Intelligentsia Coffee Subscription vs Origin Coffee Subscription

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

Scores higher on cost per bag, and per kilo.

British buyers who want next-day despatch and a letterbox-sized bag

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.

• +Next-day despatch on daily fresh roasts, which is the tightest published roast-to-post window in this batch.
• +Free delivery on every subscription order, with no bundle or minimum to earn it.
• +The bag is sized to fit through a letterbox, so a delivery does not need somebody at home.
• +A certified B Corp, with the sourcing commitments that certification requires, rather than a self-declared claim.
• +Ships to the UK, EU, US and worldwide, which is the widest reach in this batch.

• −Pausing, skipping and cancelling are done through their iOS and Android app, and no web equivalent is stated.
• −Priced in pounds. Our dollar figure is a converted estimate and is deliberately not scored, so the value criterion sits at the midpoint.
• −One roaster only, so there is no discovery of other roasters.
• −The free-delivery threshold is advertised at both £25 and £35 in different places on the site, which needs clarifying at the basket.
• −No money-back guarantee is stated.