Misto vs Volcanica Coffee Club

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

Scores higher on cancelling, skipping & getting out, choice & personalisation.

A flat monthly rate for three or six coffees, with shipping and oat milk included

Scores higher on cost per bag, and per kilo.

• +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.

• +$12.67 a coffee on the three-count box, about $56 a kilo, cheaper per kilo than Trade or Blue Bottle.
• +Coffee is roasted fresh before each shipment, stated on the Coffee Club page.
• +Pause or cancel your membership anytime, and skip a delivery, from Volcanica's own pages.
• +Free shipping on every box, against a $60 threshold or a $6.95 flat rate on ordinary orders.
• +Twenty coffees to mix and match each month, plus oat milk with every order and 20% off the first subscription order.

• −Each coffee is an 8 oz box, smaller than the 12 oz bag most roasters sell, so the per-bag price flatters it.
• −One roaster, so the twenty coffees are all Volcanica's own.
• −A flat rate means a cheap coffee and an expensive one cost you the same, which suits the roaster more than the buyer.
• −No number of days between roasting and despatch is given.