of Nescafe Alta Rica, one serving is 1.8g. Assuming that is equivalent to a teaspoon, about 4p for the figures you quote.

fannyadams

zero balance/scales
weigh cup
zero scales
put in how much coffee you usually have
the number displayed is how much coffee you use per cup
divide this number into how much is in the jar, then you have how many cups you have per jar.
divide what the jar cost by how many cups and that's your price per cup.
*simples*

ash28

ewan_c wrote: »

According to my jar of Nescafe Alta Rica, one serving is 1.8g. Assuming that is equivalent to a teaspoon, about 4p for the figures you quote.

My cup of coffee would cost 4p too based on £2 per 100gms, I've just weighed my teaspoon of coffee and it was 2gms.

dlusman

Old_Dude wrote: »

If instant coffee is £2 per 100g, and I use a teaspoonful of it per cup how much is a cup of coffee?

depends if you also add milk and sugar

Old_Dude

Many thanks for your help. Unlike Alta Rica, the info was not on my jar.

dlusman

fannyadams wrote: »

zero balance/scales
weigh cup
zero scales
put in how much coffee you usually have
the number displayed is how much coffee you use per cup
divide this number into how much is in the jar, then you have how many cups you have per jar.
divide what the jar cost by how many cups and that's your price per cup.
*simples*

Unless you have very accurate scales ( which you would need to weight these small amounts ) , and can guarantee you always use the same amount of coffee, it can be better if you base your calcualtions on 10 measures rather than a single one. This will help average out the differences

flubberyzing

Certainly a lot cheaper that a coffee from Costas/Starbucks etc!


Of course, there are the costs of sugar and milk (if you use them). That might be another 10p, depending very much on how much you use.


I also find, for instance, that I use a larger scoop of decaf, than I do regular, because I find I need more decaff to make the same taste as regular.

Butterfly_Brain

4p for the coffee and I have single cream and no sugar so that works out at approx 10p a cup, if you factor in electric to boil the kettle approx 2.5p
https://blog.npower.com/2013/02/ever-wondered-how-much-your-appliances-cost-to-run/
So 12.5p for my coffee if I wanted sugar that would add another 1p per tsp

ewan_c

Old_Dude wrote: »

Many thanks for your help. Unlike Alta Rica, the info was not on my jar.

I'm sure they used to say on the Nescafe jars how many cups were in the jar but nothing on the ordinary decaff one when I checked. I keep the Alta Rica in reserve as a treat!