Bestseller BundleThree customer favourites
Darkfire EnergyDark roast
Best seller
Stability BlendMedium roast
Mushroom Elixir BundleYour wellbeing toolkit
Lion’s Mane ElixirFocus & mental clarity
Cordyceps ElixirEnergy & endurance
We send Balance Coffee to an independent, accredited lab and publish the full report, so you can check the result for yourself.
"Tried, tested, and voted the UK's best healthy coffee."
"Biohack your mornings with the cleanest coffee."
"Best coffee for focus, energy and cognitive function."
"The healthy coffee upgrade to better energy levels"You read ingredients. You buy the better eggs. Then you drink two or three cups of something nobody showed you a test for.
Coffee is a crop. It's picked, dried, stored and shipped before it ever reaches a roaster. Mould can grow on beans at any point along that chain when conditions turn warm and damp. Some moulds make toxins called mycotoxins. You can't see or taste either in your cup.
The law sets a maximum level for one of these toxins, ochratoxin A, in roasted and ground coffee. A limit tells you the ceiling. It doesn't tell you what's in the bag on your kitchen counter. For that, you need a lab report.
“I've been on the search for clean, healthy, good tasting coffee for a long time. I came across Balance when I was investigating the chemical process of drying and storing coffee…”Donna · Verified review, TrustpilotRead Donna's full review, and 2,000+ more, on Trustpilot →
Five steps, and one question at each of them: what ends up in your cup?
1We source from the top 5% of coffee farms worldwide and pay 25% more for the best quality. Farms are chosen for how carefully they dry and store their coffee, not only how it tastes.
2Mould needs warmth and damp. We ask how every coffee is dried before we buy it, then keep the beans in climate-controlled storage.
3Every coffee in the range is roasted to the level it tastes best at, from light and medium to medium-dark and dark, in small weekly batches.
4After roasting, an accredited lab screens the coffee for mould, mycotoxins, lead, cadmium, arsenic and 600+ pesticide compounds.
5Our elixirs were designed to pair with your coffee: a few drops of Lion's Mane, Cordyceps, Chaga or Reishi in any cup, with no mushroom taste. Prefer it blended? Lion's Mane Coffee has 1,800mg per cup and 20% less caffeine.
James has worked in coffee for over 15 years and started Balance in 2020. He wanted coffee he could drink every day without wondering what came with it, and he couldn't find it. So he built it with £18,000 of his own money. He still visits the farms.
Read James’s full bio →
We consulted Clemmie Rose on nutrition as we built our coffee and mushroom range. Clemmie has worked with Google and Harrods, and her work has featured in Vogue and GQ.
Read Clemmie’s full bio →An independent lab, accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and part of the TÜV SÜD Group, tested Balance Coffee beans and ground.
Moulds below 9 CFU/g. Aflatoxins below 0.5 µg/kg. Ochratoxin A below 0.3 µg/kg. All below the lab's limit of quantification.
Arsenic, cadmium and lead all below the lab's limit of quantification.
Passed on every one.
We publish the full report, page by page. Check it yourself.
Read the full lab report →Most coffee labels stop at origin and roast. Here's what ours adds.
| Other coffees | |
|---|---|---|
| Mould and mycotoxin result | Tested, no detectable level | Not disclosed |
| Lead, cadmium, arsenic result | Tested, no detectable level | Not disclosed |
| Pesticide screen | 600+ screened, passed on every one | Not disclosed |
| Full lab report you can read | Published online | Not published |
| Grade | Speciality grade, high-altitude | Not stated |
| Storage | Climate-controlled | Not disclosed |
| Origin | Named on every bag | Not named |
After extensive research I came with many questions before buying... Turns out Balance Coffee ticks all my boxes. Over and above all others.Andrew · Verified review, Trustpilot
The excellence of customer service, the informative website and the very high quality of coffee all contribute to a pleasurable purchase experience.Crosby · Verified review, Trustpilot
I have a monthly subscription with Balance and the service is excellent... Great service as well as great coffee!!Georgia · Verified review, Trustpilot
An independent lab accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 tests it. The lab has no stake in the result, and we publish its report in full.
It screens for mould, mycotoxins, lead, cadmium, arsenic and 600+ pesticide compounds. Our latest report shows no detectable mould, mycotoxins, lead, cadmium or arsenic.
Yes. The full report is on our site with every result listed, so you never have to take our word for it.
No. It’s smooth and chocolatey, built on our Stability Blend, with 1,800mg of Lion’s Mane in every cup.
Then you get your money back. Every order has a 60-day money-back guarantee, and UK delivery is free over £25.
Lab-tested, speciality grade and freshly roasted. The report is published, so you never have to take our word for it.
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