Searching for the perfect roast? A coffee subscription is the ideal way of ensuring your daily (or - let’s be honest - four times daily) cup is delivered direct to your door. Increasingly popular within the UK, a good coffee subscription service will either deliver your favourite roast regularly (weekly, fortnightly or monthly), or, if you’re after interesting new blends from speciality roasters, it will curate a collection aimed to delight and intrigue. What variety should you look for? If you aren’t the coffee aficionado you want to be yet, the best thing to look for in a coffee subscription is one that provides plenty of variety with every delivery so you can develop your palette. Look for varieties of light, medium and dark roast, caffeinated (for when you need a caffeine pick-me up) and decaffeinated (for late night coffees without the late nights). Check the tasting notes on site, for different tasting notes from chocolate and caramel, to fruity. Trust your own tastes when picking a blend that’s right for you. How do you take your grounds? How you make your coffee will depend on the grind of coffee you need to order from a potential coffee subscription service. There are several types of grinds for different methods of coffee making, each offering a unique taste: coarse grounds for cafetieres; medium grounds for Aeropress, V60 or Chemex coffee makers; fine grounds for espresso machines; and whole beans - if you have the means to grind your own coffee and you like to experiment with different ways to make your coffee. In most cases services also offer coffee pods for espresso machines. How much coffee do you drink each week? Before throwing yourself straight into a subscription, think about how much coffee you actually drink. A majority of the services on this list offer coffee packages on a monthly basis starting from the price of a bag at £5.95 to complete gift boxes up to £24.99. If you’re a genuine caffeine junkie, you can up the frequency to once a week. Make sure the company has solid ethics Some coffee brands are dedicated to limiting their use of single use plastics, instead opting for recyclable packaging. The coffee subscriptions listed here all have impressive sustainability and ethical standards, meaning you can drink your java knowing you aren’t exploiting workers and farmers.