$1.69 was the one figure recorded for a small decaf, and no calorie count is published for it.
The McDonald's McCafe Premium Roast Decaf Coffee price came back at $1.69 for a small, from one reading taken in August 2026. Calories are the odd part. Every other drink in this section carries a figure from McDonald's, and the decaf product page carries none: no calorie sentence anywhere on it, and empty space under two nutrition headings. That page was opened twice before the blank was accepted.
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What you need
5 itemsMcCafé Premium Roast Decaf Coffee (Small) price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCafé Premium Roast Decaf Coffee (Small) | $1.69 | — | — |
If something goes wrong
The calorie column is empty
- Cause
- McDonald's own page for this drink carries no calorie sentence and no populated nutrition table. It was opened a second time with a sweep for any number sitting near the word calorie, and none came back.
- Fix
- Read the regular Premium Roast page for a sense of scale, but treat that 5 as belonging to the caffeinated cup only.
Decaf costs the same as regular at my restaurant
- Cause
- Expected. Decaffeination happens at the green-bean stage before the restaurant ever sees it, so the cup takes identical work, identical equipment and identical time to pour.
- Fix
- No action needed. Where a board does charge more, that is an operator decision rather than a national policy.
The restaurant says it has no decaf brewed
- Cause
- Decaf is a low-volume line, so some restaurants brew it to order or hold a smaller batch. Late in the day it can run out entirely.
- Fix
- Ask for a fresh brew and expect to wait, or order an Americano, which is pulled to order but carries caffeine.
A price, and a calorie count that is simply not there
Two things make this cup worth a page of its own, and only one of them concerns the coffee.
Start with the blank. Every other drink in the McCafé section carries a calorie figure lifted straight from McDonald's, and this one carries nothing. The product page renders headings for Nutritional Information and Nutrition Summary with empty space beneath them, and the sentence every other product page prints, the one that begins "There are", never appears. The page was opened a second time with a sweep for any number sitting near the words calorie or Cal. None came back. So the cell stays empty. Borrowing the regular Premium Roast figure of 5 would be a guess wearing the company's name, and a guess is what this page exists to avoid.
What's in it
Decaffeinated coffee, brewed in a batch exactly as the regular Premium Roast is. Taking the caffeine out is not something a restaurant does. It happens at the green-bean stage, at a processor, long before anything reaches a McDonald's kitchen, and what turns up is a decaf blend that gets ground and brewed on the same equipment as everything else on the coffee side. The pour is identical. Fat, sodium, carbohydrate figures and the allergen grid could not be read here either, for the same reason they could not be read anywhere else in the section: a script draws those tables in after the page loads.
Is it worth it
$1.69 was the single figure recorded for a small in August 2026. A small regular Premium Roast came back at $1.99 from its own single reading. Resist the arithmetic between them. Those two numbers were taken from separate readings in separate places, so the gap is a sampling artefact and not evidence that decaf is cheaper. A board that prices the two identically is the ordinary case, and it is the sensible one, because the restaurant does the same work either way.
What the money buys is the same cup at the same speed with the caffeine taken out, which for anyone drinking coffee after four in the afternoon is the whole point. Starbucks and Dunkin will both sell a decaf too, at prices that have never been the reason anyone chooses McCafé. The argument here is the one the section always makes. Under two dollars, and quick.
Price varies because ownership varies. About 95% of US restaurants are run by franchisees on McDonald's own Form 10-K figure, so the operator sets what a decaf costs and there is no national figure to appeal to. Set the restaurant in the McDonald's app before ordering and read the board there.
McCafé Premium Roast Decaf Coffee (Small) at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Typical price
- $1.69
Questions people ask
How much is a McDonald's decaf coffee?
$1.69 for a small, from one reading in August 2026. No price is published by McDonald's, and a single reading cannot describe a menu that thousands of independent operators set.
How many calories are in a McCafé decaf coffee?
McDonald's does not print a figure for it. The product page carries no calorie sentence and an empty nutrition panel, checked twice. The regular Premium Roast is 5 calories, and that number belongs to the regular cup.
Does decaf cost more than regular coffee at McDonald's?
There is no reason it should. The caffeine comes out before the beans reach the restaurant, so the pour, the cup and the time are identical. Boards usually price the two the same.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin is independent and has no connection to McDonald's. The $1.69 was recorded from a published US listing and checked in August 2026, and the missing calorie figure is missing from the company's own page.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No. Each franchisee prices its own board, which is why one reading is shown here as a single figure instead of a range. The McDonald's app, set to the restaurant being visited, gives the real number.