$1.69 to $4.59 covers every McCafé drink recorded in August 2026, and $2.79 sits in the middle.
McDonald's McCafé prices run from $1.69, the figure recorded for a small Hot Tea and for a small decaf, up to $4.59 for a small Mocha Frappé. The middle of the fourteen drinks listed here is $2.79. Ten carry a price. Four hot espresso drinks carry none at all. Calories come from McDonald's and span 0 for an Americano to 430 for that Frappé, all checked on 19 August 2026.
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What you need
7 itemsMcDonald's mccafé prices and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCafé Iced Coffee (Small) | $2.49 | $2.29 – $3.89 | 150 Cal |
| McCafé Premium Roast Coffee (Small) | $1.99 | — | 5 Cal |
| McCafé Caramel Frappé (Small) | $3.99 | $3.69 – $4.59 | 420 Cal |
| McCafé Mocha Frappé (Small) | $4.59 | — | 430 Cal |
| McCafé Latte (Small) | not published | — | 140 Cal |
| McCafé Cappuccino (Small) | not published | — | 110 Cal |
| McCafé Americano (Small) | not published | — | 0 Cal |
| McCafé Hot Chocolate (Small) | not published | — | 360 Cal |
| McCafé Iced Black Coffee (Small) | $2.29 | $1.89 – $3.19 | 5 Cal |
| McCafé Iced Caramel Coffee (Small) | varies | $2.29 – $3.89 | 150 Cal |
| McCafé Iced French Vanilla Coffee (Small) | varies | $2.29 – $3.89 | 150 Cal |
| McCafé Premium Roast Decaf Coffee (Small) | $1.69 | — | — |
| Hot Tea (Small) | $1.69 | — | 10 Cal |
| McCafé Caramel Macchiato (Small) | varies | $2.99 – $3.19 | 260 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The board at my restaurant is higher than $4.59
- Cause
- That $4.59 was the top of what came back in August 2026, not a ceiling. Airport and stadium restaurants sit above it as a matter of course.
- Fix
- Open the McDonald's app with that restaurant selected. The board there is the only binding number.
Four drinks show no price at all
- Cause
- Usable figures never came back for the Latte, the Cappuccino, the Americano or the Hot Chocolate. That hot espresso line is covered far more thinly than brewed coffee.
- Fix
- Price those four in the app. Their calorie counts are published and appear in the table regardless.
The iced version costs more than the hot one
- Cause
- Normal across this section. An iced build is a bigger cup with ice in it, made to order, and the standard recipe carries cream and liquid sugar that a hot cup does not.
- Fix
- Order Iced Black Coffee where price matters more than sweetness. It was recorded as low as $1.89.
The calorie count in the app is different
- Cause
- Size moves it. Every figure in the table is for a small, and whole milk is stated on several of the espresso drinks.
- Fix
- Use the nutrition tool on the McDonald's product page for the exact size being ordered.
Where McCafé sits against the coffee chains
Fourteen drinks are listed here and ten came back with a price. The four blanks are the interesting part, and every one of them is hot: the Latte, the Cappuccino, the Americano and the Hot Chocolate. No usable figure was recorded for any of the four in August 2026, so those rows show a blank rather than a guess.
McCafé exists to be the cheap option. Starbucks and Dunkin sell a queue, a barista and a story about the bean; McDonald's sells a cup poured from a batch brewer at a drive-thru window. The dearest figure recorded anywhere in this section was $4.59, and that buys a blended Mocha Frappé with cream on top. Ordinary coffee sits nowhere near it. A small Premium Roast came back at $1.99, a small decaf at $1.69. Premium Roast Coffee is also filed by name on the company's Under $3 Menu, a published ceiling rather than a price anyone is charged.
That same cup turns up inside the breakfast builds, where the arithmetic is unusually clean. Both $4 Meal Deals are a sandwich plus Hash Browns plus a small Premium Roast Coffee. Take the Sausage McMuffin version. Its sandwich is 400 on McDonald's own count, Hash Browns are 140, and the finished deal is 545. Five calories of that is the coffee.
Calories across the section run from 0 to 430. An Americano is 0. At the top the Mocha Frappé is 430 and the Caramel Frappé 420, both of them dessert by any reasonable reading, and both still under a small Vanilla Shake at 480. In between, the milk drinks land where the recipe says they should: Cappuccino 110, Latte 140, Caramel Macchiato 260. One shot of espresso in each. What separates them is the milk, the foam and the caramel that arrives afterwards.
Iced is where pricing turns untidy. Plain Iced Coffee was recorded between $2.29 and $3.89, a spread of seventy per cent on one drink in one country. Iced Caramel and Iced French Vanilla show that same band with no middle figure, because two readings apiece do not make a typical price. All three carry 150 calories, so swapping the syrup changes the flavour and moves the count not at all. Strip the cream and sugar out and Iced Black Coffee drops to 5.
Why any of it moves comes down to who owns the restaurant. About 95% of US locations are run by franchisees on McDonald's own Form 10-K figure, and a franchisee sets the board. That is the mechanism, and it is why a range beats an average here.
No bakery item sits in this section at all. Muffins and cinnamon rolls have carried McCafé branding elsewhere; the company's own McCafé page now lists drinks and no food. Macros and allergens could not be read for any of the fourteen, because those tables are drawn into the product pages by a script once the page loads.
McCafé at a glance
- Items listed
- 14
- Cheapest recorded
- $1.69
- Dearest recorded
- $4.59
- Typical
- $2.79
Questions people ask
What is the cheapest drink at McCafé?
Hot Tea and Premium Roast Decaf, both recorded at $1.69 for a small, with regular Premium Roast Coffee behind them at $1.99. Each rests on a single reading, so read it as a signal rather than a quote.
Why do the Latte and Cappuccino show no price?
Neither produced a usable figure in August 2026. The blank is deliberate. No US price for either drink is published by McDonald's, and filling a column with an invented number is what makes a price page worthless.
How many calories are in a McCafé Frappé?
430 for a small Mocha and 420 for a small Caramel, both McDonald's own figures. They are the heaviest items in the section, and both still sit below a small Vanilla Shake at 480.
Does McCafé sell muffins or pastries?
Not on the current US menu. The McCafé page on McDonald's own site lists drinks only, with no bakery category and no bakery item on it.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin is independent of McDonald's and publishes this as a guide. Prices were recorded from published US listings and checked on 19 August 2026, and the calorie figures are the company's own. Only a restaurant's board or the McDonald's app gives a binding price.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No, and no guide can. About 95% of US restaurants are franchised and each operator prices its own board, which is why the iced coffee band here is seventy per cent wide. The app, set to the restaurant being visited, shows that board.