What does it cost to make a Latte?

Answer 1

okay do you mean a homemade latte?

lets see!

milk - $2.50

latte maker - $75.00 (unless you use a straw to make it foamy by hand)

latte mix - $5.00

so about: $82.50

For the first Latte. Consider that the Latte machine is a sunk cost, the calculation should be made over a year time.

Capital: $75-100 for a Latte machine

Monthly expenses: Ground Espresso (if you are not grinding your own beans): $5-10

Weekley expenses: Milk @ $2.75/week (assuming that you use 1/2 cup of milk per day for a Lattee).

Now, if you are able to make a Latte 6 days a week, 50 weeks a year (considering vacation and days missed) you would have the following breakdown:

$137.5 /year for milk

$75 /year for a Latte machine (assuming you replace it yearly)

$90/year on ground Espresso (using $7.50 as the avg monthly cost)

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$302.5/yearly for a home made Latte.

If you would purchase the same at Starbucks at a cost of $4.00 per it would have a yearly cost of: $1200.