Amazon sells coffee by the jar and the pouch, and the pack weights run from 24 grams to 500. We read 80 listings on 22 September 2026, took the 55 that print a weight in their own titles, and divided.
The result splits the shelf in two. Ground filter coffee occupies every one of the seventeen cheapest rates, from Rs. 76.50 per 100 g; instant coffee starts at Rs. 182.00 and reaches Rs. 932.63. Along the way we found something worth knowing about the struck-through prices: on 26 of the 55 listings, the number Amazon shows as the MRP is smaller than the price you pay, because it is the unit rate.
☕ Amazon coffee shelf read 22 September 2026
Filter coffee Rs. 76.50 to Rs. 189.00 per 100 g; instant Rs. 182.00 to Rs. 932.63
26 of 55 listings display the unit rate in the MRP slot
📅 Update log:
22 Sep 2026 — first published. The 80 listings came from amazon.in's own search results for "instant coffee jar" and "filter coffee powder", read on 22 September 2026 as a logged-out visitor in India with nothing purchased. The 55 listings that state a pack weight in their own titles are the working set; every price-per-100 g figure is our own division of the selling price by that stated weight. The finding that 26 listings display the unit rate in the MRP slot is our own arithmetic and is reproducible from the table on this page. Amazon re-prices without notice, so we re-read the shelf and log what has changed here.
Filter coffee is Rs. 76 per 100 g. Instant coffee reaches Rs. 932
We read Amazon's coffee shelf on 22 September 2026 - 80 unique listings, of which 55 print a pack weight in their own titles. Divide each price by that weight and the aisle splits cleanly in two, and not along the line most shoppers expect.
Every one of the seventeen cheapest rates in this read is ground filter coffee, from Rs. 76.50 per 100 g for a Levista 200 g pouch at Rs. 153 up to Rs. 155 for Sidapur's 500 g. Instant coffee starts at Rs. 182 per 100 g and runs to Rs. 932.63 for a 95 g Nescafe espresso jar at Rs. 886. The gap between the cheapest and dearest rate on one shelf is 12.2 times.
That is not a like-for-like comparison of what lands in your cup - instant dissolves at roughly two grams a cup where filter coffee is brewed at rather more, and neither number here is a cost per cup. It is a comparison of what a hundred grams of coffee powder costs, which is the only figure both formats publish.
| Format | Cheapest per 100 g | Dearest per 100 g | Listings read |
|---|
| Ground filter coffee | Rs. 76.50 (Levista, 200 g at Rs. 153) | Rs. 189.00 (Colombian Brew, 100 g at Rs. 189) | 20 of 55 |
| Instant coffee | Rs. 182.00 (Bevzilla, 200 g at Rs. 364) | Rs. 932.63 (Nescafe Espresso, 95 g at Rs. 886) | 31 of 55 |
| Whole shelf | Rs. 76.50 | Rs. 932.63 - a spread of 12.2 times | 55 seated |
The 'MRP' on this shelf is often the price per 100 g
Here is the part you can check yourself in ten seconds. On 26 of the 55 listings in this read, the struck-through figure Amazon displays beside the price - the number a discount badge is calculated from - is smaller than the selling price. A maximum retail price below the selling price is impossible. That figure is the price per 100 g.
Bayar's 500 g filter pouch sells at Rs. 409 and shows Rs. 81: 409 divided by five hundred-gram units is Rs. 81.80. Bru Green Label at Rs. 414 shows Rs. 82. Nescafe's 180 g jar at Rs. 725 shows Rs. 402, and 725 divided by 1.8 is Rs. 402.78. The pattern holds on every one of the 26.
This is a unit rate rendered in the MRP slot, not a price cut and not, as far as we can tell, anyone trying to mislead anybody - but any discount percentage calculated from it is meaningless. That is why there is not a single discount percentage anywhere on this page. We have quoted selling prices and our own arithmetic, and nothing else.
| Listing | Pack | Price | Shown as 'MRP' | Price / pack weight |
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| Bayar's 80 Degree Filter Coffee | 500 g | Rs. 409 | Rs. 81 | Rs. 81.80 |
| Bru Green Label Filter Coffee | 500 g | Rs. 414 | Rs. 82 | Rs. 82.80 |
| Levista Filter Coffee | 500 g | Rs. 411 | Rs. 82 | Rs. 82.20 |
| Continental Malgudi Filter Coffee | 500 g | Rs. 433 | Rs. 86 | Rs. 86.60 |
| Nescafe All in 1 Frappe premix | 300 g | Rs. 299 | Rs. 99 | Rs. 99.67 |
| Bayar's Special Gold Filter Coffee | 200 g | Rs. 204 | Rs. 102 | Rs. 102.00 |
| PRISTINE Deccan Gold filter coffee | 500 g | Rs. 570 | Rs. 114 | Rs. 114.00 |
| Bevzilla Classic Instant Coffee | 200 g | Rs. 364 | Rs. 182 | Rs. 182.00 |
| Continental Coffee XTRA Instant | 200 g | Rs. 396 | Rs. 198 | Rs. 198.00 |
| Bevzilla 60 instant sachets | 120 g | Rs. 249 | Rs. 207 | Rs. 207.50 |
| Bru Instant Coffee jar | 150 g | Rs. 499 | Rs. 332 | Rs. 332.67 |
| Nescafe Classic Instant Coffee jar | 180 g | Rs. 725 | Rs. 402 | Rs. 402.78 |
| Nescafe Gold Blend Rich and Smooth | 200 g | Rs. 1,399 | Rs. 699 | Rs. 699.50 |
₹ The ten-second test. If the struck-through number beside a grocery price is smaller than the price, it is not an MRP. Divide the selling price by the pack weight in hundreds of grams - Rs. 409 for 500 g is 409 / 5 - and if you land on that number, you are looking at a unit rate and the percentage beside it means nothing.
The bigger jar is not always cheaper - Tata Coffee Gold runs backwards
The usual grocery rule is that the larger pack costs less per unit, and on this shelf Nescafe Classic obeys it: Rs. 520.83 per 100 g in a 24 g jar, Rs. 411.11 at 45 g, Rs. 433.33 at 90 g and Rs. 402.78 at 180 g. Buying the small jar costs you 29 per cent more per gram than buying the large one - though note the 45 g jar undercuts the 90 g, so even here it is not a clean ladder.
Tata Coffee Gold Original runs the other way entirely. Its 50 g jar is Rs. 240, or Rs. 480.00 per 100 g. Its 90 g jar is Rs. 641, or Rs. 712.22 per 100 g - 48 per cent dearer per gram for the bigger jar. Tata Premium does the same thing more mildly, Rs. 484.44 at 45 g against Rs. 505.56 at 90 g.
Levista and Nescafe Sunrise sit in between: Sunrise is Rs. 311.11 per 100 g at both 45 g and 90 g, priced exactly proportionally. So on one shelf, on one day, the size-price relationship runs down, flat and up depending on the brand. There is no rule to apply here - only arithmetic.
| Product line | Pack | Price | Per 100 g |
|---|
| Nescafe Classic | 24 g | Rs. 125 | Rs. 520.83 |
| Nescafe Classic | 45 g | Rs. 185 | Rs. 411.11 |
| Nescafe Classic | 90 g | Rs. 390 | Rs. 433.33 |
| Nescafe Classic | 180 g | Rs. 725 | Rs. 402.78 |
| Tata Coffee Gold Original | 50 g | Rs. 240 | Rs. 480.00 |
| Tata Coffee Gold Original | 90 g | Rs. 641 | Rs. 712.22 |
| Tata Premium Instant | 45 g | Rs. 218 | Rs. 484.44 |
| Tata Premium Instant | 90 g | Rs. 455 | Rs. 505.56 |
| Levista Classic Pure Instant | 45 g | Rs. 146 | Rs. 324.44 |
| Levista Classic Pure Instant | 90 g | Rs. 285 | Rs. 316.67 |
| Nescafe Sunrise | 45 g | Rs. 140 | Rs. 311.11 |
| Nescafe Sunrise | 90 g | Rs. 280 | Rs. 311.11 |
What filter coffee costs, cheapest rate first
Twenty listings in this read are ground filter coffee with a stated weight. The cheapest rate belongs to a Levista 200 g pouch at Rs. 153 - Rs. 76.50 per 100 g - though on a thin sample of 54 ratings. The best-evidenced cheap option is Bru Green Label's 500 g at Rs. 414 (Rs. 82.80 per 100 g, 4.3 from 7,344 ratings), with Continental Malgudi's 500 g at Rs. 409 (Rs. 81.80, 4.3 from 3,611) a rupee cheaper per 100 g.
Chicory is the reason several of these are cheap and it is printed on the pack: the Rs. 409 Continental is 53 per cent coffee, while the same brand's 80 per cent coffee blend is Rs. 433 for the same 500 g. That is a real difference in what you are buying and it costs Rs. 4.80 more per 100 g.
At the top of the filter range, Sidapur's 100 per cent coffee 500 g at Rs. 940 is Rs. 188.00 per 100 g - two and a half times the Levista rate, and still cheaper per gram than every instant coffee in this read except one.
| Filter coffee, 20 listings | Pack | Price | Per 100 g | Rating |
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| LEVISTA Filter Coffee 60:40 pouch | 200 g | Rs. 153 | Rs. 76.50 | 4.2 from 54 |
| Bayar's 80 Degree Filter Coffee, 80:20 | 500 g | Rs. 409 | Rs. 81.80 | 4.2 from 1,552 |
| Continental Malgudi Filter Coffee, 53% coffee | 500 g | Rs. 409 | Rs. 81.80 | 4.3 from 3,611 |
| Levista Filter Coffee, 80:20 | 500 g | Rs. 411 | Rs. 82.20 | 4.2 from 3,051 |
| Bru Green Label Filter Coffee, 53% coffee | 500 g | Rs. 414 | Rs. 82.80 | 4.3 from 7,344 |
| Continental Malgudi Filter Coffee, 80% coffee | 500 g | Rs. 433 | Rs. 86.60 | 4.1 from 5,163 |
| Cafe Coffee Day Refresh, 60:40 | 200 g | Rs. 176 | Rs. 88.00 | 3.7 from 31 |
| Bayar's 80 Degree Filter Coffee, 80:20 | 200 g | Rs. 181 | Rs. 90.50 | 4.1 from 894 |
| Bayar's Special Gold Filter Coffee, 70:30 | 500 g | Rs. 459 | Rs. 91.80 | 4.4 from 981 |
| Bayar's Java Filter Coffee, 80:20 | 500 g | Rs. 465 | Rs. 93.00 | 4.2 from 255 |
| Toffee Coffee Roasters South Indian Filter, 80:20 | 200 g | Rs. 189 | Rs. 94.50 | 3.7 from 19 |
| Narasus VORAGA Udhayam Filter Coffee | 500 g | Rs. 500 | Rs. 100.00 | 4.5 from 335 |
| Bayar's Special Gold Filter Coffee, 70:30 | 200 g | Rs. 204 | Rs. 102.00 | 4.2 from 767 |
| MYSURU COFFEE Premium Filter Coffee | 500 g | Rs. 569 | Rs. 113.80 | 3.9 from 274 |
| PRISTINE Deccan Gold medium roast filter | 500 g | Rs. 570 | Rs. 114.00 | 4.1 from 2,878 |
| Kumbakonam Filter Coffee, Iyer Degree | 500 g | Rs. 600 | Rs. 120.00 | 4.1 from 333 |
| Sidapur South Indian Filter Coffee | 500 g | Rs. 775 | Rs. 155.00 | 4.3 from 527 |
| Sidapur South Indian Filter Coffee | 200 g | Rs. 340 | Rs. 170.00 | 4.1 from 715 |
| Sidapur Pure Filter Coffee, 100% coffee | 500 g | Rs. 940 | Rs. 188.00 | 4.2 from 669 |
| Colombian Brew Arabica Espresso Filter Coffee | 100 g | Rs. 189 | Rs. 189.00 | 3.6 from 849 |
What instant coffee costs, and where the rate stops buying anything measurable
Thirty-one instant listings state a weight. The cheapest rate is Bevzilla's 200 g jar at Rs. 364 - Rs. 182.00 per 100 g - which also carries the lowest average in the group at 3.5 from 2,119 ratings. Bru's 100 g poly pack at Rs. 238 is Rs. 238.00 per 100 g with 4.3 from 8,846, and is the cheapest well-evidenced instant coffee here.
The middle of the shelf is Nescafe Classic and Sunrise territory, Rs. 311 to Rs. 433 per 100 g, and the Nescafe Classic 90 g jar at Rs. 390 carries 15,040 ratings at 4.5 - the largest sample anywhere in this read.
Above Rs. 700 per 100 g everything is a Nescafe Gold or Espresso line in a small glass jar, topping out at Rs. 932.63 per 100 g. Those listings carry the highest averages on the shelf - 4.7 and 4.8 - on samples ranging from 234 to 6,094 ratings. Whether freeze-dried espresso powder is worth five times the rate of Bru is a question about taste that no price table can settle, and we have not tasted any of it.
| Instant coffee, 31 listings | Pack | Price | Per 100 g | Rating |
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| Bevzilla Classic Instant Coffee jar | 200 g | Rs. 364 | Rs. 182.00 | 3.5 from 2,119 |
| Continental Coffee XTRA Instant, 30% chicory | 200 g | Rs. 396 | Rs. 198.00 | 4.3 from 2,311 |
| Bevzilla 60 instant sachets, 4 flavours | 120 g | Rs. 249 | Rs. 207.50 | 4.0 from 8,079 |
| Bru Instant Coffee poly pack | 100 g | Rs. 238 | Rs. 238.00 | 4.3 from 8,846 |
| Nescafe Sunrise Instant Coffee | 45 g | Rs. 140 | Rs. 311.11 | 4.3 from 1,105 |
| Nescafe Sunrise Instant Coffee | 90 g | Rs. 280 | Rs. 311.11 | 4.4 from 591 |
| Sleepy Owl Intense Java Xpresso | 100 g | Rs. 316 | Rs. 316.00 | 3.8 from 1,358 |
| Levista Classic Pure Instant Coffee jar | 90 g | Rs. 285 | Rs. 316.67 | 4.1 from 342 |
| Continental Speciale vanilla flavoured | 50 g | Rs. 162 | Rs. 324.00 | 3.7 from 96 |
| Levista Classic Pure Instant Coffee jar | 45 g | Rs. 146 | Rs. 324.44 | 4.0 from 275 |
| Bru Instant Coffee jar | 150 g | Rs. 499 | Rs. 332.67 | 4.3 from 107 |
| Sleepy Owl Filter Kaapi premium instant | 100 g | Rs. 349 | Rs. 349.00 | 4.0 from 778 |
| Nescafe Classic Instant Coffee jar | 180 g | Rs. 725 | Rs. 402.78 | 4.5 from 7,448 |
| Nescafe Classic Instant Coffee jar | 45 g | Rs. 185 | Rs. 411.11 | 4.4 from 5,327 |
| Nescafe Classic Instant Coffee jar | 90 g | Rs. 390 | Rs. 433.33 | 4.5 from 15,040 |
| Tata Coffee Gold Original jar | 50 g | Rs. 240 | Rs. 480.00 | 4.2 from 2,089 |
| Tata Premium Instant Coffee jar | 45 g | Rs. 218 | Rs. 484.44 | 4.2 from 665 |
| Sleepy Owl premium instant sachets, pack of 48 | 96 g | Rs. 479 | Rs. 498.96 | 4.4 from 2,474 |
| Tata Premium Instant Coffee jar | 90 g | Rs. 455 | Rs. 505.56 | 4.3 from 405 |
| Nescafe Black Roast Instant Coffee jar | 90 g | Rs. 468 | Rs. 520.00 | 4.4 from 5,768 |
| Nescafe Classic Instant Coffee jar | 24 g | Rs. 125 | Rs. 520.83 | 4.4 from 3,030 |
| Nescafe Gold Premium Instant Coffee | 190 g | Rs. 999 | Rs. 525.79 | 4.8 from 851 |
| Sleepy Owl Original 100% Arabica, freeze dried | 100 g | Rs. 538 | Rs. 538.00 | 4.1 from 1,498 |
| Tata Coffee Grand iced instant coffee | 25 g | Rs. 145 | Rs. 580.00 | none published |
| Nescafe Gold Blend Rich and Smooth | 200 g | Rs. 1,399 | Rs. 699.50 | 4.5 from 1,147 |
| Tata Coffee Gold Original jar | 90 g | Rs. 641 | Rs. 712.22 | 4.1 from 2,301 |
| Nescafe Gold Blend freeze dried | 50 g | Rs. 387 | Rs. 774.00 | 4.4 from 3,014 |
| Nescafe Espresso Rich Crema glass jar | 95 g | Rs. 780 | Rs. 821.05 | 4.5 from 861 |
| Nescafe Espresso Original | 100 g | Rs. 848 | Rs. 848.00 | 4.6 from 414 |
| Nescafe Gold Espresso Intense glass jar | 95 g | Rs. 885 | Rs. 931.58 | 4.7 from 6,094 |
| Nescafe Espresso Rich Crema | 95 g | Rs. 886 | Rs. 932.63 | 4.8 from 234 |
Why we quote no discount percentages on this page
A discount percentage is the gap between a selling price and a stated maximum retail price. On this shelf that second number is unreliable: in 26 of 55 listings it is the price per 100 g rather than an MRP, which makes any percentage derived from it arithmetic over two unrelated figures. Rather than quote some listings' badges and not others, we quote none. Every rupee figure on this page is either a selling price Amazon displayed on 22 September 2026 or our own division of that price by the pack weight the listing states in its own title.
Buy filter coffee by the 500 g pouch, and divide before you buy instant
If you brew, buy the big pouch. Continental Malgudi's 500 g at Rs. 409 (Rs. 81.80 per 100 g, 4.3 from 3,611 ratings) and Bru Green Label's 500 g at Rs. 414 (Rs. 82.80, 4.3 from 7,344) are the two best combinations of rate and evidence in the read. Both are chicory blends at 53 per cent coffee, which is printed on the pack and is why they are cheap.
If you want instant, Bru's 100 g poly pack at Rs. 238 is Rs. 238.00 per 100 g with 4.3 from 8,846 ratings - less than half the rate of the Nescafe Classic 90 g jar at Rs. 433.33, which has 15,040 ratings at 4.5. That is the trade: roughly double the rate for the most-rated jar on the shelf.
What we would not do is assume the bigger jar is cheaper. Tata Coffee Gold's 90 g jar costs 48 per cent more per gram than its 50 g jar, and Tata Premium's 90 g is dearer per gram than its 45 g. Nor would we read any percentage on this shelf: on 26 of 55 listings the number it is calculated from is a unit rate, not a price.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cheapest coffee on Amazon per 100 g?
In our 22 September 2026 read the cheapest rate is a LEVISTA 200 g filter coffee pouch at Rs. 153, or Rs. 76.50 per 100 g, on a thin sample of 54 ratings. The cheapest well-evidenced options are Continental Malgudi's 500 g at Rs. 409 (Rs. 81.80 per 100 g, 4.3 from 3,611 ratings) and Bru Green Label's 500 g at Rs. 414 (Rs. 82.80, 4.3 from 7,344). All three are ground filter coffee; the cheapest instant coffee in the read is Rs. 182.00 per 100 g.
Why is the MRP lower than the price on some Amazon coffee listings?
Because on this shelf that figure is frequently not an MRP. In 26 of the 55 listings we read, the struck-through number equals the price per 100 g. Bayar's 500 g pouch at Rs. 409 displays Rs. 81 and 409 / 5 = 81.80; Nescafe's 180 g jar at Rs. 725 displays Rs. 402 and 725 / 1.8 = 402.78. It is a unit rate rendered in the MRP slot. Any discount percentage calculated from it is meaningless, which is why this page quotes no percentages at all.
Is filter coffee cheaper than instant coffee?
Per 100 g of powder, yes, and by a wide margin. All seventeen of the cheapest rates in our read are ground filter coffee, from Rs. 76.50 to Rs. 155.00 per 100 g, while instant runs from Rs. 182.00 to Rs. 932.63. The honest caveat is that this compares powder to powder, not cup to cup: instant dissolves at roughly two grams a cup where brewed filter coffee generally uses more, so the per-cup gap is narrower than the per-100 g gap. Chicory content also matters - several cheap filter blends state 30 to 47 per cent chicory on the pack.
Does buying a bigger coffee jar save money on Amazon?
Not reliably. Nescafe Classic does get cheaper per gram as the jar grows - Rs. 520.83 per 100 g at 24 g against Rs. 402.78 at 180 g - but Tata Coffee Gold runs backwards: Rs. 480.00 per 100 g for its 50 g jar and Rs. 712.22 for its 90 g, which is 48 per cent dearer per gram for the larger jar. Tata Premium shows the same inversion mildly, and Nescafe Sunrise prices its 45 g and 90 g jars at exactly the same Rs. 311.11 per 100 g. Divide each time.
Which instant coffee on Amazon has the most ratings?
The Nescafe Classic 90 g jar at Rs. 390, with 15,040 ratings at 4.5 - the largest sample in our read of 80 listings. It works out at Rs. 433.33 per 100 g. Behind it are Bru's 100 g poly pack at Rs. 238 (8,846 ratings, Rs. 238.00 per 100 g), Bevzilla's 60-sachet pack at Rs. 249 (8,079 ratings) and Nescafe's 180 g jar at Rs. 725 (7,448 ratings, and the cheapest Nescafe Classic rate at Rs. 402.78). Rating counts are Amazon's own published figures and change daily.
Prices & codes last verified: 22 September 2026
The shelf behind this page was read on 22 September 2026 as served to a logged-out visitor in India, with nothing purchased and no account used. It is 80 unique listings from amazon.in's own search results for "instant coffee jar" and "filter coffee powder"; the 55 that state a pack weight in their own titles are the working set and are the only listings quoted here. Every selling price, star average and rating count is Amazon's own published figure reproduced without adjustment. Every price-per-100 g figure is our own arithmetic over the selling price and the weight the listing states in its title; we have not weighed any pack, and a stated weight is not a verified one. This page quotes no discount percentages, deliberately: on 26 of the 55 listings the struck-through figure Amazon displays is smaller than the selling price and equals the price per 100 g, so any percentage derived from it would be arithmetic over two unrelated numbers. We describe that as a unit rate shown in the maximum-retail-price slot, which is what the arithmetic shows; we do not know how it arises, we allege no wrongdoing by Amazon or by any seller or brand named, and nothing here should be read as a claim that any price is incorrect or that anyone has been misled. Comparisons between ground filter coffee and instant coffee on this page are comparisons of the price of a hundred grams of powder and not of the cost of a cup: the two formats are dosed differently, we have not brewed, dosed, tasted or measured anything, and no claim about strength, flavour, aroma, caffeine content or quality is made or implied. Chicory percentages, roast descriptions, bean-origin claims, 'premium', '100% pure', 'freeze dried' and every other description quoted here is the listing's own text, reproduced as printed and not verified. Nothing on this page is nutritional, dietary or medical advice. Rating averages and counts are as published on the date of reading and change continuously, and marketplaces routinely pool feedback across pack sizes of one product, so a count may describe a product family rather than a single listing. Prices change without notice; coupons, subscribe-and-save discounts, bank offers and delivery charges are not visible in listing data and can move your final price in either direction, and the price shown at your checkout prevails over anything here. Zoutons may earn a commission if you buy through links on this page; it does not change what you pay, and nothing here was reviewed or approved by Amazon or by any brand named.