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Brand review · 2 min readL'OR coffee review
What L'OR sells, what it costs against the rest of the market, and who should buy it.
This is an assessment of L'OR as a brand rather than a live price list — for current prices on every product, the L'OR 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 L'OR product are on the L'OR brand page. This review is the analysis that sits alongside it.
The range
L'OR sells pods and instant in the UK. We currently track 5 products, in 1000 pods, 125g, 40 pods and 100 pods. 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 L'OR coffee costs
We track 5 L'OR products, spanning £0.03 to £0.29 per cup — a 11.6× spread within one brand. The cheapest is Costa Smooth Decaf (1000 pods); the most expensive is Espresso Ristretto Decaf (100 pods).
| Product | Format | Size | Per cup | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Smooth Decaf | pods | 1000 pods | £0.03 | — |
| Intense Refill | instant | 125g | £0.08 | £40.00 |
| Espresso Lungo Profondo | pods | 40 pods | £0.25 | — |
| Espresso Intense Variety Box | pods | 40 pods | £0.25 | — |
| Espresso Ristretto Decaf | pods | 100 pods | £0.29 | — |
Pack prices run from £5.00 to £29.00. 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
Costa Smooth Decaf is the strongest value L'OR currently offers: at £0.03 per cup it sits about 93% below the median cup price for pods coffee across everything we track. That is a comparison against the whole market, not against L'OR'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 our own test — cost per cup against the median for the same format — L'OR has at least one genuinely strong product in the range. That is a better result than most brands manage, and it is concentrated in the larger pack sizes.
L'OR 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 L'OR 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.
Compare against the market