Q-grader rotation · this week: Yirgacheffe G1 · 88.5
COMETEER YIRGACHEFFE · G1 · 8 CAPSULES
FROZEN AT −321°F
CMT-0142 · LOT 26-04-A
How it works

Four reasons it tastes like the cafe. And one number that explains why.

01

Flash-frozen at −321°F

Liquid nitrogen freezes the brew in under 60 seconds — fast enough that ice crystals never form. The cup you melt is the cup we poured.

−321°F · <60 sec freeze
02

Specialty grade only

Every lot is cupped by two Q-graders. We only buy beans scoring 87 or higher. Our 2026 average is 87.8 — your supermarket coffee scores 78 if you're lucky.

87.8 avg · Q-grader audited
03

10-second prep

Drop one capsule in 6oz hot water for an Americano, 8oz cold milk for an iced latte. No grinder, no filter, no cleanup. Compatible with anyone who owns a cup.

0:10 prep · 1:2 ratio
04

Recyclable AL + foil seal

The capsule is curbside-recyclable aluminum. The foil seal is plant-based and home-compostable. Send the empty trays back to us and we'll reuse them — twelve cycles so far.

100% AL · BPI-certified seal
Why frozen, not stale

Coffee starts dying the moment it's brewed.

Aromatic volatiles — the molecules that smell like jasmine, honey, plum — evaporate fast. After 4 hours in a thermos, your cup has lost about half of them. After two days at room temp it's basically water and bitterness. Freezing at −321°F stops that clock. The graph isn't a marketing line; it's gas chromatography from our QC lab.

freshly brewed
100%
aromatic retention
4 hr in thermos
52%
retention
cometeer @ −321°F
98.4%
after 18 months frozen
AROMATIC RETENTION OVER TIME · GC-MS · 4 SAMPLES
fig 01 / qc-2026
100% 75% 50% 25% 0% 0h 4h 24h 7d 18mo
Cometeer at −321°F Hot in thermos Supermarket whole-bean
Editorial photograph of a glass of iced coffee with a swirl of milk and ice
BREW LOG · 06:42 AM 10 SEC · 1×CMT IN 6OZ
For people who replace something

Costs $0.0064 per gram of brewed coffee. Less than your $7 latte.

If you currently make pour-over at 6 am while half-awake, or pay $7 a day for an oat latte, or fight with an espresso machine you're worried about descaling — replace that. The math, the time, and the cleanup all favor Cometeer.

HS
Hana Suzuki
ML Lead at Glide · Brooklyn · 14-month subscriber
VERIFIED
"I sold my $400 espresso machine. These actually taste better — and I don't have to descale anything."
Four ways to drink it

No machine. Just a cup and a question. Hot or iced?

Americano

2 min

1 capsule · 6 oz hot water (195°F)

  • 1. Run capsule under warm tap, 20s
  • 2. Drop into cup, peel foil
  • 3. Add 6 oz hot water · stir

Iced latte

90 sec

1 capsule · 8 oz cold milk · ice

  • 1. Glass of ice + 8 oz cold milk
  • 2. Capsule sits 60s in milk
  • 3. Stir until fully dispersed

"Espresso"

10 sec

1 capsule · 1.5 oz hot water · neat

  • 1. Capsule in demitasse
  • 2. Add 1.5 oz hot water
  • 3. Drink as a shot

Tonic / iced

60 sec

1 capsule · 6 oz tonic · ice + orange peel

  • 1. Ice glass + tonic
  • 2. Pour capsule over ice (slow)
  • 3. Express orange peel on top
Reviews

4.6 out of 5 · 8,408 reviews.

5
6,138
4
1,430
3
504
2
208
1
128
Filter
HS
Hana Suzuki VERIFIED
Brooklyn · 14 mo subscriber
YIRGACHEFFE · ICED LATTE

I dropped my $400 espresso machine routine.

These taste better. I'm not being hyperbolic — I had a Breville Bambino and a hand grinder and the whole production. The Yirgacheffe over oat milk is genuinely the best iced coffee I've had at home.

Editorial overhead photograph of a cappuccino with delicate latte art
Editorial lifestyle photograph of a hand wrapped around a warm ceramic mug with soft steam
helpful · 612
MT
Marcus Tobin VERIFIED
Founding Eng at Forecast · 4 mo
HUILA · AMERICANO

Pre-meeting coffee, every day, no thinking.

I used to make pour-over and burn 8 minutes I didn't have. Cometeer + my electric kettle is 90 seconds. Huila is rich, low-acid, holds up to oat milk. Already on auto-renew.

helpful · 188
PA
Priya Anand VERIFIED
Staff Eng at Linnea · 11 mo
DECAF · AFTER DINNER

Finally a decaf that doesn't taste like decaf.

Pregnant and a coffee nerd. The Swiss-Water decaf is the first one I've had at home that I'd serve to friends without explaining myself. The cocoa-nougat note is real.

helpful · 240
IC
Ines Calderón VERIFIED
Head of Eng at Brightwave · 7 mo
ANTIGUA · OFFICE

Bought 4 boxes for the team. They ration them.

We have a $1,200 super-auto in the office that everyone hates. Now there's a small freezer drawer of Cometeers and it's the new currency. The Antigua blend is perfect with our milk frother.

helpful · 88
YA
Yusuf Abara VERIFIED
CTO at Mercury · 9 mo
YIRGACHEFFE · TRAVEL

Survived a 14-hour flight in my carry-on cooler.

Took 16 capsules to Lagos in a soft cooler with two ice packs. Made my mom Yirgacheffe at 6 am with hotel-room hot water. She asked where the cafe was. Knock half a star for needing the cooler.

helpful · 142
DK
Daniel Kovač VERIFIED
Berlin · 2 mo
HUILA · MORNING

Great coffee. Wish shipping was a touch cheaper.

Taste is unimpeachable. The dry-ice ship-pack to Europe is €14 which is the trade-off for −321°F all the way. Subscribed at every-2-weeks, the per-cup math beats my local third-wave place.

helpful · 41
Compared

Specialty in 10 seconds. Or specialty in 12 minutes.

Spec Cometeer Nespresso Vertuo Bag of whole-bean
Q-score87.8 avg~78 (estimated)88+ if fresh
Prep time0:100:45 + warmup12:00 (grinder + pour-over)
Cost per gram brewed$0.0064$0.011$0.0042
Hardware requiredA cup$200 machine + descaler$180 grinder + dripper
Package recyclableYes — AL + compostable sealYes — but mail-back onlyMixed-material bag
Freshness at 6 months98.4%N/A (dry)~12% (stale)
FAQ

Sophisticated buyer questions.

How long does a capsule stay good frozen? +
Two years from production date, kept at 0°F or below. We've internally cupped 24-month-old samples blind against the original batch and the panel cannot distinguish them above chance. Don't keep them in the freezer door — temperature cycling does shorten the window.
Can I make iced coffee — what's the dilution? +
One capsule equals roughly two ounces of brewed coffee at espresso strength. For iced, dilute 1:4 with cold milk or water + ice. For a darker iced "Americano", 1:3. We ship a magnet card on your first order with all the ratios.
Is this real specialty coffee or bulk grade? +
Real specialty. We work with roasters like Onyx, George Howell, Counter Culture, and Joe Coffee — they purchase the green coffee, roast on their drums, and we brew it on their dial. Every lot needs a Q-grader score of 87+ to ship. Our 2026 ytd average is 87.8.
What's the carbon footprint of frozen shipping? +
An average 32-capsule order ships in 1.4 lb of dry ice in a curbside-recyclable insulated mailer. End-to-end footprint is 1.18 kg CO₂e per box — about 70% of a comparable specialty mail-order whole-bean shipment, because we ship full pallets to regional hubs and the last mile is a single small box. We offset the remainder via a verified Climeworks pre-purchase.
Do you offer single-origin subscriptions or only the blend? +
Both. The Single-Origin Rotation subscription gives you a different micro-lot every shipment (8 lots / 32 capsules); the Roaster's Choice subscription lets you pick a roaster (Onyx, Howell, Counter Culture, Joe) and ship from their dial. The Antigua blend is its own separate subscription that doesn't rotate.
Featured in
The New York Times WIRECUTTER Bon Appétit Sprudge Cherry Bombe Eater FOOD & WINE FAST COMPANY
Subscribe and save 17%

Every 2 weeks. $40 a box, $1.25 a capsule.

Pause, skip, swap origin, change frequency — anything you can imagine, from the order portal, no email required.

Subscribe · 8-pack · $40 One-time at $48
COMETEER · 8