With an ever-growing list of roasters popping up by the week in the UK, there are so many new coffees and roasting styles to try. Finding your favourite bean is getting harder as the chioce grows and grows every month. A report released earlier this year claimed Brits spend an average of £530 on takeaway coffees every year. So, if you’re looking to cut costs, brewing your own morning cuppa seems like a good place to start.
Coffee subscriptions are a great way to make your daily caffeine fix a little more interesting. From whole beans and ground coffee to pod machines - subscriptions come in all shapes and sizes and many work with a rotating menu, meaning you’re surprised with a different batch each time.
And, let’s be honest, a monthly delivery of the good stuff landing on your doorstep does feel a little like receiving a present.
hello coffee! - subscription
So, to get us started we have to start with our own coffee plan - Although there are some fantastic coffee brands out there, read on and we hope you will see what makes - hello coffee! - just a little different to the competition.
hello coffee! - 'the best platform to discover your next favourite coffee!'
here's why...
1 - Humans! will check every order.
Many other subscriptions use a computer algorithm to choose your coffee order. We dont!
We taste and check the best coffee beans that suit your taste on every order. We dont just leave it to the algorithm - Once you filled out your coffee quiz, one of our (human) coffee experts will look at your answers to match you the perfect coffee bean. And, if we feel we need more info - we will even email you to ask for more info all in the effort to ensure, your first bag is your best bag.
Thats why we offer a first match guarantee - if your not happy - you get a full refund.
2 - We are the Decaf Specialists.
- We offer more options for Decaf than any other platform. We also showcase and offer a growing range - Low Caf - beans. These are beans that are either naturally low in caffeine or have been blended with a mix of normal caf and decaf beans, the result is a wonderful tasting bag of beans, 50% lower caffeine, but still with all the flavour of full caf!
3 - Search by Your Own Taste
- We offer across our platform 3 different search options to find you coffee by your favourite taste. From Citrus and Berry Fruity to Chocolates to Exotic Fruits and Floral combinations, all the main taste profiles are listed for you to. easily find your next best coffee!
For people who know what they love - Use our unique - Search by Taste section - on desktop or mobile. Shop Coffee by Taste!
4 - Best Coffee Platform for speciality coffee in the world.
- We offer the most variety of speciality beans with over 400+ different coffees and educational info to help you on your coffee journey. Although the larger more established roasters are easy to find online, the smaller micro-roasters with little budget for marketing are a little harder to sniff out. THis is where - hello coffee! can help!
hello coffee! - is a team of coffee professionals with over 10 years of experience in the industry spanning the globe.
Take our quiz and let us help you discover - 'Your Next Best Coffee'
Monmouth Coffee Subscription
If you’ve ever been to one of its locations in Covent Garden, Borough Market or Bermondsey, you’ll know Monmouth coffee means business.
To get your subscription started, select your go-to method for preparing your cup of joe, your coffee profile (choosing from Monmouth espresso, decaf, light/medium roast or medium/dark roast), bag size and frequency of delivery. You can either pay per delivery or pay up front with the prepaid subscription, which is great for gifting too. For the light/medium roast option and medium/dark roast option, you will then receive a different bag of coffee each delivery, so you can discover plenty of flavours. If you prefer a more consistent option, the espresso and decaf options are the same every time.
We tried the Thiriku Kenya medium roast and its fruity notes of redcurrant and plum jam went down a treat, and the excitement was there the minute we opened the bag and got a good whiff of its contents. The coffee was of outstanding quality and was probably our favourite out of all we tasted, so we think this subscription will not disappoint. We also like the fact this is a coffee with a mission, created by Thiriku Coffee Growers Coop Society (a group of 1,770 small-holding farmers) to disrupt Kenya’s current system that favours big-name sellers over other farmers and buyers – though you do need to do some digging on Monmouth’s website to find out more about the producers of your batch, as the card included in your box only provides a little info.
The coffee comes in biodegradable/compostable bags and, when opting for the 250g bag subscription, your coffee even fits through the letterbox, so there’s no need to stay home, waiting for your delivery.
Grind Coffee Subscription
Grind's millennial-pink branding and number of stores across London ensures its position as a top pick for any centrally-based coffee drinker. Its coffee subscription service comes in three strengths - house, light or dark - and is packaged up in letterbox-friendly, carbon-positive bags.
Starting out in Shoreditch as a tiny cafe-bar before growing into a cult favourite across the city, Grind's subscription is consistently delicious. Perfect for those who know what they want from a cup, it's budget friendly, sent in a cute, pastel pick tin (the first time) and is available in ground, whole bean or Nespresso-compatible form.
Caravan Coffee Subscription
Caravan Coffee sources its beans from all over the world, so if you've ever fancied pouring a mug while casually reeling off a list of exotic countries, this is your best option. Based in London, the brand refines its coffee beans using the Tesla of the coffee roasting world, ensuring rich flavours and intricate blends.
Choose between filter or espresso and take your pick between a classic coffee blend, the "no boundaries brew" (which we'd recommend) or an ever-changing "roaster's choice" bag. There's also a decaf option if you're looking to feed your coffee habit but not so much your caffeine one.
Caravan's also a great choice if you're looking to be more mindful, with its eco-friendly packaging and fully compostable coffee bags. You’ll also get a free Caravan cookbook the first time you sign up.
Horsham Coffee Subscription
Brazil, Costa Rica, Rwanda and Kenya: Horsham Coffee Roasters may be based in the UK, but it sources its coffee from all over the world. One of the best coffee subscription boxes particularly if you're a fan of V60 coffee, Horsham Coffee Roasters' bags come with so much flavour, you'll swear you can actually taste those dark chocolate, red berries and peach notes the packaging talks of.
Grab a tasting box if you're not sure where to start, which pulls together a curated selection of five best blend creations and single origin coffees. Choose between every one to four weeks for subscription and opt for the "Coffee of the Month" to keep your daily mug even more interesting.
Perky Blenders Coffee Subscription
This East London roaster goes all out when it comes to personality, and supplies coffee to match. Taking a deep dive into each of its unique suppliers, you're able to read up on the exact farm and origins of your coffee, like the "unorthodox" Sow Blend from the Juba project in Mexico or the Forest Blend, named after Waltham Forest, featuring beans from Brazil and Ethiopia.
You'll get serving tips and recommendations as well as a flexible delivery service sent in biodegradable packaging. Or, if you're local to their Leyton branch, you can pop in and pick up your beans by the gram. Perky Blenders is a little stronger than your average coffee, so sip carefully during your first brew.
Our Verdict
The huge variety of ever-changing beans and those extra personal touches make an ever growing number of great coffee brands available now.
We feel many of the roasters above offer fantastic value and incredible quality beans. We genuinely love them all - Thats why we have partnered with many of them to offer in our own hello coffee! subscriptions.
If you're looking to take a deep dive into the world of specialty coffee, check out the - hello coffee! - subscription box - it's a brilliant option for coffee newbies and connoisseurs alike.
