A latte with leaf art, an espresso, a croissant and a bowl of coffee beans on a dark table

For cafés · KamraiDee

See the true cost of one latte.

You buy beans by the bag and milk by the carton. Each drink also needs a cup and a lid. KamraiDee shows what one latte really costs. Then you can set the price on your board.

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What a cup really earns

You think you make ฿35 a cup. Do you?

  • Coffee, milk, cup and lid ฿25
  • Profit you think you make ฿35
  • Your wages, hiding in your profit ฿10
  • Gas and running costs ฿8
  • Real profit ฿17

Price ฿60

Example figures.

That ฿10 was always yours. You just never paid yourself.

Your time counts.

Opening, prep, making and cleaning. Eight hours at ฿100 an hour, over 80 cups, is ฿10 a cup.

Running costs count.

Electricity, gas and rent cost ฿80 every hour you're open. Here that's ฿8 a cup.

The cup and lid count.

Every cup, lid and straw goes into the cost of the drink.

Money lost

Milk and drinks you pour away are money lost. Log them in baht and see what they cost you.

These costs were always there. Add your hours and running costs once, and KamraiDee counts them in every cup.

Categories

What do you sell?

  • Coffee & drinks
  • Cakes & snacks
  • Cups & packaging

What you track

Four things that go into every cup

What you buy

Beans, milk and syrup, at what you paid, shipping included.

Drink recipes

How much goes into one cup, so you see the cost of one latte. Pastries work the same way.

Cups and lids

Both count in the cost of every drink.

Orders and customers

Orders on your calendar, regulars in one list.

Adding 50% to the cost does not mean you keep 50%

How to price a drink: margin, not markup

With made-up numbers, a ฿25 latte plus a 50% markup sells at about ฿38 and leaves about ฿13. That's a third of the price, not half. Price from margin, and you keep the share you chose.

FAQ

Café costing questions, cup by cup

How do I calculate the cost of one cup of coffee?

Add up what goes into the cup at the price you paid. Enter the beans, milk and syrup at the pack price plus shipping, then say how much one drink uses. KamraiDee does the division and adds the cup and lid, so you see the true cost of one latte.

What does KamraiDee do for a café?

KamraiDee (กำไรดี) is a costing and profit app, in English and Thai, for small shops that make what they sell. For a café, it shows what each drink and pastry really costs, cup and lid included, and what it earns at your price.

Can I see which drinks make the most profit?

Yes. KamraiDee lists your products with how many sold and their profit, from your completed orders, so you can see which drinks earn the most.

Is KamraiDee free for cafés?

Yes. KamraiDee is free to join. Every shop type gets the same app. For your café, that covers stock with shipping in the cost, recipes with how many a batch makes, and products with their profit, packaging included. You also get a waste log in baht, orders and a calendar, customers, and your shop page with your PromptPay QR. See the pricing page at /pricing.

You think you're making money. Are you?

Free to join. Same price for every shop type. See pricing

Find your true cost

Joining costs nothing. There is no waitlist.