July 23, 2015

MISTOBOX: Artisan Coffee Subscription

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one.mistobox.com

Price: $18-30 per shipment

The Deal: After filling out a coffee profile, you get a shipment of personally curated coffees from artisan coffee makers all over the US who only use sustainably farmed, free trade coffee beans.

Review: If you're one of those people who's totally fine with grabbing a bag of ground 8 O'Clock coffee for your drip coffee maker every morning, this is probably not the service for you. All the bags I received were whole bean (something I wish they'd warned me about), so I had to go out and buy a coffee grinder. As for using a French press, come on. No one's got time for that.

BUT, even using the drip coffee maker, the coffees Mistobox sent were sublime–bold, smooth, flavorful, and delicious. If you treat coffee like oenophiles treat wine, you need to try this box service.

Notes: Portions of this post originally appeared in "Unboxing Subscription Boxes" in the April 2015 edition of The Pueblo PULP. The author was sent this box for review purposes.

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