How much coffee should I buy?

In this guide, we share how to determine the right amount of coffee to buy, based on your lifestyle and value.

How we calculated

Our calculations in this guide are based on the following:

• A 17:1 ratio of water to coffee
• 1 cup of water  = 8 ounces or 236.58 ml of water
• 14 grams of coffee beans = 0.49 oz of coffee beans

If you like a different strength of brewed coffee, your personal ratio will vary. This guide is intended to provide an overview of the different sizes of fresh-roasted coffee we offer and help you make an informed shopping decision about your coffee.

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In this guide, you’ll find our calculations of “cost per cup” depending on how much coffee you buy. These calculations are based on a one-time purchase of fresh-roasted coffee. We offer a discount of 5% off your coffee – any size bag – when you subscribe to regular deliveries.

Why choose fresh-roasted coffee

Our coffee is roasted at our Roasting Room in the Bronx in small batches. On the bag of every bag of Buunni Coffee you’ll find the date that your coffee was roasted, in addition to a “best by” date. The “best by” date is a guide, but our experience is that fresher coffee is better. The volatile compounds that give coffee its rich and complex flavors change and fade over time.

Picking the right-size bag for your lifestyle means buying enough coffee to be convenient for a period of days or weeks, but not so much coffee that you’ll have to keep it in storage for an extended period of time while you use it all up.

12-ounce / 340-gram bags

We sell all of our coffees in 12-ounce / 340-gram bags. Beautifully packaged with our full-color Ethiopian tile-inspired visual motif, it will look great on your kitchen shelf or make a great gift for a coffee lover in your life.

Each 12-ounce bag of coffee makes 24 cups of coffee. This is a good choice for someone who makes 2 cups of coffee everyday – a bag would last you just under two weeks.

• Each 12-ounce/340-gram bag: $18.50
• Cost per cup ☕️: $0.77

If this sounds like how you drink coffee in your home and you’re considering subscribing to coffee deliveries of a single 12-ounce bag, consider delivery every 1 or 2 weeks.

Multiple 12-ounce / 340-gram bags

We offer a discount to people who purchase more than 1 bag of coffee (of any size). It’s most often used by customers who shop our 12-ounce / 340-gram bags.

This is a good choice if different members of your household each like a different Buunni single-origin or signature blend coffee. When you buy 2 bags, you’ll have enough for 48 cups of coffee. When you buy 3 bags, you’ll have enough for 72 cups of coffee.

If you’re brewing 2 cups of coffee each for yourself and a partner everyday, multiple 12-ounce bags will last you 12-18 days. 

• 2 x 12-ounce/340-gram bags: $36.00
• Cost per cup ☕️: $0.75
• 3 x 12-ounce/340-gram bags: $50.00
• Cost per cup ☕️: $0.69

If this sounds like how you drink coffee in your home or office and you’re considering subscribing to coffee deliveries of multiple 12-ounce bags, consider delivery every 2 or 3 weeks.

2-pound / 32-ounce / 907-gram bags

Our 2-pound / 32-ounce / 907-gram bag of coffee is the smallest bulk size we offer.

This is a good choice for a household or small office where you all enjoy the same Buunni single-origin or signature blend coffee. Each 2-pound bag of coffee makes 64 cups of coffee. 

If you’re brewing 2 cups of coffee each for yourself and a partner everyday, a 2-pound bag of coffee will last you 16 days.

• Each 2-pound / 32-ounce / 907-gram bag: $37.00
• Cost per cup ☕️: $0.57

If this sounds like how you drink coffee in your home or office and you’re considering subscribing to coffee deliveries of our 2-pound bags, consider delivery every 2 weeks.

5-pound / 80-ounce / 2268-gram bags

Our 5-pound / 80-ounce / 2268-gram bag of coffee is the bulk size we use when distributing coffee from our Roasting Room to our cafes. An industry standard bulk size, we offer it for sale on our website to anyone who just happens to need a lot of coffee.

This is a good choice for an office, restaurant, or event space where you’re brewing Buunni single-origin or signature blend coffee to serve to groups of people. Each 5-pound bag of coffee makes 162 cups of coffee.

If you’re brewing 2 10-cup carafes of coffee for your group everyday, a 5-pound bag of coffee will last you about 8 days. If you’re in a large household where you’re brewing an 8-cup carafe everyday, a 5-pound bag of coffee will last you about 20 days.

• Each 5-pound / 80-ounce / 2268-gram bag: $87.00
• Cost per cup ☕️: $0.54

If this sounds like how you serve coffee in your office or household and you’re considering subscribing to coffee deliveries of our 5-pound bags, consider delivery every 1 to 3 weeks.