Origin Coffee Subscription vs Volcanica Coffee Club

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

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

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

Scores higher on cost per bag, and per kilo.

• +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.

• +$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.