The reference box
What Atlas Coffee Club costs and includes
Atlas Coffee Club sends single-origin coffee from a different country each time, with a postcard from that country and a card of tasting notes and coffee history. The draw is the trip: each bag is a small lesson in where your coffee grew.
- Contents
- One to six 12-ounce bags of freshly roasted single-origin coffee, a postcard from that shipment's country, and tasting notes with coffee history.
- Price and billing
- The standard plan starts around $14 for a 12-ounce bag, with a 6-ounce half bag for lighter drinkers. You can pause, skip, or cancel anytime, and Atlas offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Delivery
- Every 2, 4, or 6 weeks, to the US and Canada only.
- Customization
- Choose a roast preference from light to extra dark or all roasts, whole bean or ground, and brew style. Atlas also runs pod, decaf, and espresso plans.
- On Cratejoy
- No. Atlas sells direct at atlascoffeeclub.com, and none of the boxes below are Atlas products.
Compare the boxes
| Box | Best fit | Cost and commitment | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Coffee Club Reference box |
Coffee travelers, a new country each shipment | About $14 a 12-oz bag, 1 to 6 bags. Pause, skip, or cancel anytime. | Every 2, 4, or 6 weeks. US and Canada. |
| MyBean Monthly | Closest match, two origins to compare | $32.99 a month, no term. | First box within 5 days, then the first week of each month. |
| KOS Coffee Club | Single origin, Fair Trade and organic | $22 a month, no term. Free shipping. | First week of each month. |
| Bell Lap Coffee | Lowest price, your roast and grind | $12.95 a month for one 12-oz bag, no term. | Monthly. Roasted Tuesday, shipped Wednesday. |
| Puppy Paws Cup of the Month | Coffee plus a gift, rescue donation | $25.99 a month, no term. | First box within 7 days, then the 10th to 20th of each month. |
| Single Cup Club | K-cup brewers | $19.99 a month, no term. | First week of each month. |
Every box here except Single Cup Club can also be prepaid for 3, 6, or 12 months at a lower price per box.
The alternatives
Closest match to Atlas
MyBean Monthly vs Atlas Coffee Club
Best for: The Atlas subscriber who reads the tasting card before the first sip and would like two origins to compare.
MyBean sends two kinds of freshly roasted single-origin beans each month, 12 ounces in all, with tasting notes, brewing tips, and a few fun facts about the coffee. One reviewer's first box paired Ethiopia with Kenya. MyBean is veteran-owned and has 21 reviews on its listing.
What feels familiar
Coffee from a different growing region every month, with notes that tell you what to taste for and how to brew it.
What changes
Two origins share 12 ounces instead of one full bag, so you get to compare them side by side but have less of each. It costs more per ounce than Atlas, and delivery is monthly only, with no postcard.
Single origin, for a cause
KOS Coffee Club vs Atlas Coffee Club
Best for: Someone who wants the one-origin-a-month rhythm and cares how the beans are grown.
KOS Coffee Club sends a different freshly roasted single-origin coffee each month. The seller describes every lot as organically grown and Fair Trade Certified, roasts it by hand, and boxes it right after roasting, so it leaves in the first week of the month.
What feels familiar
One origin at a time, rotating every month, the same shape as a one-bag Atlas plan.
What changes
Organic and Fair Trade sourcing is the promise here, and the seller pitches it as a coffee club for a cause. Delivery is monthly, not every two or four weeks, and the listing has two reviews so far.
Costs less, and you pick the roast
Bell Lap Coffee vs Atlas Coffee Club
Best for: The drinker who liked the Atlas habit but wants to choose the roast and grind every time.
Bell Lap roasts wild-grown coffee to order and ships it within 48 hours of roasting. Pick French, Vienna, medium, or light roast, a roaster's choice, or Swiss Water decaf, then whole bean or a coarse, medium, or fine grind. Bell Lap has sold on Cratejoy for three years and has 19 reviews on its listing.
What feels familiar
A fresh 12-ounce bag on a schedule, ground or whole bean to suit your brewer.
What changes
You trade the passport for control: the roasts are Bell Lap's own blends rather than a new country each month. Orders placed by 6 p.m. Central on Monday roast on Tuesday and ship on Wednesday.
Coffee plus a surprise
Puppy Paws Cup of the Month vs Atlas Coffee Club
Best for: A coffee drinker with a soft spot for dogs, or anyone who likes a small extra in the box.
Puppy Paws sends a 12-ounce bag of specialty coffee from beans sourced around the globe, ground or whole bean, with a flavored option, and adds a small gift to each box. The company donates 10% of every purchase to animal rescue, and the listing has 38 reviews.
What feels familiar
A new coffee each month from a different growing region, in a bag the size of Atlas's.
What changes
The rotation follows roasts and flavors as much as countries, and there's no postcard or origin story in the box. The first box ships within seven days, and later boxes ship between the 10th and 20th of the month.
For K-cup brewers
Single Cup Club vs Atlas Coffee Club
Best for: Anyone brewing with a Keurig who wants variety without committing to a full box of one flavor.
Single Cup Club sends 15 K-cups a month from sponsored roasters, three blends per box, and you choose non-flavored, flavored, or mixed. It's a family-owned business with 173 reviews on its listing, the most of any box here.
What feels familiar
Atlas sells a pod plan too, and this keeps the monthly surprise in pod form.
What changes
Blends replace single origins, and the roasters choose what goes in. The seller doesn't take substitutions or special requests. Everything ships in the first week of the month, and there's no prepaid plan.
The honest part
When Atlas Coffee Club is still the better fit
Keep Atlas if the postcard and the country story are why you open the box. MyBean comes closest with its tasting notes and fun facts, but nothing here sends a new country with a keepsake from it every time. Keep it, too, if you want coffee every two weeks, one to six bags per shipment, or pod, decaf, and espresso plans under one account.
How we chose these boxes
We started from what Atlas sends, a single-origin coffee from a new country with a postcard and tasting notes, and why someone might want something different: a lower price, a roast they choose, pods, or a cause. Then we went through the coffee subscriptions on Cratejoy with a working buy button and kept the ones that answer one of those reasons. The photo at the top is Atlas Coffee Club's own product image.
Questions before switching
Which alternative is closest to Atlas Coffee Club?
MyBean Monthly. Each box holds two single-origin coffees from different growing regions, 12 ounces in all, with tasting notes, brewing tips, and fun facts. It keeps Atlas's coffee-from-somewhere-new idea, though it sends no postcard and delivers monthly only.
Is there a coffee subscription cheaper than Atlas?
Bell Lap Coffee, at $12.95 a month for one 12-ounce bag, costs less than an Atlas bag at around $14. You choose the roast and grind, but the coffee comes from Bell Lap's own roasts, not a new country each month.
Is there an Atlas-style coffee club for K-cups?
Single Cup Club sends 15 K-cups a month in three blends from sponsored roasters, flavored, non-flavored, or mixed, for $19.99. Atlas also sells its own pod plan if you want single-origin coffee in pods.
Can I send one of these as a gift?
Yes. Each Cratejoy box can be given as a gift from its listing page, and gift orders don't renew. The seller ships on its own schedule, so check the listing's ship window before you plan around a date.
