Coffee Gift Credit or Gift Subscription: Which One Fits?

Two ways to give coffee

You want to give someone coffee, but not just any bag from the supermarket. At Röstpost you have two options: gift credit, a coffee voucher with an amount of your choice, and the gift subscription. Both come with a personal code and a gift card by email, and both bring freshly roasted coffee from Swiss roasteries. The difference comes down to one question: who picks the coffee?

With gift credit, the recipient chooses. With the gift subscription, we choose. In this post we explain how the two work and which gift suits which person.

Gift credit: they choose for themselves

Gift credit is a coffee voucher for our marketplace. You choose any amount between CHF 10 and CHF 1000. The recipient then browses the coffees from our partner roasteries and orders whatever they like: a chocolatey espresso, a light filter coffee from Ethiopia, or simply the bean they have always wanted to try.

• From CHF 10, any amount up to CHF 1000
• Never expires, there is no end date
• Remaining credit is kept and can be used on the next order
• Valid for one-time orders in the marketplace, not for subscriptions, and cannot be paid out in cash

After payment you receive the code with a printable gift card by email. If you like, you can add a personal message beforehand, which will appear on the card.

The gift subscription: we pick the coffee

With the gift subscription, the recipient regularly receives 250 g of freshly roasted beans at home, each delivery from a different Swiss roastery. Which roastery comes next stays a surprise. I select every roastery personally.

You decide two things: how often and for how long.

• Explorer: 2 deliveries per month, CHF 35 per month
• Lover: 3 deliveries per month, CHF 52 per month
• Connoisseur: 4 deliveries per month, CHF 69 per month

On top of that you choose a term of 3, 6 or 12 months. The most affordable start is the Explorer subscription for three months at CHF 105, which means six deliveries from six different roasteries. You pay once, shipping within Switzerland is included, and the subscription ends by itself when the term is over. It does not renew and there are no further costs.

The recipient redeems the code, chooses a start date and delivery address, and needs no payment method to do so.

The differences at a glance

• Who picks the coffee? Gift credit: the recipient. Gift subscription: we do, a different roastery every time.
• Starting at? Gift credit from CHF 10. Gift subscription from CHF 105.
• How long? Gift credit: never expires, until it is used up. Gift subscription: 3, 6 or 12 months, then it ends.
• How much coffee? Gift credit: as much as the amount covers. Gift subscription: 2, 3 or 4 times 250 g per month.
• What is the same: personal code, gift card by email right after payment, freshly roasted coffee from Swiss roasteries.

When gift credit is the better fit

You are not sure about their taste

Do they drink espresso from a portafilter machine or filter coffee from a V60? Do they like it fruity, or nutty and chocolatey? If you do not know, gift credit is the safe choice. The recipient picks exactly what suits their machine and their taste.

They have already found their favourite bean

Some coffee lovers know exactly what they want. A subscription with changing roasteries would feel more like a disruption to them. With gift credit they order their favourite coffee or try something new on purpose.

A small budget

For Secret Santa at the office, as a thank-you for your neighbour, or as an extra alongside another present: you can give gift credit from as little as CHF 10. And because remaining credit is kept, nothing goes to waste, even if the first order costs a little less.

They only drink coffee now and then

Anyone who does not drink coffee every day will struggle to keep up with several deliveries a month. Gift credit never expires. The recipient simply orders when the last bag is empty.

When the gift subscription is the better fit

For curious people who like to try new things

The gift subscription is for people who enjoy being surprised. Every delivery brings a new roastery, from Bern one time, from Ticino the next, then from Geneva. After a few months the recipient will know more Swiss roasteries than most coffee drinkers do in a lifetime.

For people who already have everything

Espresso machine, grinder, scale: some people already have all the gear in their kitchen. What is still missing is variety in the cup. That is exactly what the gift subscription brings.

For a gift that lasts

Gift credit is redeemed quickly. The gift subscription, on the other hand, keeps arriving for months. Every delivery is a small reminder of you, whether after three months or a whole year.

For people who do not like choosing

Not everyone wants to click through a shop and decide between washed and natural. With the gift subscription the recipient only has to enter a start date and address once. We take care of the rest.

Our rule of thumb

If you know their taste well and they love discovering new things, go for the gift subscription. If you are unsure or have a smaller budget, go for gift credit. And if you really cannot decide: gift credit always fits.

How the recipient redeems the code

Gift subscription or gift credit: the recipient enters the code at roestpost.ch/geschenk-einloesen. We recognise which gift it is. For a gift subscription they then choose a start date and delivery address. Gift credit can be added to their account, or they can enter the code directly in the marketplace cart.

Giving in time

Because gift credit and gift subscriptions arrive by email, both work at the last minute too. Right after payment you have the code and the gift card, which you can print or forward. More ideas for the holidays are in our posts Coffee as a Christmas gift and Coffee gifts: 7 ideas.

You will find both gifts on our gift page. Still not sure which one fits? Write to me at mahlzeit@roestpost.ch.