Best Coffee Subscriptions as a Gift
Subscriptions that sell a gift plan outright, ranked from our reviews. The thing to check is not the coffee but what happens at the end: a gift subscription should stop when the term you paid for runs out, and some of these are ordinary rolling plans with a bow on them that quietly start billing the recipient's card. The ones here publish a fixed-length gift option, so the person opening it is not signing up to anything.
Ranked by our review score, which is worked out from the specifications each maker publishes rather than from opinion, so you can open the arithmetic on any product page. Anything commercial is labelled and sits outside that order, and how we score explains what each criterion measures.
Coffee Subscriptions as a Gift, ranked by score
scored on what the maker publishes · open a row for the working1
United StatesMisto8.8How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out10.0Cost Per Bag, and Per Kiloweakest link6.2carries 22 of the 84.6 points scoredFreshness & Roast Dates10.0roasted to order onlyChoice & Personalisation10.0What Actually Arrives10.0Delivery & Straight Answers8.0PricePricing N/AScore8.8TypeStandalone curatorCancel onlineYes, from the dashboard under Settings, at any timeFree shippingYes, free shippingCost per bag20.00USDRead the Misto review →2
United KingdomOrigin Coffee Subscription8.4How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out10.0Cost Per Bag, and Per Kilo6.5Freshness & Roast Dates10.0roasted to order onlyChoice & Personalisationweakest link6.3carries 16 of the 84.6 points scoredWhat Actually Arrives10.0Delivery & Straight Answers10.0Price from$16Score8.4TypeRoaster's ownCancel onlineYes, pause, cancel or modify at any time; the product page lists it as a subscription perk and the subscriptions page points at their iOS and Android appFree shippingYes, free shipping on every subscription orderRoasted to orderYes, daily fresh roastsRead the Origin Coffee Subscription review →3
StumptownCoffee Club8.3How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out10.0Cost Per Bag, and Per Kilo7.8Freshness & Roast Datesweakest link5.0roasted to order onlycarries 16 of the 84.6 points scoredChoice & Personalisation7.6What Actually Arrives10.0Delivery & Straight Answers8.0PricePricing N/AScore8.3TypeRoaster's ownCancel onlineYes, skip, change, pause or cancel at any timeFree shippingYes, free shipping on every coffee subscription orderCost per bag20.00USDRead the Stumptown Coffee Club review →4
United StatesAtlas Coffee Club8.2How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out10.0Cost Per Bag, and Per Kilo7.8Freshness & Roast Datesweakest link5.0roasted to order onlycarries 16 of the 84.6 points scoredChoice & Personalisation6.6What Actually Arrives8.5Delivery & Straight Answers10.0PricePricing N/AScore8.2TypeStandalone curatorCancel onlineYes, pause, skip or cancel at any timeFree shippingYes, free shipping on the subscriptionCost per bag20.00USDRead the Atlas Coffee Club review →5
United StatesIntelligentsia Coffee Subscription8.1How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out10.0Cost Per Bag, and Per Kilo7.8Freshness & Roast Dates10.0roasted to order onlyChoice & Personalisationweakest link5.3carries 16 of the 84.6 points scoredWhat Actually Arrives10.0Delivery & Straight Answers6.5PricePricing N/AScore8.1TypeRoaster's ownCancel onlineYes, no obligation and the subscription can be changed at any timeFree shippingYes, always free shipping on subscriptionsCost per bag18.00USDRead the Intelligentsia Coffee Subscription review →6
United StatesTrade Coffee7.9How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out10.0Cost Per Bag, and Per Kiloweakest link4.7carries 22 of the 84.6 points scoredFreshness & Roast Dates10.0roasted to order onlyChoice & Personalisation7.2What Actually Arrives8.5Delivery & Straight Answers10.0PricePricing N/AScore7.9TypeStandalone curatorCancel onlineYes, from the account dashboard under My SubscriptionFree shippingNo, unless the subscription is prepaid or a 2lb planCost per bag21.99USDRead the Trade Coffee review →7
United StatesPeet's Coffee Subscription7.8How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out9.1Cost Per Bag, and Per Kilo8.4Freshness & Roast Datesweakest link5.0roasted to order onlycarries 16 of the 84.6 points scoredChoice & Personalisation6.6What Actually Arrives7.9Delivery & Straight Answers8.0PricePricing N/AScore7.8TypeRoaster's ownCancel onlineYes, reschedule or cancel the box at any timeFree shippingYes, free shipping always on subscriptionsCost per bag19.95USDRead the Peet's Coffee Subscription review →8
United StatesBean Box Coffee Subscription7.6How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out10.0Cost Per Bag, and Per Kilo6.3Freshness & Roast Datesweakest link5.0roasted to order onlycarries 16 of the 84.6 points scoredChoice & Personalisation8.8What Actually Arrives8.5Delivery & Straight Answers5.0Price from$19.50Score7.6TypeStandalone curatorCancel onlineYes, from the account, with no phone callFree shippingNo, subscription deliveries carry a separate flat rate Bean Box does not publishCost per bag19.50USDRead the Bean Box Coffee Subscription review →9
United StatesBlue Bottle Coffee Subscription7.5How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out10.0Cost Per Bag, and Per Kilo6.2Freshness & Roast Datesweakest link5.0roasted to order onlycarries 16 of the 84.6 points scoredChoice & Personalisation5.3What Actually Arrives10.0Delivery & Straight Answers8.0PricePricing N/AScore7.5TypeRoaster's ownCancel onlineYes, change, pause or cancel at any timeFree shippingYes, always ships freeCost per bag22.00USDRead the Blue Bottle Coffee Subscription review →10
United StatesDriftaway Coffee Subscription7.5How it scored
Cancelling, Skipping & Getting Out10.0Cost Per Bag, and Per Kilo5.4Freshness & Roast Datesweakest link5.0roasted to order onlycarries 16 of the 84.6 points scoredChoice & Personalisation6.6What Actually Arrives10.0Delivery & Straight Answers8.0PricePricing N/AScore7.5TypeRoaster's ownCancel onlineYes, update preferences, pause or cancel whenever you likeCost per bag17.00USDRead the Driftaway Coffee Subscription review →