Brew at home,
pocket the difference.
See how much you'd save making espresso at home instead of buying it out — pick your drinks, dial in the prices, find your break-even.
1 Your coffee habit
How many of each drink do you buy? Toggle between per day or per week — tap Edit prices to override shop prices.
2 Add the tip
Tipping is one of the most overlooked costs of buying coffee out — those checkout screens add 15–25% to every order. Pick your usual tip; it applies only to shop drinks, so it grows what you keep by brewing at home.
3 Choose your beans
Sets the bean cost per shot. Prices are per bag — picking a different blend instantly updates your savings, or choose Your own beans to enter the exact price and weight of the bag you buy.
4 Choose your milk
Affects the at-home cost for cappuccinos and lattes. Pick a type for a quick estimate, or enter what you pay below — the price of a container and its size — to dial in your exact cost.
5 Add flavorings
Shops charge a flat upcharge for a flavor shot — but at home one bottle makes dozens of servings for pennies each. Enter how many drinks a week you flavor by type; grab the syrups and sauces on Amazon to match.
6 Pick your machine
This sets the upfront cost. You can override the price below.
7 Fine-tune (optional)
Descaling, filters & cleaning tablets — estimated automatically from how much you brew, so heavier use means a little more upkeep.
Your savings
Cost of one latte
Break-even progress
Which machine pays off fastest?
Based on your habit — every machine eventually pays for itself.
Complete your home café
The extras that make home espresso effortless. Optional, but they're what turn a machine into a proper setup.
How is this calculated?
All math runs in your browser — no data leaves your device.
- At-home cost per drink
- (bean cost/shot × shots) + (milk cost/oz × oz of milk) — computed from your bean and milk selections
- Weekly shop spend
- Sum of (drinks per week × shop price) for each drink type, plus your tip applied to that total
- Tip cost
- Weekly shop spend (before tip) × tip % — added to shop spend only, never to at-home cost
- Weekly home spend
- Sum of (drinks per week × at-home cost) for each drink type
- Monthly savings
- (weekly shop spend − weekly home spend) × 52 ÷ 12, minus monthly upkeep
- Break-even
- Machine price ÷ monthly savings — months until the machine pays for itself
- Net savings over horizon
- Monthly savings × projection months − machine price
- Coffee-shop habit cost
- Weekly shop spend (tip included) × 52 × horizon years — the total you'd hand coffee shops if nothing changes
- If invested instead
- Monthly savings invested at your chosen return, compounded monthly over the horizon (future-value of a monthly contribution)
Home cost covers beans, milk, and consumables — not electricity or water, which are negligible. Upkeep covers descaling tablets, filters, and occasional maintenance.