Coffee to Water Ratio Calculator

For this tool’s 36 g espresso starting recipes, try 36 g milk for a cortado, 90 g for a flat white or cappuccino, or 170 g for a latte. These are adjustable suggestions. Texture, cup size and personal taste affect the result.

The result is the approximate weight of milk to add to your cup, excluding foam. Start with enough cold milk for your pitcher and steam wand, then pour what you need. Extra milk left in the pitcher is not included in the recipe.

Cup capacity is a maximum. The calculator preserves the selected drink’s starting proportions instead of adding milk simply to fill a larger cup. It also allows room for foam and the cup rim.

Yes. Open “Espresso dose & ratio” to change the dose and brew ratio. Use a dose suitable for your basket; the tool scales milk or water from the target espresso yield.

For this espresso tool, the default is 18 g ground coffee for a 36 g shot; use a dose that suits your basket. If you mean how much ground coffee per cup of drip or pour-over coffee, first define the brewing water amount and ratio. For example, 240 g water at 1:16 calls for 15 g coffee. The word “cup” alone does not specify a dose.

There is no reliable universal scoop count: scoop size, grind and how you fill it change the weight. Weigh one level scoop of your own grounds, then divide the target dose by that weight. If your scoop holds 5 g and the recipe needs 15 g, use three level scoops. For espresso, weighing the dose is easier to repeat.

Drip coffee proportions and a pour over coffee ratio compare dry grounds with brewing water, not finished coffee. As a calculation example, 1:16 means 1 g coffee for every 16 g water. Select a recipe suited to your brewer, then adjust by taste. Use a coffee-to-water ratio calculator to scale that recipe; do not apply this page’s 1:2 espresso example to a drip brewer.

Check the water volume marked on your brewer before calculating: a machine’s “cup” may differ from your drinking cup. If a 12-cup batch uses 1,800 g water and your chosen recipe is 1:16, use 1,800 ÷ 16 = 112.5 g ground coffee. That is an example based on an assumed capacity, not a universal dose for every 12-cup machine.

This tool builds espresso drinks. A cold brew coffee ratio instead compares grounds with steeping water; a concentrate also has a separate serving dilution. A dedicated cold brew coffee calculator should distinguish concentrate from ready-to-drink coffee and account for the amount you intend to dilute. Follow your brewer’s recipe rather than substituting an espresso ratio.

Calories are not calculated here. A coffee calorie calculator needs the amounts and nutrition values of the milk, cream, sugar and syrups you actually use. For an ingredient listed in kcal per 100 g, multiply that value by the grams added and divide by 100, then total the ingredients. If the label uses ml, measure by volume instead; milk type and serving size both matter.