Blue Bottle Coffee Subscription vs Stumptown Coffee Club

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

The widest choice of delivery intervals of any subscription here, from weekly to every eight weeks

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

• +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.

• +Seven delivery intervals from every week to every eight weeks, which is by some distance the widest choice in this category.
• +Free shipping on every subscription order, with no bundle or minimum spend to earn it.
• +$58.82 a kilo on the 12oz bag, cheaper than Trade and level with Atlas.
• +Skip, change, pause and cancel are all offered at any time and stated on the sales page rather than buried in a help centre.
• +Rotating Roaster's Pick and Blend Shuffle options, or any blend or single origin kept on repeat, plus a coffee quiz for anyone unsure.

• −One roaster, so there is no discovery of anyone else's coffee.
• −No roast-to-despatch figure is published, only that coffee ships directly from the roastery.
• −The advertised prices are discounted against a struck-through list price, so check what the sixth delivery costs.
• −No money-back guarantee is stated.
• −The 5lb option is priced separately and not shown alongside the standard bag, so the bulk saving needs working out at the basket.