How Often Should You Get Coffee Delivered?

Running out of coffee is annoying.

Having six unopened bags stacked in the pantry isn’t much better.

The right coffee subscription should land somewhere in the middle: enough coffee to keep you stocked, delivered often enough that you’re still drinking it fresh.

That’s why we built our Kings Coast subscription setup around how much coffee you actually drink, rather than forcing everyone into the same delivery schedule.

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So, how much coffee do you actually use?

A good place to start is with a standard brewed-coffee ratio of about 1 part coffee to 18 parts water.

So if you drink one 12 oz cup every day:

A Kings Coast 12 oz bag contains about 340 grams of coffee, so one bag would last a little under two and a half weeks at that pace.

That’s why someone drinking one normal cup a day will often land somewhere around one bag every two to three weeks.

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What if you drink more than one cup?

The math scales pretty quickly.

One 12 oz cup per day is about 20 grams of coffee per day.

Two cups per day is about 40 grams.

Three cups is about 60 grams.

If there are two coffee drinkers in the house, double it again.

For example, two people each drinking two 12 oz cups per day would use roughly:

That’s a little more than 1½ bags of coffee every week.

At that point, a weekly delivery of two bags makes a lot more sense than receiving a pile of coffee every few weeks.

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Freshness matters too

The mathematically perfect delivery schedule isn’t always the best coffee schedule.

You could technically receive several bags at once and stretch them over a month or two, but that defeats part of the reason for subscribing to fresh-roasted coffee in the first place.

We’d rather send smaller amounts more often.

That’s why our subscription calculator favors practical delivery schedules that keep coffee moving through your kitchen instead of sitting unopened for weeks.

For lighter coffee drinkers, that might mean a shipment every two, three or four weeks.

For households using around a bag per week or more, weekly delivery usually makes more sense.

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How the Kings Coast coffee calculator works

Our calculator asks three simple questions:

From there, we estimate your coffee usage using a standard 1:18 brewed-coffee ratio and a 12 oz bag.

Then we compare that estimate against the subscription options we actually offer and recommend a bag quantity and delivery frequency that should keep you stocked without intentionally leaving you short.

It’s still an estimate.

Some people brew stronger. Some brew lighter. Espresso, cold brew and other brewing methods can use very different amounts of coffee.

The recommendation is meant to give you a solid starting point.

From there, you can adjust your quantity or delivery schedule whenever your routine changes.

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A few easy starting points

If you just want the quick version:

Your exact recommendation can vary based on cup size and how you brew, which is why we built the calculator in the first place.

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What if you end up with too much coffee?

Slow it down.

You’re not locked into the schedule you started with.

If coffee starts stacking up, move the next shipment back, skip one or pause for a while.

If you’re running out before the next delivery, increase the quantity or bring the shipments closer together.

A subscription should make coffee easier, not give you another thing to manage.

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Want to go deeper into the brewing math? Check out our guide to The Golden Ratio for Brewing Coffee .