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Free tea & coffee deals

Some supermarkets and high street chains offer up free hot drinks. While some are totally free, others require a little bit of work. We've rounded-up some of the top deals for grabbing a free cuppa below...

Though a free cuppa is a great way to cut down on those little unnecessary costs, for some people a hot drink could really change the course of their day. Why not use your free drink offer to give it to someone more in need – something that will cost you nothing, but a gesture that could mean a lot.

7 current deals

Ongoing

When you buy £1.56 hot drink

If you're visiting pub chain Wetherspoon (find your nearest), you can get unlimited free refills on hot drinks including coffee, tea and hot chocolates. 

There's no code or voucher needed, Wetherspoons says the free refills will be available across all self-serve hot drinks. You'll just need to buy one hot drink to begin with (in most pubs these cost £1.56, though prices differ depending on location) at the bar, then you can refill as many times as you like.

In some High Street pubs, hot drinks are £1.04, but at airports and the NEC Birmingham they're £3.40 – either way, if you're getting refills, we still think this is a decent offer.

This offer runs all day from pub opening time until closing, every day of the week. Take-away cups are also available for any hot drink, so you can take a refill to go with you as well.

See other places to get free or cheap tea and coffee.

Everyday

When you buy £1.85 hot drink

If you're visiting a Morrisons Café (find your nearest*), you can get unlimited free refills on hot drinks including lattes, cappuccinos, fruit teas and hot chocolates. 

There's no code or voucher needed, Morrisons says the free refills will be available across all self-serve hot drinks including lattes, cappuccinos, fruit teas and hot chocolates – see a full list of participating stores. You'll just need to buy one hot drink to begin with (from £1.85) at the till, then you can refill as many times as you like.

This offer runs all day from café opening time until closing, every day of the week and includes alternative milks. There's currently no end date to the offer, and Morrisons told us it'll be ongoing during the winter months. This is dine-in offer only.

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Don't have a Morrisons near you? See other places to get free or cheap tea and coffee.

Claim once a week

For Octopus Energy customers with a smart meter only

If you're a member of Octoplus Rewards, you can claim one free drink each week, in-store from either Caffè Nero or Greggs.

How to get it

Octoplus Rewards is free to join for Octopus Energy customers with a smart meter. If you're eligible, you can sign up via its website or app.

Once signed in you'll be able to choose between a free drink offer from either Caffè Nero or Greggs. You'll only be able to redeem one of them, so choose wisely. 

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When you arrive at either Caffè Nero (find your nearest) or Greggs (find your nearest), select 'reveal offer' in the Octoplus tab of the Octopus app. When you're ready to pay, select 'activate offer' and show the staff member your QR code.

You'll need to use your code in the same week you claim it on your account. Codes expire every Sunday at 11.59pm.

Caffè Nero lets you choose selected hot or cold drinks, whereas the Greggs freebie must be a 'regular' size hot drink. For exclusions, see more info below.

Warning: When you click 'activate offer' you'll only have a limited time to redeem it, so make sure staff at the till are ready before you activate it.

More info

Only one code can be used per transaction.

Caffè Nero

  • Valid for in-store and takeaway only. Not available on click & collect or delivery.

  • Available in all UK Caffè Nero outlets.

  • Products covered by this offer are any size:


    - Hot (Latte, Cappuccino, Americano, Flat White, Espresso, Cortado, Standard Hot Chocolate, Mocha, Espresso, Macchiato).


    - Cold (Iced latte, Iced Americano, Iced Cappuccino, Iced Pistachio Latte and Iced Cherry Latte).


    - All plant-based dairy alternatives.

  • Can't be used on ‘speciality’ or ‘luxury’ drinks

  • This free drink does not entitle you to a Caffè Nero loyalty stamp.


     

Greggs

  • Valid for takeaway only.

  • Available in all Greggs shops except MOTO forecourts. 

  • The unique code is only valid on regular hot drinks: Americano, White Coffee, Cappuccino, Latte, Speciality Latte (vanilla), Flat White, Espresso, Hot Chocolate, Mocha, Tea & Speciality Tea (Green and Peppermint) and seasonal hot drinks.

Ongoing

When you sign up to the Greggs app

If you download and sign up to the Greggs app, you can get a totally free regular-sized hot drink (including tea, latte, cappuccino and more) – you don't need to buy anything, this is a total freebie.

The free hot drink will appear automatically in the 'Wallet' section of the app once signed in, and you'll have 31 days to redeem it in-store.

If you give Greggs your date of birth when signing up, you'll also get a free sweet treat (such as a doughnut or cupcake) during your birthday month. See our full round-up of Birthday freebies.

Available every day

Every day with its loyalty card when you bring your own cup

If you sign up for a myWaitrose loyalty card you can get a free regular-sized tea or coffee in-store every day from the self-serve machine, when you use your own reusable cup. You can choose from americano, cappuccino, latte or tea.

If you haven't got one already, you'll receive your physical myWaitrose loyalty card within five weeks of signing up via the link above. Alternatively, you can download a myWaitrose card via the app (free in the App Store or Google Play).

Simply swipe your card at the till – you can then go and get your free drink using your reusable cup. In some Waitrose stores, you need to scan your loyalty card in order to use the machine.

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Why do I have to provide my own cup? Waitrose used to hand out disposable coffee cups for this freebie, but in 2018 it stopped this for environmental reasons (see our Waitrose ditches disposable cups MSE News story). For where else you can save with a reusable cup, see our own-cup discounts blog.

More info

It's one free drink per member, per day. Offer excludes hot chocolate, mocha and espresso and isn't valid at Costa concessions, petrol filling stations, Shell and Welcome Break. It can't be used with other café or hot drink offers, or the café loyalty card.

For Three mobile customers

Via the Three+ app, any day, once a week

While this isn't a freebie, we still think £1 for a barista-made drink at a big coffee chain is a good deal worth sharing. If you're a Three pay monthly or pay-as-you-go mobile customer, download the Three+ app (free at the App store or Google Play) to get a barista-made hot or cold drink for £1 at Caffè Nero (find your nearest).

You can claim the £1 drink once a week on any day of the week, from café opening to close – see 'More info' below for the full list of included beverages. There's no minimum spend and this applies to any size hot or cold drink prepared by a barista (excludes bottled drinks, cartons and cans).

To get your caffeine fix for a quid, you'll need to go to the Three+ app and select the offer. This will display a QR code which you can then show at the till. A new code will be generated each week.

While prices of drinks vary on the Caffè Nero menu, some can cost up to £4.15 (for example, a frappe with cream and marshmallows), so you could save up to £3.15 with this deal. 

You can't use the Caffè Nero rewards app when claiming this drink. The deal isn't valid for click and collect or delivery, and it can't be used alongside any other offer.

More info

Included drinks are:

  • Coffee: latte, cappuccino, americano, flat white, espresso, cortado, iced latte, iced cappuccino, mocha, iced flat white, iced pistachio latte, frappe crème (including any seasonal varieties and all types of milk and syrups)

  • Hot chocolate

  • Teas and iced teas

  • Fruit boosters

Monday to Friday

Weekdays only with an Ikea Family card

When you shop in store at Ikea (find your nearest), you can get a free cup of tea or filter coffee (normally £1) when you swipe an Ikea Family card at the in-store restaurant. Ikea Family is its free loyalty scheme, and you can sign up online or in store.

You can get the free hot drink Monday to Friday at all stores except Hammersmith, Aberdeen Order & Collection Point and Plan & Order Points. Ikea says you'll only need one Ikea Family card to get free drinks for everyone you're with. Of course, staff may raise an eyebrow if you turn up with a coach-load all wanting the freebie.

See our Ikea MoneySaving tips for more ways to save at the big blue and yellow store.

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Free protection for all shopping!

There's a little-known piece of legislation that turns any credit card into a financial self-defence superhero. 'Section 75' of the Consumer Credit Act means your plastic must protect anything you buy for more than £100 for free, so if there's a problem or the company goes bust, you can still get your money back.
And although Section 75 doesn't apply to debit cards, there is something else to fall back on if you've paid using a debit card, or used a credit card for a purchase under £100. Known as Chargeback, this is part of banks' and card companies' internal rules and not a legal requirement. Read full details of Section 75 or Chargeback, plus how to claim, in our guides.
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