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Stumbling into the kitchen in the morning to find that you're out of coffee ends in one of two ways: a groggy, exaggerated feeling of despair, or an expensive Starbucks stop to repair morale. You can cut out that experience for good and get better coffee for the best coffee maker in your life with a subscription to Blue Bottle Coffee.
The guiding principle of Blue Bottle is simple: Don't add more whip cream or introduce graham cracker crumbles, just make coffee the way coffee is supposed to be made. That's why the brand earned a spot in our guide to the best coffee subscription services.
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Blue Bottle works directly with farmers around the world to source the best and most sustainable coffees available. Right before your delivery window, Blue Bottle will send out their online orders of whole bean products within 24 hours of roasting, and 48 hours for the rest — because that's when the coffee is at its peak flavor. Coffee is roasted on vintage gear, put in compostable bags, and the beans you're getting are likely the results of a lasting relationship with an actual coffee bean farmer.
Though it might come off as pretentious at first blush, it's truly more along the lines of passionately purist. Find the best beans, honor their flavor profiles, and put quality first — so you don't have to mask flavor with additives.
How to order
The subscription box offers all the categories a coffee lover could want: dark, medium, and light roasts, espresso, cold brew, decaf, instant, blends, and single-origin. Simply pick a category type on the site, the size of the bag (a half bag about $12 and a standard for around $20), and select the frequency at which you'd like them delivered. Finish by paying, and never think about it again if you don't want to.
If your veins run dark roast or you're just in charge of ordering coffee for the office, you can get deliveries as often as once a week, or as infrequently as once a month. And if you're busy and removing the coffee runs is supposed to help you be more organized, not more cluttered, it's extremely easy to pause, cancel, or add shipments.
The bottom line
For freshly roasted coffee delivered on your ideal schedule, Blue Bottle Coffee is one of the best services out there. Whether you're getting a six-ounce bag of espresso or stocking up on your favorite single-origin blend, you'll never be disappointed with the quality or punctuality.
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