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Every illy coffee we track, priced per cup — and which one is actually worth buying.
illy sells whole bean, ground, pods and instant in the UK, and like every brand the range hides a wide spread once you price it per cup instead of per pack. This guide converts the whole range onto one unit and shows where the value sits.
What illy coffee costs
We track 7 illy products, spanning £0.06 to £3.11 per cup — a 48× spread within one brand. The cheapest is Coffee (250g); the most expensive is Classico (250g).
| Product | Format | Size | Per cup | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee | instant | 250g | £0.06 | £32.40 |
| Classico | ground | 250g | £0.45 | £25.12 |
| Espresso Bold Roast | ground | 250g | £0.45 | £25.12 |
| Coffee | pods | 10 pods | £0.55 | — |
| Costa Rica | whole bean | 250g | £0.56 | £31.04 |
| Decaffeinated | ground | 250g | £0.58 | £31.96 |
| Classico | whole bean | 250g | £3.11 | £172.80 |
Pack prices run from £5.45 to £43.20. As always, the pack price is the least useful number here — the per-cup column is the one that compares.
Best value in the range
Coffee is the strongest value illy currently offers: at £0.06 per cup it sits about 28% below the median cup price for instant coffee across everything we track. That is a comparison against the whole market, not against illy's own list prices.
illy coffee, cheapest per cup
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Prices are the last we fetched and can move. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases — it never changes the order, which is always cheapest per cup first.
How to buy this brand for less
- Compare the per-cup column above, not the pack prices — the ordering is frequently different.
- Take the largest pack you will finish in about six weeks; pack size moves price per kilo more than anything else.
- For pods, check whether a compatible capsule fits your machine before paying the brand premium.
- Re-check before you reorder. The cheapest seller for a given product changes week to week.
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