Atlas Coffee Club vs Blue Bottle Coffee Subscription

Drinking a different country every delivery, with the plan set out before you sign up

Scores higher on cost per bag, and per kilo, choice & personalisation, delivery & straight answers.

One roaster you already like, shipped free, with the roast chosen rather than matched

Scores higher on what actually arrives.

• +A 30-day money-back guarantee, which is a refund rather than the replacement most of this market offers.
• +The entire plan builder, including the price, is shown before you create an account or hand over an email address.
• +Every coffee is a single origin from a named country, sent with a postcard and tasting notes for that origin.
• +$58.82 a kilo on the 12oz bag, which is materially cheaper than Trade's $70.94.
• +Grind is offered for drip, French press, pour over, espresso, AeroPress and cold brew, plus whole bean, and decaf is available.

• −Atlas roasts everything itself, so you are choosing between origins rather than between roasters.
• −The United States and Canada only.
• −The 'Bright and Expressive' flavour profile costs $2 a bag more than the standard one.
• −Frequency is limited to every two weeks or every four, with no longer interval offered.
• −The advertised price is a sale price against a struck-through list price, so what you pay after the first bag needs checking.

• +Shipping is always free, on every subscription, with no bundle or minimum to earn it.
• +From $22 for a 12 oz bag, about $65 a kilo, less than Trade before postage.
• +Around twenty subscriptions covering dark, medium, light, single origin, espresso and Craft Matcha.
• +Change, pause or cancel at any time with no notice period stated.
• +A limited-time extra 10% off when you prepay the first three shipments.

• −No roast-to-despatch time is stated, and no roast-date claim, so freshness scores on an absence.
• −One roaster only, so there is no discovery of anybody else's coffee.
• −The bag size is in the help centre, not on the subscriptions page where a buyer compares.
• −No money-back guarantee is stated on the subscriptions page.