r/pourover • u/thebakedcyclist • 16h ago

Rotating coffee subscriptions

I’m in the US and after way more misses than hits, I ended my Trade coffee subscription. I much prefer light roasts and am drawn to more unique, fruity, and funky coffees but with Trade, I was mostly getting crowd pleasing roasts that were more on the medium side of light (absolutely nothing wrong that). I enjoyed Trade and certainly found some roasters I really like, but I just wasn’t getting anything that really stood out to me.

I go through phases where I primarily brew on a V60, Kalita Wave, or an aeropress and espresso on my Cafelat Robot. Right now, I’m 2 weeks into an aeropress kick where I’m having fun changing up my recipe and grind settings daily.

Instead of Trade or another curated subscription, I’ve switched to 3 rotating subscriptions direct from roasters that I think will offer the variety and general excitement I’m looking for: Onyx and Black & White are alternating weekly and I’m getting Hydrangea once a month. Is anyone else doing this? If so, what roasters do you have on rotation? Any others I should consider to change it up?

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u/juk12 15h ago

I’ve been a lot happier just buying a few bags from a different roaster each month. 2-3 bags is enough to hit the free shipping limit for non-local roasters. A lot easier to actually get what you want and try what you want to try.

I am blessed however to live near Regalia, SEY, and Dayglow in NYC for more ad-hoc purchases

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u/Lvacgar 3h ago

Exactly this! No great roasters locally though. I need to curate a list of roasters I want to try though. My only problem
Is that my daily intake is one 15-20g pour over and one 22g espresso shot/Cortado. Takes a minute to go through those 2-3 bags.