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The 9 best coffee subscriptions to satiate your caffeinated desires

Enjoy coffee dropped right at your front door

Pouring cream in cold brew coffee
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Drinking a piping hot (or ice-cold) cup of coffee is a morning ritual we can’t live without. If you love trying plenty of great coffees or want a caffeine-packed day without going to a cafe, we recommend investing your hard-earned cash in a coffee subscription box. Given the popularity and demand of the best subscription boxes, getting a coffee subscription is like having a personal roastmaster at home.

The hard part is figuring out which coffee delivery service is best for you. Some brands roast all different types of coffee beans they source from all over the globe, and some hook you up with hundreds of different roasters. Lucky for you, we’ve done the dirty work. Below, we’ve gathered the 9 best coffee subscriptions to help you brew the ideal cup of joe any time.

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Stumptown coffee roasters

Assorted bags of coffee blends from Stumptown Coffee Roasters displayed on the table.
Sprudge / Stumptown Coffee Roasters

Stumptown is an institution in Portland, Oregon, and across the U.S. It’s renowned for its extremely high-quality coffee beans, exquisite roasting methods, and richly nuanced blends. Stumptown’s biweekly subscription service only offers its bestselling blends, like its Hair Bender blend. If you want to be surprised, you can choose Stumptown’s Roster’s Choice to try what the roasters are into. If you require some top-of-the-line, single-origin beans, you can still get them; you just have to order directly from the store.

It’s simple to get started with Stumptown’s subscription service. Just select your ideal type and size of coffee, and wait for the delicious coffee to show up at your door.

  • Shipping: Every Monday to Friday
  • Delivery frequency: Every 1-4 weeks, depending on the subscriber
Pros Cons
Customizable size and frequency options Limited seasonal or coffee flavor options

Blue bottle

Blue Bottle
Blue Bottle

Blue Bottle is one of the pioneers of the third-wave coffee movement. Headquartered in Oakland, California, its laser focus on using only the finest single-origin beans and working directly with farmers helped shift the coffee narrative. They help educate its consumers on where the beans come from, who farms them, and how coffee is processed. By doing so, Blue Bottle makes people feel more connected to what they’re drinking, giving it less of a commodity feel and more of a farmer’s market vibe.

Blue Bottle offers an assortment of subscriptions like single-origin or espresso. You don’t exactly get to pick your beans; that’s left to the roastmasters. It follows the Earth’s rotation and procures beans from the top producers during the best harvest times. It then roasts the beans to perfection and deliver them to you in peak condition. All the subscriptions are prepared and roasted to order and delivered within 48 hours to ensure maximum freshness.

  • Shipping: Within 48 hours post-roast
  • Delivery frequency: Every 1-4 weeks, depending on the subscriber
Pros Cons
Great variety of coffee roasts Only whole-bean coffee is available (requires grinder)

Atlas coffee club

Atlas Coffee Club
Atlas Coffee Club

Suppose you want to feel like you’ve traveled to all the different bean-growing regions worldwide and tried them directly from the source. In that case, Atlas Coffee Club is an excellent option. Their subscription service allows you to choose the roast type (light/medium, medium/dark, or all), grind type (ground or whole), amount (6-24 ounces), and frequency (every two or four weeks) of your coffee shipments.

With every box, they send you a postcard describing the country of origin and the region. Included are also tips for the best brewing methods, which can vary based on coffee type. Like Blue Bottle, the roastmasters at Atlas Coffee Club curate their beans from select regions during the best time of year. So, you’ll not only get a variety of regions but you’ll get guaranteed freshness.

  • Delivery frequency: Every 2-4 weeks, depending on the subscriber
Pros Cons
Adjustable delivery frequencies, unique coffee origins Can become pricy depending on selections

Trade coffee

Trade Coffee
Trade Coffee

Variety is the spice of life, and Trade Coffee gives it to you (when it comes to coffee anyway). With Trade, you sign up for a subscription for free! Then, you fill out a short survey to determine your preferred flavor profile and brew methods. After that, Trade will set up your subscription queue with coffees from the hundreds of partnering rosters they think you’ll like. But, if you don’t trust anyone but yourself when it comes to your taste in coffee, you can build out your own subscription queue. It never charges shipping, and you can set your shipment frequency anytime you want.

However, when you get it will depend on when that specific roaster roasts its beans. If you happen to have an adequate supply of coffee at home, you can push your next shipment up to six weeks out. One downside to trade is if you need to stick to a specific monthly coffee budget, that can be difficult, as every roaster varies in price.

  • Shipping: Within 24 hours
  • Delivery frequency: Every 1-6 weeks, depending on the subscriber
Pros Cons
Great sustainable coffee options Limited organic options

MistoBox

MistoBox
MistoBox

MistoBox is all about the personalized experience. They pretty much do everything except send a barista to your house. Like Trade, MistoBox quizzes you on your coffee preferences. Based on those preferences, you’re then assigned a coffee curator specializing in your specific flavor profile. From there, your curator sends you coffee based on your plan.

MistoBox prides itself on the roasters with which it partners. Roasters must meet stringent quality, ethical, and sustainability requirements to be considered. So, if you’re a roaster at MistoBox, it’s a big deal. Right now, it partners with 52 roasters, featuring 590 different types of coffee.

  • Delivery frequency: Every 1-4 weeks, depending on the subscriber
Pros Cons
Huge selections of coffee roasts for a customizable solution Only one coffee bag size is available

Intelligentsia Coffee

Assorted bags of coffee blends from Intelligentsia Coffee.
Packaging of the World

When talking about the third-wave coffee movement, Intelligentsia should be in the same breath as Blue Bottle. In the mid-1990s, owners Doug Zell and Emily Mange pulled coffee from the overly commoditized corporate grasps of companies we won’t mention (cough, Starbucks, cough). They made people interested in where their coffee comes from, how it’s grown, and how it’s roasted. Therefore, Intelligentsia helped make coffee interesting and cool again.

There are a few coffee buffs out there who have not heard of Intelligentsia. Its subscription service is fairly straightforward. Intelligentsia offers three different types of subscriptions with free shipping — Blends & Espresso, Single Origins, and Intelligentsia’s Choice.

  • Delivery frequency: Every 1-4 weeks, depending on the subscriber. As of this writing, delivery frequency is not specified for Single Origins.
Pros Cons
Always free shipping, organic options Less box customization than other subscription services

Wandering Bear

A Wandering Bear cold brew is poured into a glass.
Wandering Bear / LinkedIn

Cold brew isn’t just “cold coffee.” Creating cold brew coffee is an intricate and time-consuming process that is better left to the experts. That’s where Wandering Bear comes in. Not only is its cold-brew coffee delicious but it’s also distributed in easy-pour cartons that make it as simple as opening your fridge and pouring a glass.

In addition to small cartons that are perfect for on-the-go, the brand’s specialty is giant, 96-ounce boxes of refreshing, kick-in-the-pants cold brew, either black or with flavoring like vanilla.

  • Shipping: Within 24 hours
  • Delivery frequency: Every month
Pros Cons
Great for cold brew lovers, lots of flavors Requires commitment to only cold brew

Port of Mokha

A bird’s eye shot of the Port of Mokha logo, coffee beans, assorted coffee essentials, and a hand holding a cup of coffee.
Port of Mokha / Facebook

Good coffee is always worth the investment. It’s what sets the tone for your day, so splurging a bit on the finest coffee available that will help you start your day on the right note is well worth it. If you want to experience some of the finest coffees in the world from your living room, then you should try Port of Mokha.

Literary fans will likely recognize the name from The Monk of Mokha. This Dave Eggers book recounts the true story of Mokhtar Alkhanshali, a Yemeni-American determined to resurrect Yemeni coffee in the eyes of the world. Well, he did it and now offers Port of Mokha, an award-winning selection of high-end Yemeni coffee. The company’s monthly subscription is a 5-ounce bag of whole beans that makes around ten cups. We know that doesn’t sound like a lot, but once you taste it, you’ll be a believer.

  • Shipping: Within 2-5 business days
Pros Cons
High-quality coffee Only one type of coffee for subscription

Cometeer

Cometeer pod
Comeeter

Comeeter’s flash-frozen coffee pods offer a totally new alternative to the other coffee subscriptions listed here. As a more eco-friendly and safer alternative to K-Cup single-serve coffee, Comeeter’s pods can be stored right in the freezer and removed individually for use (and stored for up to three years).

For those who prefer iced coffee or blended coffee drinks, Comeeter’s cold nature makes it easy to avoid the brewing process and whip up any type of cold coffee right from your home. But that’s not to say that Comeeter’s single-serving coffees can’t be enjoyed as a hot coffee, too. Simply remove one frozen capsule from your freezer, add 6 to 8 ounces of hot water, and enjoy! The best part is you won’t need to purchase any special equipment to enjoy Comeeter’s single-serving pods.

At Comeeter Coffee, you can craft your coffee bundle that contains anywhere from 4 to 10 coffee boxes. The selection is great, too, with a variety of different roasts ranging from light to medium roast coffees. The brand is onto something with the easy process; however, if you’re limited on freezer space then this may not be the best coffee subscription for you.

  • Shipping: Within 1-4 business days
Pros Cons
Stays fresh for up to three years in the freezer, eco friendly Price is higher than traditional K-Cups

Steven Johnson
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Steven Johnson is a chef-turned-content strategist. He now helps companies attract and retain more customers through content…
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