Tea Cost Calculator

Specialty Tea Metrology & Brewing Economics

Tea brewing economics depend on leaf density, weight, and multi-steep viability:

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• Cost per Cup & Yield Formulas**:

Leaf Servings = Package Weight (Grams)Grams per Serving (2.5g)

Total Brewed Cups = Leaf Servings × Resteeps (1 to 5)

Cost per Cup = Package PriceTotal Brewed Cups

Annual Expenditure = Cost per Cup × Daily Cups × 365

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• The Multi-Infusion Multiplier**:

• Supermarket tea bags use broken fannings/dust (CTC) that extract in 1 single steep.

• Whole leaf specialty green, oolong, and pu-erh teas yield 2 to 5 high-quality infusions, cutting effective leaf cost by 50% to 80%.

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• Standard Tea Category Benchmarks**:

• Tea Bags (100 ct @ 6.50): 0.065 / cup

• Specialty Loose Leaf (2 steeps): 0.225 / cup

• Gongfu Oolong (5 steeps): 0.250 / cup

• Ceremonial Matcha: 1.600 / cup

How to Use This Calculator

Enter your Tea Package Purchase Price (e.g. 18.00 in ), Package Net Weight (Grams) (e.g. 100 in grams), Tea Leaves per Serving (Grams) (e.g. 2.5 in g/cup), Number of Resteeps / Infusions per Leaf Portion — choose from 1 Steep (Standard Commercial Tea Bag / CTC Black Tea), 2 Steeps (High Quality Loose Green / Herbal Tea), 3 Steeps (Whole Leaf Oolong / White Tea), Daily Cups Consumed (e.g. 3 in cups/day), and Tea Connoisseur Benchmark — choose from Custom Tea Brewing, Specialty Loose Leaf Green (18 / 100g, 2.5g @ 2 steeps) → 0.225/cup (246/yr | Saves 4,956 vs Cafe), Supermarket Tea Bags (100-pack @ 6.50, 1 steep) → 0.065/cup (71/yr). Results update instantly as you type — adjust any value to compare scenarios.

The Formula

Formula Reference: Tea Cost Calculator

Input variables:

teaPackagePriceDollarsInput — Tea Package Purchase Price

packageWeightGramsInput — Package Net Weight (Grams)

leafQuantityPerCupGramsInput — Tea Leaves per Serving (Grams)

infusionsResteepsPerServingSelect — Number of Resteeps / Infusions per Leaf Portion

dailyCupsConsumedInput — Daily Cups Consumed

Computed outputs:

costPerCupOfTeaDollars — True Cost per Cup of Tea

annualTeaExpenditureDollars — Annual Home Tea Expenditure

annualSavingsVsCafeTeaDollars — Annual Savings vs Coffee Shop (4.75/cup)

totalCupsYieldedPerPackage — Total Cups Yielded per Package

packageDurationDaysCount — How Long This Package Lasts

Mathematical relationships extracted from calculation logic:

leafServings = weight / leafGrams

totalBrewedCups = leafServings * numSteeps

costPerCup = price / totalBrewedCups

packageDays = totalBrewedCups / cupsPerDay

annualExpenditure = costPerCup cupsPerDay 365.0

cafeAnnualCost = 4.75 cupsPerDay 365.0

Standard: Published population-average reference data (CDC, USDA, DOE)

Worked Example

A daily tea drinker paying 18 for a 100g bag of loose leaf tea discovers that resteeping their leaves twice brings the cost per cup down to just 0.225, saving nearly 5,000 every year compared to cafe visits.

Understanding Your Result

This calculation gives a precise result based on the inputs you provided. For practical decisions, consider whether the result changes meaningfully with slight variations in your inputs — if a 5–10% change in input causes a significant output change, gather more precise input data before deciding. Use this tool to quickly compare multiple scenarios side by side.