The Coffee of the Month subscription—the caffeine equivalent of a surprise party you actually want to attend. Every 30-ish days, a mystery bag of beans arrives at your door, and for a brief, beautiful moment, you forget that your inbox is full and your plants are dying. It’s the gift that keeps on giving, mostly because you keep paying for it.

But let’s be honest: signing up for a coffee subscription says a lot about you. Namely, that you’ve finally decided supermarket coffee just isn’t edgy enough, and you now demand notes of guava, “funk,” or roasted rainforest on your Tuesday mornings.

The Coffee of the Month subscription is perfect for those of us who think “pleasantly surprised” is a viable personality trait. Will it be a fruity Ethiopian? A jammy Colombian? Something that tastes suspiciously like a wine cellar mixed with burnt toast? You’ll find out soon enough!

It’s basically Tinder for coffee. You keep swiping (or in this case, sipping), hoping to find “the one,” while quietly judging all the others.

Once subscribed, prepare for a personality shift. You’ll start throwing around words like “mouthfeel” and “terroir” in casual conversation. Your friends will nod politely while wondering when you became that person—the one who insists their coffee tastes better because the water was “off-boil by exactly 20 seconds.”

And don't worry, the coffee bag will tell you exactly what you're supposed to taste such as for example - hibiscus, pine sap, and childhood nostalgia.  What you might actually taste is coffee. Good coffee, yes. But still… coffee.

To be fair, Coffee of the Month subscriptions often support independent roasters, like ourselves, which is objectively a good thing. You get to feel morally superior while fuelling your habit—a true win-win.

Plus, it’s educational. Each bag comes with a backstory about the farmer, the altitude, the exact longitude of the drying bed, and the spiritual journey of the donkey that carried the cherries down the mountain. It's deeply touching, and you'll absolutely skim it while pouring hot water over your V60 like a sleep-deprived scientist.

There are some risks. You might get a roast you hate but feel guilty for disliking because it was grown by a 92-year-old legend using ancient methods passed down for generations. Or you’ll run out of coffee three days before the next shipment and have to make the walk of shame to the corner shop for emergency grounds that taste like betrayal.

The Coffee of the Month subscription is not just about getting beans in the mail. It’s about becoming someone who receives beans in the mail. It’s about turning your caffeine dependence into a curated, artisanal experience.

Is it necessary? No.
Is it a little extra? Absolutely.
Is it worth it when you sip that first cup and detect a whisper of bergamot and smug satisfaction? You bet your over-filtered, double-walled glass mug it is.