Atlas Coffee Club vs Volcanica Coffee Club

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

Scores higher on cancelling, skipping & getting out, choice & personalisation, delivery & straight answers.

A flat monthly rate for three or six coffees, with shipping and oat milk included

Scores higher on cost per bag, and per kilo, freshness & roast dates, 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.

• +$12.67 a coffee on the three-count box, about $56 a kilo, cheaper per kilo than Trade or Blue Bottle.
• +Coffee is roasted fresh before each shipment, stated on the Coffee Club page.
• +Pause or cancel your membership anytime, and skip a delivery, from Volcanica's own pages.
• +Free shipping on every box, against a $60 threshold or a $6.95 flat rate on ordinary orders.
• +Twenty coffees to mix and match each month, plus oat milk with every order and 20% off the first subscription order.

• −Each coffee is an 8 oz box, smaller than the 12 oz bag most roasters sell, so the per-bag price flatters it.
• −One roaster, so the twenty coffees are all Volcanica's own.
• −A flat rate means a cheap coffee and an expensive one cost you the same, which suits the roaster more than the buyer.
• −No number of days between roasting and despatch is given.