Intelligentsia Coffee Subscription vs Misto

A Chicago roaster's own rotating single origins, shipped free and roasted to order

Scores higher on cost per bag, and per kilo.

Sixty independent American roasters matched to a taste profile, with free shipping

Scores higher on choice & personalisation, delivery & straight answers.

• +Always roasted to order, stated plainly as one of three headline promises rather than implied.
• +Always free shipping on subscriptions, with no bundle or spend threshold.
• +From $18 for 12 oz on Intelligentsia Classics, about $53 a kilo.
• +Skip an order or move the next one to any future date from My Subscriptions, and gift subscriptions are sold.
• +20% off the first four orders with code 20OFFFOUR, which is a longer discount runway than most.

• −Prices sit on each subscription's own page, not on the subscriptions page that compares them.
• −One roaster, so there is no discovery beyond Intelligentsia's own range.
• −No money-back guarantee is stated.
• −Gift subscriptions cannot be paid for in full up front.
• −No shipping destinations are stated on the subscriptions page.

• +Free shipping on every plan, with no prepaid bundle required to earn it.
• +Sixty roasters and 600+ coffees, and unusually for this market, both numbers are published rather than implied.
• +Reschedule parks the next shipment up to 90 days out and keeps your queue exactly as it was, which is a pause without the word.
• +Roast level, grind, frequency, flavour profile and a maximum price per bag are all adjustable from the dashboard.
• +Cancelling is two clicks under Settings, and any prepaid credit already on the balance stays usable afterwards.

• −No bag weight is published, so the price per kilo cannot be calculated before ordering and we have not scored it.
• −Individual coffee prices vary by roaster, and a coffee priced above your chosen maximum simply stops being offered to you.
• −The prepaid balance renews automatically once it can no longer cover a shipment, which is a charge you have to opt out of rather than into.
• −Where Misto ships is not stated on the pages we read.
• −There is no money-back guarantee stated, only the ability to leave.