Green coffee cost calculator
From an origin price to the cost of a cup: futures plus differential or an outright price, freight, insurance, duty, financing and roast loss. Converts cents per pound, dollars per tonne, per kilo and per 60-kg bag.
Landed cost, green coffee
Green coffee only: no roasting, packing, labour, rent or margin. The example values are for illustration, not market quotes.
From the origin price to the roasted kilo
ICE Coffee “C” futures (New York) are quoted in US cents per pound; one lot is 37,500 lb
Premium (or discount, negative) for this origin and quality, agreed with the seller
Free on board: loaded on the ship at the port of origin
Example value; ask your forwarder
Example: 320 bags = 19.2 t
Example value; ask your insurer
Enter your country’s rate for green coffee
Port, clearance, inland transport, warehousing. Example value
Interest on the landed value while the coffee is paid but not yet sold. Example: 6% for 3 months
Beans lose 15–22% of their weight in roasting, mostly water (see Roast loss)
Your recipe: for example a double espresso or a large filter cup
Prices and freight are entered in US dollars, as coffee is usually traded
Your FOB price in other units
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1 lb = 0.45359237 kg, so 1 US cent per lb = 22.046 US dollars per tonne. A bag is 60 kg, the unit the International Coffee Organization uses for its statistics.
How the calculation works
Outright or price to be fixed. An outright contract fixes one price. Under a price-to-be-fixed contract, buyer and seller agree the differential now and fix the futures part later; the price is futures plus differential.
Futures markets. Arabica trades on ICE Futures U.S. as Coffee “C”, quoted in cents per pound, 37,500 lb a lot, with March, May, July, September and December contracts. Robusta trades on ICE Futures Europe in US dollars per tonne, 10 tonnes a lot, with January, March, May, July, September and November contracts.
Steps. FOB + freight per kg (freight ÷ bags × 60) = cost and freight; + insurance = CIF; + duty on CIF; + other import costs; + interest for the months financed = landed cost. Roasted cost = landed ÷ (1 − roast loss). Per cup = roasted cost × grams per cup.
Sources
- Coffee “C”® Futures: contract specifications. ICE Futures U.S.. Contract size 37,500 pounds; price in cents and hundredths of a cent; March, May, July, September, December. Accessed 11 October 2026.
- Robusta Coffee Futures: contract specifications. ICE Futures Europe. Ten tonnes; US dollars per metric tonne; January, March, May, July, September, November. Accessed 11 October 2026.
- NIST Guide to the SI (Special Publication 811), Appendix B.8: Factors for units listed alphabetically. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Pound (avoirdupois) to kilogram, 4.535 924 E−01; the exact value 0.45359237 kg is used. Accessed 11 October 2026.
- Coffee Market Report, December 2025. International Coffee Organization. Statistics given in thousand 60-kg bags. Accessed 11 October 2026.
- Roasting Conditions and Coffee Flavor: A Multi-Study Empirical Investigation. Münchow, M. et al., Beverages 6(2), 29, 2020. Roast mass loss of 15–22%, used for the roast-loss range (see the entry “Roasting”). Accessed 10 October 2026.