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Coffee Calculator

See how the machine price and the cost of making coffee add up over your chosen period.

Calculate your coffee costs

Choose a coffee machine and enter your purchase price and the amount of coffee you make. Adjust the supported inputs to see how your own choices affect the estimate. To include milk, select ‘Include milk costs’ and enter the milk pack price, pack quantity and milk used per cup. This optional cost applies to every selected machine.

TrueCost · Coffee-machine cost calculator

What will this coffee machine really cost?

Compare acquisition, coffee and enabled care costs for one compatible prepared-cup profile.

Your usage

Prepared-cup profile
Optional milk cost

Electricity remains excluded.

Machines to compare

Select one or more. No machine is preselected and no purchase price is assumed.

Care costs for Nespresso CitiZ XN741B40

Enter your own treatment prices and timing. The dated product evidence is not a price default.

Nespresso descaling kit, 2 x 100 ml

Visitor purchase price is required. Dated accessory prices are evidence inputs and are not permanent machine purchase defaults.

Care costs for Philips 5400 Series EP5446/70

Enter your own treatment prices and timing. The dated product evidence is not a price default.

Descaling and cleaning remain included with either choice. A filter may reduce how often descaling is needed; enter the frequency you expect for your machine.

Philips AquaClean filter CA6903/22
Philips CA6700/10 descaler, 250 ml

Visitor purchase price and coffee dose are required. Dated accessory prices are evidence inputs and are not permanent machine purchase defaults.

Care costs for Sage Barista Express BES875UK / SES875

Enter your own treatment prices and timing. The dated product evidence is not a price default.

Descaling and cleaning remain included with either choice. A filter may reduce how often descaling is needed; enter the frequency you expect for your machine.

Sage ClaroSwiss water filter SES008WHT0NEU1
Sage Espresso Cleaning Tablets, six-tablet alternative
Sage Machine Descaler, pack of 6

Visitor purchase price and coffee dose are required. The £499.95 offer dated 15 September 2026 included a thermal jug and is excluded; filter cost applies only to SES875 machines from batch 1735.

Your results

Enter your usage and material prices to calculate a result.

Lowest calculated cost does not automatically mean the best machine. Retailer actions and affiliate links are not shown.

Milk cost is optional and off by default. Select ‘Include milk costs’ to add it for every selected machine. Electricity remains excluded. The calculator does not provide live prices or affiliate purchase links.

Read the result in context

Cost per cup includes the assumptions shown with your result. A machine with a higher upfront price might cost less or more for your pattern of use. Choose a machine for its features and suitability as well as its estimated cost.

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Coffee cost guides

Explore how coffee, machine purchase and care affect the cost of a cup, then use your own prices and usage in the calculator.