Intelligentsia Coffee vs Volcanica Coffee

Drinkers who want a named farm, a published process and a roaster that has been doing direct trade since before it was a marketing word

Single origins from more countries than any other roaster here

• +Nineteen coffees reviewed, the deepest range on this site, plus two gift sets
• +Twelve origins named including Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Costa Rica and Guatemala
• +Three roast levels from medium-light to medium-dark, in ground and whole bean, with a subscription
• +A published price per kilo from $42.55, so the range can be compared

• −No roast date is printed, which is unusual for a specialty roaster at this level
• −$42.55 to $126.26 a kilo is a wide spread with little to explain it on the listings
• −Six of its instant and single-origin coffees publish no tasting notes at all

• +Five coffees, four of them single origin from a named region rather than a blend
• +Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, USDA Organic and Kosher all appear across the range
• +Volcanica publishes phytosanitary testing before export and lab analysis on arrival
• +454g bags throughout, with detailed published notes on every coffee

• −No farm or cooperative is named on any coffee
• −No roast date is printed
• −High altitude is claimed with no figure in metres, and one coffee publishes no roast level at all