Atlas Coffee Club

What's in the box: Each box contains 12 ounces of freshly roasted single origin coffee from that month's featured country, plus tasting notes, coffee history and a postcard.

Atlas Coffee Club is a coffee of the month subscription built around one idea: each shipment features single origin coffee from a different country. The site names Tanzania, Kenya and Colombia as examples and calls its selections micro-lot coffees, roasted fresh before shipping. Each month brings 12 ounces of coffee with tasting notes, some background on the coffee's history, and a postcard from the featured country. That extra material suits people who want to learn where their coffee comes from, and it also makes the service an easy gift. The main appeal is variety. If you enjoy trying new origins and do not want to research roasters yourself, the rotating lineup does that work for you. The tradeoff is less control. Because the service is built on discovery, you will sometimes get a coffee that does not suit your taste. If you already know exactly what you like, sticking with one favorite roaster may suit you better. The homepage also leans on marketing claims, such as offering coffees you cannot find anywhere else, which are hard to check. Atlas offers a 30 day money back guarantee, which lowers the risk of trying it, and lists a phone number for support. Overall it is a solid choice for curious coffee drinkers who value variety over predictability.