Cooper’s Cask Coffee vs Stumptown Coffee Roasters

Coffee drinkers seeking barrel-aged and single-origin specialty beans with a unique whiskey or rum flavor influence

Anybody who wants a roast date on the bag and a named trade relationship behind it

• +Ten named origin countries across five roast levels is one of the widest combinations in this price bracket.
• +A barrel-aged processing line is offered without artificial flavoring, a genuine point of difference at $33 to $61 per kilo.
• +Swiss Water decaf is sold as a named-origin coffee, not a stripped blend.
• +Four grind options plus whole bean let a buyer match the coffee to their brew method at checkout.

• −The roaster prints no roast date, so a buyer cannot tell from the packaging how recently a bag was roasted.
• −Ground and whole bean are the only formats available, so pod brewers have no compatible option.
• −The barrel-aged and specialty lots reach $61.71 per kilo, a significant step up from the entry price.

• +A roast date and a best by date printed on the bag, which is the single most useful thing a roaster can print
• +A Direct Trade programme published on three named principles, and B Corp since 2018
• +Six origins named across the range, with washed processing published
• +Stumptown publishes 90 days unopened freshness and guidance for after opening

• −Four coffees reviewed
• −Organic on two of the four blends rather than the whole range
• −No farm or cooperative is named within the origins