Cross Roast

What's in the box: Each delivery is a 500 gram bag of freshly roasted specialty coffee from the Cross Roast range, based on the profile you set up.

Cross Roast is a specialty coffee roaster with an experience store in Antwerp, and its subscription is a simple way to get its beans at home. You set up your coffee profile once, and the roastery sends a 500 gram bag either every two weeks or once a month. The coffee is roasted weekly in the company's own small roastery, so freshness is a clear focus. The range changes with the seasons. It covers single origins from places like Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Burundi and Ecuador, along with seasonal blends. Cross Roast also highlights direct ties to some producers. One example is the Mendez family farm in Guatemala, which the team visited in 2020. Besides coffee, the shop sells tea, cacao, grinders, machines and Baratza parts, and it runs workshops on slow coffee and tasting. Subscribers who want to go further can find plenty there. The site does not say much about how the coffee is chosen for each delivery or how easy it is to pause or cancel, so check those details before you sign up. The site is in Dutch, and the shipping information covers Belgium and the Netherlands, so it suits shoppers in the Benelux best.