21 Best Gifts for Coffee Lovers (2025): Drips, Pours, and Shots

Podium is the coffee subscription I would give as a gift to the true bean enthusiast in my life, the one who sees coffee as a mixture of equal parts agriculture, process, and magical thinking—the one who knows what co-fermentation is, who wants to know whether the beans are washed or from a natural process, gesha or bourbon, Sidama or Guji. Unless you are one of them, you almost cannot choose for such people. Let Podium choose for you: Podium only sends one bag per month. All the coffees that have won some of coffee’s most prestigious awards. All are light, aromatic, delicate roasts, made for drip or pour-over or for the cheesiest of espressos.

If your nerd friend likes healthy coffee and that’s what they’re all about, sign up for the Gold membership. What if they talk about fruit and funk and the “crazy” taste of this new coffee? Get Platinum. Your weird friend, partner, or brother-in-law will thank you. Everything I’ve received from Platinum has been special in one way or another.

Another great multi-roaster subscription: Note that some of the best multi-roaster coffee subscriptions, like Trade Coffee, may offer a wider range of subscriptions, options, and roasters, and will let your friend choose for themselves. I like my gifts to be a wonderful little surprise box, a la Podium, but if you want to give your geek friend a voice, send them a Trade subscription instead. —Matthew Korfhage