Coffee Subscription in Australia: Finding your perfect bean

With so many choices of roasted beans out there, how do you find the best ones for you? Let us try and simplify what to look for in choosing the best beans for your home or office, and how coffee subscription can help. Not only will you be getting freshly roasted beans delivered to you anywhere in Australia, but it can be tailored to suit your caffeine palette and brewing method. It is a great gift idea for any occasion – Christmas, birthdays or just to treat yourself.

Coffee gifts for coffee lovers are plentiful these days – from coffee cups, coffee flavoured chocolate, to brewing gadgets. But an often overlooked gift idea, and one that is quite unique, is a coffee bean subscription. With the lockdown, many of us now own a coffee making equipment – be it a plunger, moka pot, aeropress or for serious coffee lovers, a flashy espresso machine! Regardless of which coffee maker, one thing is for sure – we all desire to have that cafe-like taste in our cuppa. You can certainly enhance your coffee experience at home by choosing quality beans. That is why it is important to understand what to look for in buying the perfect beans for you. Put simply, the fresher the beans, the better.

So how do we choose the best beans?

Making good coffee at home starts with good beans. You may wonder what advantages there are of buying from a supermarket or direct from a roaster. Certainly it is convenient to pick up a bag of beans while doing your grocery, however if you are after a great tasting brew to put a smile on your face each morning, you may need to think twice. Much like spices, coffee beans are the same in that they taste better when you buy them as whole, freshly roasted beans, and ground just before it is brewed. Pre-ground coffee are said to lose its flavour the longer they sit on the shelves for weeks and months. Strictly speaking, if you crave for that quality energy drink each morning, it is ideal to consume beans within two to three weeks from roast date. This means buying beans closer to home from a local roaster to cut on delivery time, and buying more frequently rather than stocking up. To make life easy, a coffee subscription will allow you to have beans automatically delivered to you weekly, fortnightly or monthly. If you average one to two cups of coffee a day, a subscription of 500g of coffee fortnightly may serve you well.

In summary, these are the ground rules in choosing beans:

• Whole Beans; ground just before you buy
• Direct from a local roaster to ensure freshness
• Roast date within 2-3 weeks
• Choose specialty grade over commercial grade coffee – this is a topic for another blog but in short, specialty refers to higher quality, premium beans where a lot of care is placed on the transparency of the entire crop to cup chain.

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How does coffee subscription work?

Now that we have established that a good brew requires specialty, freshly roasted beans, a coffee subscription would come in handy. Here at Coffee Mentality, we make it easy and simple for you to sign up for a subscription. First you choose how much coffee you need, in multiples of 500g or 1kg, and how frequently you want it delivered, weekly, fortnightly or monthly. It is free delivery for orders within Brisbane and for over 2kgs outside Brisbane. But of course, we deliver anywhere in Australia. With a coffee subscription, you will never run out of beans; and you are buying direct from a local roaster and have beans delivered to you within two to three days (within Brisbane). You can request to have beans ground to suit your brewing equipment, and importantly, you can cancel the subscription anytime.

Our four specialty blends perfect for coffee subscription

Our range of specialty arabica blends are versatile enough to use with any brewing method – be it a plunger, V60, aeropress, moka pot or your domestic coffee machine.

Gustatory

Our signature blend, and Golden Bean 2019 & 2020 – Bronze Medal Winner

Perfect for all milk-based and black coffees. Medium-bodied with soft acidity, featuring nutty, chocolate tones and hints of caramel and raisin. Suits all types of brewing methods.
Tasting notes: Nutty caramel and sweet chocolate
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Cerebrum

A brilliant blend for espresso, caffè latte and macchiato. Invigorates the senses with a bold combination of malt and cocoa flavours and subtle acidity. Works equally well with all machines, drip, filter or French press.

Tasting Notes: Malty sweet, rich dark chocolate
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Olfactory

Gold Bean 2021 Bronze award in the Espresso category. The floral aroma of this medium-bodied coffee blends seamlessly with gentle undertones of citrus and tropical fruits. At its very best as an espresso or in milk-based filter coffees.

Tasting Notes: Fruity aromatics and creamy sweet choc
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Limbic

This is our unique seasonal blend created from the best Ethiopian and Peruvian beans. Use a filter and add milk to fully appreciate its flavour and balance.

Tasting notes: Fruity sweet and juicy citrus flavour
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So there you have it. You can impress friends with quality brew at home by gifting yourself or your friends a coffee subscription that will keep them energised for the whole year ahead. Explore the full range and see all the details about our coffee subscriptions delivering anywhere in Australia.