When it pays back
When will your setup pay for itself?
Enter your café and home drink costs. See when the setup could pay for itself. Payback means the point when your savings equal the setup cost.
Example: With a $900 setup, a $5.50 café drink, a $1.31 home drink, and 7 drinks moved home each week, the estimated payback is about 7.1 months.
Estimated payback: 7.1 mo
Payback means the setup cost you enter ÷ monthly savings. Monthly savings uses 52 weeks ÷ 12 months and only the share of café drinks you say will move home. The one-year number subtracts the setup cost you enter.
THE MATH
How we got your number
Months to pay back = setup cost ÷ [(café price − home cost) × weekly drinks × (replacement percent ÷ 100) × (52 ÷ 12)].
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WHAT WE COUNTED
What we counted
- Enter the upfront equipment and required costs you want to recover. Include tax and delivery in that amount when they apply.
- Weekly drinks are converted to months at 52 ÷ 12, and your drink behavior is assumed to stay constant.
- Replacement percent means the share of café drinks you move home.
- Home drink cost covers making the drink. Do not include equipment allocation here; the setup cost is counted separately.
- Resale value, financing, repairs, your time, and the value of convenience are excluded.
This estimate uses the formula and inputs shown above.
USE THIS NUMBER
What your number means
We use only the values you enter and the formula above. We do not add retailer prices or promise savings, extraction quality, or equipment life.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
How does the payback estimate work?
Divide the setup cost you enter by monthly savings. Monthly savings is the café price minus the home drink cost, multiplied by the café drinks you actually move home each month.
Why does the share of drinks moved home matter?
A machine does not remove every café visit. A number below 100% stops the calculator from treating social visits and drinks away from home as savings.
What if a home drink costs more than a café drink?
These inputs have no financial payback. Negative savings show the extra cost of making those drinks at home. The one-year result includes that extra cost and the setup cost. Home espresso can still have value that money does not measure.