Stumptown Coffee Club vs Volcanica Coffee Club

The widest choice of delivery intervals of any subscription here, from weekly to every eight weeks

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, freshness & roast dates.

• +Seven delivery intervals from every week to every eight weeks, which is by some distance the widest choice in this category.
• +Free shipping on every subscription order, with no bundle or minimum spend to earn it.
• +$58.82 a kilo on the 12oz bag, cheaper than Trade and level with Atlas.
• +Skip, change, pause and cancel are all offered at any time and stated on the sales page rather than buried in a help centre.
• +Rotating Roaster's Pick and Blend Shuffle options, or any blend or single origin kept on repeat, plus a coffee quiz for anyone unsure.

• −One roaster, so there is no discovery of anyone else's coffee.
• −No roast-to-despatch figure is published, only that coffee ships directly from the roastery.
• −The advertised prices are discounted against a struck-through list price, so check what the sixth delivery costs.
• −No money-back guarantee is stated.
• −The 5lb option is priced separately and not shown alongside the standard bag, so the bulk saving needs working out at the basket.

• +$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.