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Drink Cost & Margin Calculator

A latte's price only means something next to what it costs you to pour. Enter your real ingredient prices and see the cost per drink, your margin, and what a hundred drinks of consumables costs at an event. Everything runs in your browser.

Coffee

Bean price ($/lb)your wholesale or roaster price, not retail shelf priceDose per drink (grams)a double shot commonly sits around 18 to 20 grams; use your own recipe

Milk

Milk price ($/gallon)use your alternative milk price here if that is your default pourMilk per drink (fl oz)steamed milk in a 12 oz latte is commonly 8 to 10 oz; measure yours

Everything else per drink

Cup + lid + sleeve ($)Syrup / sauce ($)Other ($)napkin, stirrer, water treatment shareWaste allowance (%)dial-in shots, steaming losses, spoilage

Your price (optional)

Price charged per drink ($)for markets and per-cup service; event packages price the day, not the cup

Your drink, costed

Drinks per lb of beans: 25.2
Coffee per drink: $0.56
Milk per drink: $0.28
Cup, syrup, other: $0.60
Waste allowance: $0.11
Cost per drink: $1.55
Consumables per 100 drinks: $155
Margin per drink at $6.50: $4.95
Gross margin: 76%

Consumables only, from your own inputs. Labor, travel, permits, insurance, and commissary are not in this number; the event quote builder adds them. Not a price recommendation or an income claim.

Cost per drink is the atom. The event quote is the molecule.

Take this number into the event quote builder to price a real booking, or get the Coffee Cart Launch Kit for the full pricing worksheet with deposits, minimums, and package math. $149 once, 30-day money-back guarantee.

Next: build an event quote See the Launch Kit