What is the Volcanica Coffee Club?
A flat-rate box rather than a per-bag subscription. One price, three or six coffees of your choosing, shipping and oat milk included.
Volcanica's own comparison is Netflix, and it is a fair one: you pay a set monthly amount and choose from a library rather than buying items one at a time. The library is twenty coffees, drawn from the volcanic-region specialities the Atlanta roaster is built around, and you mix and match each month.
Two sizes of box are offered: three coffees for $38, or six for $75. Free oat milk comes with every order, which is a genuinely unusual inclusion and the kind of thing that either delights you or is irrelevant.
What you get, and what it costs
$12.67 a coffee on the three-count box, the cheapest per bag in this comparison, and about $56 a kilo once the box size is counted.
$38 for three works out at $12.67 each; $75 for six is $12.50. Against Trade's $21.99, Blue Bottle's $22 and Black Rifle's $16.99, that is a large difference on the face of it.
Each coffee comes as an 8 oz box, 227g, which Volcanica states in its FAQ rather than on the Coffee Club page. That makes the three-coffee box about $55.81 a kilo, against about $64.71 for Blue Bottle and $70.94 for Trade. Black Rifle is cheaper still at $49.97, so Volcanica is good value per kilo rather than the cheapest, and the smaller box is why the per-bag gap looks bigger than it is.
Shipping is free on every box, against $60 or a $6.95 flat rate for ordinary orders, and the first subscription order is 20% off.
How fresh is the coffee?
Roasted for each shipment. The Coffee Club page says Volcanica will roast your coffee fresh before each shipment.
That places Volcanica with Trade, Misto, Intelligentsia and Origin rather than with Peet's, Blue Bottle and Black Rifle, which make no claim about when the coffee is roasted. What Volcanica does not give is a number of days between roasting and despatch, and no subscription here except Origin does.
Volcanica roasts in Atlanta and sells specialty coffee from volcanic regions, so the promise comes from the roaster itself rather than from a middleman.
Can you cancel it?
Yes. The Coffee Club page says you can pause or cancel your membership anytime, and the FAQ adds that a future delivery can be skipped.
That puts Volcanica level with the rest of this comparison on the criterion this site weights most heavily. Black Rifle puts "cancel anytime, no commitments" at the top of its club page, Stumptown lists skip, change, pause and cancel, and Volcanica states pause and cancel on the club page itself, with skipping covered in its FAQ.
No minimum number of boxes is stated before you can leave.
Volcanica vs Trade
A flat rate from one roaster against per-bag pricing from hundreds. Volcanica is cheaper, per bag and per kilo.
Trade charges $21.99 for a 310g bag, roasts to order, documents its cancellation in detail and charges for shipping unless you prepay. Volcanica charges $12.67 for an 8 oz coffee, includes shipping, roasts before each shipment and lets you pause or cancel anytime.
On price Volcanica wins at the bag and at the kilo, about $56 against about $71. Trade's case is range: it sends coffee from hundreds of roasters, while every one of Volcanica's twenty is its own.
The short version: Volcanica is the better price, Trade is the wider choice.
Is the Volcanica Coffee Club worth it?
Yes, for anyone happy to drink one roaster's coffee. It is good value per kilo, and the terms are the ones that matter.
Everything about the offer is attractive. A flat rate is easier to reason about than per-bag pricing, twenty coffees is real choice, shipping is included, and the oat milk is a genuine extra rather than a discount dressed as one. 8,720 reviews sit behind the club page.
The thing to understand is the flat rate. Three coffees cost $38 whichever three you pick, so the box works hardest for someone choosing from the pricier end of the twenty, and each box holds 8 oz rather than the 12 oz bag most roasters sell.
Who should subscribe (and who should not)
Subscribe if you like choosing your own coffees and want one predictable price. Look elsewhere if you want other roasters.
Good fit
- Somebody who wants to pick their own coffees each month rather than be sent a selection
- A household that will use the oat milk
- A buyer who prefers one predictable monthly figure to a per-bag price that moves with what gets chosen
Poor fit
- Anyone who wants coffee from more than one roaster, since all twenty are Volcanica's own
- Anyone who wants a full 12 oz bag of each coffee, since each comes as an 8 oz box
- Anyone who only drinks the cheaper coffees, who pays the same flat rate as everyone else
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is the Volcanica Coffee Club?
$38 a month for a three-coffee box or $75 for six, which is $12.67 and $12.50 a coffee. Shipping is included on every box and the first subscription order is 20% off.
Is shipping free with the Volcanica Coffee Club?
Yes, on every box. Volcanica's ordinary orders ship free over $60 or at a $6.95 flat rate, so the club steps around both.
How do I cancel the Volcanica Coffee Club?
From your membership. The Coffee Club page says you can pause or cancel anytime, and Volcanica's FAQ says a future delivery can also be skipped.
How many coffees can I choose from?
Twenty, mixed and matched across your box each month, drawn from Volcanica's specialty range from volcanic growing regions.
What is the free oat milk?
Volcanica includes oat milk with every Coffee Club order, described as free milk for life for members. No other subscription in our comparison includes anything similar.
Is Volcanica coffee roasted to order?
Yes. The Coffee Club page says Volcanica roasts your coffee fresh before each shipment. It does not give a number of days between roasting and despatch.
