UCC Coffee

UCC coffee
$6.80
Great! (Admiralty)

$9
Cafe Balencia (Mong Kok East KCR station)

Further to my previous post on shopping around for canned coffee, while I was enthralled by the pricing of Nescafe at Great! I nevertheless failed not to notice the UCC coffee selection close by, marked prominently by fluttering orange signs. In fact, the price for the original milk coffee was about as low as it could possibly go, almost reaching the bottom, 3 for $20 steal at the HK Food Expo! Compare this with the $9 that Cafe Balencia charges and indeed, if you are a fan of UCC products, there is no excuse to not rush over to Great! to stock up and save!

Nescafe Coffee

Nescafe regular
$5.30 (originally $6.50)
Mannings (Mong Kok East KCR station)

$5.3 (creme white)

$5.5 (Nescafe regular)
Great! (Admiralty)

$6 (Nescafe regular)
CityU canteen


$7 (Nescafe regular)
Arome Bakery (Kowloon Tong KCR station)


Nescafe prices in Hong Kong fluctuate greatly as though listed on the Hang Seng Index. The winning vendors in this price war so far are Mannings, which has literally pushed this product to the front of the store where it is conspicuously displayed in a refrigerator, and surprisingly, Great! whose premium image belies its very humble pricing for this product. It only goes to show how important it is, particularly for those habitual consumers of coffee, to shop around!