Union Hand-Roasted Coffee Reviews 58

TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.2

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The website is easy to navigate, the team are efficient and customer service is fantastic. I love the huge ever changing selection of healthy flavourful coffees they offer as it's impossible to get... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Ordered a four pack bundle of wholebean, and received cafetiere grind. Not ideal, but contacted the company via email, and received a response the same day from Tom: a thorough friendly response and t... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've had a coffee subscription for a year or so, I have whole means - always very fresh. We have recently had a few bags of El Topacio Washed Bourbon which is absolutely beautiful, can't get over how... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love our fresh roasted coffee from Union and look forward to receiving our regular delivery. I was disappointed to find one of the bags damaged on its arrival yesterday but an email to customer servic... See more

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Union Hand-Roasted Coffee is a speciality, artisan coffee roaster specialising in exceptional, directly traded coffee. Unique hand-crafted blends and single estate coffees are freshly hand-roasted every day, in small batches. Our coffees are suitable f...


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not an efficient delivery service

Not an efficient delivery service. Very hit and miss and can be a slow process from ordering to eventually receiving the coffee. Not good when you rely on getting your supply of coffee in good time before you run out. There are much better coffee suppliers out there who work hard to do this and provide a good customer service. It’s a shame that Union Coffee can’t get this right as their coffee is good. I’ve been a loyal customer for quite sometime now but have been let down by slow order processing and delivery many times. They didn’t even reply to my last email to them when I complained yet again about the service. Shocking Customer Service, they will not be getting my business again!

November 20, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I'm so annoyed I tried this coffee

I'm so annoyed I tried this coffee. It's simply amazing. Since my first sip of union coffee I've turned into a coffee snob and pay attention to things like 'roasted date'. Ruined my otherwise mediocre coffee life that I was quite with happy with. There is something nice about ignorant bliss but now I'll never see coffee the same way again.

July 16, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant coffee!

Brilliant coffee, service and values. Ordered from Union early in 2020 as gift for someone and came back again because it was such good coffee and the gift boxes are wrapped up beautifully. Shipping was fast and on time.

January 25, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing company! Great values, coffee and customer service!

Amazing company! I love their values, beans and customer service. I especially love the Foundation and House Roast beans. I have been ordering wholebeans since lockdown and have been so impressed with their customer service. Recently I was sent filter coffee rather than wholebeans and I phoned them up about this mistake - Caroline was so lovely and reassured me that a fresh batch of coffee would be roasted on the same day and sent out asap. She also said I could keep the filter coffee, which is great for me as I recently bought a V60!

Thanks for being so great!

December 12, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I'll have to cancel this subscription

I'll switch from this subscription. Frequently having problems with delivery, despatch day is not what I ask, therefore delivery day is not and I'm having delays with having a coffee . I choose a specific coffee on their site to be delivered, and completely different is at my door. You want to pause or skip more than one delivery, each time you need to email them. Same with changing delivery day. Hope other subscriptions are more reliable.

December 8, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

First time using and very impressed!

First time using this company and very impressed. Super quick delivery of my Clever Dripper and bought at a very good price too. Cheaper than anyone else at the time. Shame they didn’t include a few coffee samples as it would have been good to try out the new dripper with a fresh new coffee! Something to think about guys as many may then buy into your CoffeeClub!

December 5, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Five stars

Union are always on time with deliveries and contactable. Products never disappoint.

November 12, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent selection of Coffee

Excellent selection of very tasty coffees and very reasonably priced especially as they are an ethical coffee company. Knowing that I am not destroying the planet and ripping farmers off definitely makes the coffee taste even better. I have been buying coffee from them since March and have had no issues with them. Coffee is always delivered within a few days. Would highly recommend.

October 13, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent coffee!

I've ordered coffee multiple times over the years from Union Coffee after switching over from Pact. I think they have a great selection, including some limited edition coffees from microlots, so there's always something new to try.

September 7, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good fresh roasted coffee with quick delivery

Since lockdown I’ve gone through a lot of coffee beans (several KGs, I love coffee!), good selection of flavours and the roast to cup time is amazing. Normally within 2-3 days of ordering I have a knock at the door and the postie has another box of beans for me.

The only thing I would say is most of their ‘special’ roasts or microlots are always light roast and I’ve yet to see a dark roast version. And I always time it wrong for my orders, I place an order and end up with a 10% voucher appearing the next day in my email!

September 3, 2020
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Coffee is good, rest of the service = lots to be desired!

If you order more than 1x coffee pack it doesn't fit through the door; order-to-doorstep takes longer than all other coffee pack co's I've tried; a website that often is buggy and doesn't respond randomly; you can't order a bag if you are short easily, instead having to wait till the next plan interval comes up.

The do very nice coffee, and it has the favourite pack I have used. Where Union *really* fall down on the rest of the service though. Lost patience.

August 27, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Been using Union for a while now

Been using Union for a while now as my coffee source. No problems and great phone customer service when Royal Mail was a little late delivering a parcel during Christmas period. Coffee is always great and freshly roasted only days before delivery is commenced. Highly recommend.

January 24, 2019
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