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14 coffees

Best for filter and pour-over

Filter brewing rewards lighter roasts with higher clarity. Darker espresso roasts produce flat, bitter results in slow brew methods.Ever

Union Coffee

6 BRANDS

CHOOSE IF

DO NOT CHOOSE IF

You use a V60, Chemex, cafetière, or AeroPress and want complex, nuanced flavour profiles

You primarily drink espresso — filter roasts are too light for machine extraction

BEST OVERALL FILTER

B Corp certified, direct-trade sourcing, single origin profiles across Africa and Latin America. The strongest filter subscription in this review set — every variable matters here.

£9–£14

Balanced

B Corp

Direct trade

9.2

OLDG SCORE

PRICE

STRENGTH

ROAST PROFILE

DELIVERY

£9–£14 per 250g

Balanced

Filter forward

Flexible

Colonna Coffee

BEST OVERALL FILTER

Competition-grade single origins profiled for filter as well as espresso. The top end of what filter coffee can achieve. Requires good equipment to get the best from it.

8.8

OLDG SCORE

PRICE

STRENGTH

ROAST PROFILE

DELIVERY

£11–£20

Light-Balanced

Competition grade

Single origin

£7–£10 per 250g

Strong

Espresso machine

Within 24 hrs roast

Pact Coffee

8.7

OLDG SCORE

Filter specialist. Every delivery is a different rotating single origin with detailed tasting notes. Built entirely around filter — nothing else in this review set does variety like this.

Balanced

PRICE

STRENGTH

ROAST PROFILE

DELIVERY

£7–£11 per 250g

Balanced

Filter specialist

Weekly / fortnightly

Dog & Hat

BEST VARIETY

Covers filter well alongside espresso. One subscription, multiple brew methods. Good for households that switch between methods or want flexibility to explore.

8.7

OLDG SCORE

PRICE

STRENGTH

ROAST PROFILE

DELIVERY

£8–£13 per 250g

Balanced

Multi-method

Flexible

£8–£13

Balanced

Rotating origins

Filter only

Volcano Coffee Works

8.4

OLDG SCORE

PRICE

STRENGTH

ROAST PROFILE

DELIVERY

Filter-forward range with ethical sourcing credentials and roast date transparency. A meaningful step into quality filter without Union or Colonna pricing.

BEST Ethical option

£8–£12

Medium-Bright

Ethical

Brixton roasted

£8–£12 per 250g

Medium-Bright

Filter-forward

Weekly

Blue coffee box

8.2

OLDG SCORE

BEST for expLORing

Discovery subscription rotating coffees from independent UK roasters. Tasting notes and roaster information every delivery. The lowest-risk way to discover what you actually enjoy.

£6–£9

Varies

Discovery

Low commitment

PRICE

STRENGTH

ROAST PROFILE

DELIVERY

£6–£9 per box

Varies

Rotating

Monthly

BEST FLEXIBLE

£7–£11

All methods

Flexible