Looking for some data points from anyone who subscribes for small batch coffee from an independent roaster. I'm curious how much you pay for what quantity and frequency; also how many varieties you receive over the course of a year.

My Wilfa Uniform Silver grinder arrives tomorrow after waiting more than 1.5 years, so I'm looking at subscriptions with two local roasters below

RIGHT SIDE COFFEE - VOLUME SUBSCRIPTION

250g
every 15 days - 11€
monthly - 11

500g
every 15 days - 18,05 (9,03 per 250g)
monthly - 18,05 (9,03 per 250g)

1kg
every 15 days - 29,20 (7,30 per 250g)
monthly - 29,20 (7,30 per 250g)

2kg
every 15 days - 54,65 (6,83 per 250g)
monthly - every 15 days - 54,65 (6,83 per 250g)

versus —

SYRA COFFEE SUBSCRIPTION

250g bags per month
1 - 11,26€
2 - 21,00 (10,50 per 250g)
3 - 31,00 (10,33 per 250g)
4 - 41,00 (10,25 per 250g)

I consume on average 250g ~ 7 days give or take. 7,30€ per 250g is pretty decent; the same bag costs roughly 11,25€ if I walk in the coffee shop — so I'm trying to beat that baseline — of course pricing varies so these are broad strokes.

What I don't love about RS's Volume subscription is, say, I order 1kg / month then I have to drink the same coffee for a month so I only get 12 coffees over a year which isn’t much variety

If I went with 250g every 15 days that would be 24 coffees over the course of a year - twice the variety - that’s what I’m after but I don’t want to pay 11€ per 250g bag which is what I would pay if I walk in off the street.

500g every 2 weeks @ 9 euros per 250g bag would still be 24 coffees a year at the volume I'm drinking i.e. 250g @ 15 days I would be without some days

I can modify the subscription anytime. One additional piece is I want to get Mrs. Holliscx on my bean plan so that I go through more coffee with her. But I’m ordering beans for filter and she uses a stovetop espresso which technically should be different beans. I think I can use the same beans though. Mrs. Holliscx could care less about small batch coffee though so her inclusion isn't critical.

Lastly, what I thought would be awesome, would be to do a 250g every 15 days for the first half of the month from one roaster and then for variety do the same qty subscription from another roaster for the second half of the month. This would be awesome but you pay for it. If I did this, it would cost 22,26€ for 500g of coffee per month which is 11,13 per 250g bag but I would enjoy 24 coffees from 2 roasters over a year, but pay top dollar. But the whole point of subscribing is to save money (and receive freshly roasted beans direct from the roaster shipped to your door).

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11,26€ per 250g bag is pretty expensive tbh

7,30€ is awesome but you have to snooze through the lack of variety which is disappointing

I dunno I can always modify. Right Side is my #1 they have another subscription called "Experience" where the roaster selects some speciality roasts but it's prohibitively expensive.

Syra is my #2 (RS is better) but you can choose African, South/Central American, or Roaster’s Choice (which is what I want)

Right Side's Experience subscription is essentially roaster’s choice but it's out of the question unfortunately.