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Brand review · 2 min readSTARBUCKS coffee review
What STARBUCKS sells, what it costs against the rest of the market, and who should buy it.
This is an assessment of STARBUCKS as a brand rather than a live price list — for current prices on every product, the STARBUCKS 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 STARBUCKS product are on the STARBUCKS brand page. This review is the analysis that sits alongside it.
The range
STARBUCKS sells whole bean, ground and pods in the UK. We currently track 8 products, in 10 pods, 1.8kg, 250g and 450g. 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 STARBUCKS coffee costs
We track 8 STARBUCKS products, spanning £0.30 to £4.57 per cup — a 15.2× spread within one brand. The cheapest is Decaf by Nespresso (10 pods); the most expensive is Blonde (200g).
| Product | Format | Size | Per cup | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decaf by Nespresso | pods | 10 pods | £0.30 | — |
| Colombia | whole bean | 1.8kg | £0.50 | £27.98 |
| Pike Place Roast | whole bean | 1.8kg | £0.51 | £28.27 |
| Guatemala Antigua | whole bean | 250g | £0.72 | £39.96 |
| Pike Place Roast | whole bean | 450g | £2.04 | £113.07 |
| Blonde | whole bean | 200g | £3.43 | £190.60 |
| House Blend | ground | 200g | £3.60 | £200.10 |
| Blonde | whole bean | 200g | £4.57 | £253.75 |
Pack prices run from £3.00 to £50.88. 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
Decaf by Nespresso is the strongest value STARBUCKS currently offers: at £0.30 per cup it sits about 15% below the median cup price for pods coffee across everything we track. That is a comparison against the whole market, not against STARBUCKS's own list prices.
Who it suits
- Home espresso and cafetière drinkers, if the large-format bags are within your six-week window.
- 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 — STARBUCKS 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.
STARBUCKS 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 STARBUCKS 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