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Grind coffee review

What Grind sells, what it costs against the rest of the market, and who should buy it.

Updated 1 August 2026Written by the We Try Coffee teamNo brand paid for a mention

This is an assessment of Grind as a brand rather than a live price list — for current prices on every product, the Grind hub is the page you want. Here we look at how the range is shaped, where it sits on value, and what we would buy instead.

Live prices for every Grind product are on the Grind brand page. This review is the analysis that sits alongside it.

The range

Grind sells ground and pods in the UK. We currently track 5 products, in 100 pods, 60 pods and 1kg. A brand that spans several formats is usually worth judging format by format — the same name can be excellent value in one and poor in another.

What Grind coffee costs

We track 5 Grind products, spanning £0.35 to £0.47 per cup — a 1.3× spread within one brand. The cheapest is House Blend (100 pods); the most expensive is House Blend (1kg).

Grind range, cheapest per cup first
ProductFormatSizePer cupPer kg
House Blendpods100 pods£0.35
Dark Blendpods100 pods£0.35
Extra Darkpods100 pods£0.37
House Blendpods60 pods£0.47
House Blendground1kg£0.47£26.21

Pack prices run from £26.21 to £36.76. 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

House Blend is the strongest value Grind currently offers: at £0.47 per cup it sits about 1% below the median cup price for ground coffee across everything we track. That is a comparison against the whole market, not against Grind's own list prices.

Who it suits

  • Convenience-first drinkers who value consistency over control.
  • Pod-machine owners — but check the compatible-capsule price for the same machine before committing.
  • Anyone who wants a repeatable cup rather than a rotating single origin.

Value for money

On cost per cup against the median for the same format, Grind sits around the middle of the market. It is not the cheapest route to a cup, and the premium buys convenience and consistency rather than a lower bill.

Grind products we track

Cheapest per cup first, with live prices.

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.

Alternatives worth comparing

Before buying, put Grind next to the wider format list. The comparison hubs sort every brand we track onto the same per-cup basis, which is the only way to see whether a brand premium is buying you anything.