Coffee Subscriptions

[CorradoTDI]

Just after some recommendations for a Coffee Subscription... I usually buy Whole Beans in 1KG bags.

Currently have a 'Grade 1' Subscription with CoffeeLink which I'm pretty happy with, good firm to deal with, local to me and for just under £20 I get a bag every 5 weeks or so (you can vary it easily).

Possibly getting slightly bored though and fancy trying something else and seeing what's out there - mainly drinking Espresso...

I have just tried 'Grind' on a Black Friday intro offer and although it was good coffee and well packaged etc, they only do 2 types and going forward it's £22.50 per KG for a 'house blend' and what I get from CoffeeLink is slightly better IMO... if it was £20 I may have tried it for a month or so.

[Chucklehead]

Spend the next few months ordering 200-250g bags from various places before you commit. Most seem to do a standard and a roasters choice type of subscription. I've tried lots of places and have pretty much settled on Rave with the odd foray over to Extract, but I'm still not ready to commit my 1kg/month habit to either.

[BIRMA]

I have been (forgive the pun) very happy with two varieties from Bella Barista and they do a coffee subscription service. I bought a Sandbox home roaster and with it they gave me a kilo of Espirito Santo green beans and they make a superb coffee. As I was so pleased with them I thought I'd try another variety and bought a kilo odf Camocin Catura these too tasted really very nice.
For the last week I have been roasting half of each in a batch and I'm really pleased, never bothered with subscriptions as I just buy as I need.
At a Medium Slow roast I really think I have found my coffee heaven although I will try other varieties from their line.

Edited by BIRMA on Saturday 4th December 10:56

Edited by BIRMA on Saturday 4th December 10:57