Blue Bottle Coffee Lab
Brewing
Brew Theory: Extraction, Strength, and Finding the Sweet Spot for Pour Over Coffee
June 21, 2023
How to Choose the Right Brew Method for You
July 17, 2020
Pour Over Coffee vs. Coffeemaker
May 14, 2020
May 6, 2020
Make Perfect Pour Over Coffee Every Time
April 28, 2020
The Art of the Blue Bottle Pour Over
April 7, 2020
The Right Grinder for Pour Over
April 4, 2020
The Blue Bottle No-Press French Press Brewing Guide
July 26, 2019
Pro-Tips: A New Take on French Press
July 25, 2018
July 17, 2018
Pro-Tips: How to Dial In the Grind
May 7, 2018
Popular Brew Methods Around the World
February 12, 2018
How to Brew Coffee for a Crowd
December 14, 2017
Pro-Tips: A Better Nel Drip Coffee
October 17, 2017
Blue Bottle Explains: Espresso
July 6, 2017
The Right Tool to Wake Up to Cold Brew
June 6, 2017
Brewing Coffee with the Moka Pot
April 17, 2017
Do You Need a Scale to Make Coffee?
February 27, 2017
Blue Bottle Explains: Chemex for a Crowd
January 10, 2017
Blue Bottle Explains: Coffee Grinding
November 9, 2016
How to Brew: AeroPress Edition
April 19, 2016
5 Mistakes You Made Brewing Your Coffee This Morning
March 11, 2016
Tasting
Why It Matters
Why we love our comforting blends and how we make them
The Five Elements of Coffee Tasting
Learn the language of coffee
Part III: Tasting your way to quality
Part II: The Stories Green Coffee Tells
Part I: We’re getting down to basics.
Our Cascara Fizz is made from some of the world's finest coffee cherry.
What it does—and does not do—for coffee
Marcelo Pereira helps farmers all over the world connect to the specialty market.
“That’s what I want to drink the rest of my life.”
The botanical differences in the coffees we serve
The Basics of Coffee Processing
What happens after the fruit is picked and before it arrives in our roastery
Part One of Our Language of Cupping series
Part Two of our Language of Cupping series
A Beginner’s Guide to Coffee Tasting
The simple art of focusing on what’s in front of you
Blue Bottle Explains: Bitterness
Welcome to Issue 1 of Blue Bottle Explains, your coffee advice column. This month, Director of Training and World Barista Champion, Michael Phillips, tackles "bitterness."
Why Do We Source Single Origins?
Coffee should taste like what it is: a tropical fruit seed, separated and cleaned of the flesh, dried, roasted until caramelized, and then crushed and extracted into water.
Sourcing
Promoting Beneficial Agriculture
November 11, 2021
Sustainable Coffee Sourcing at Blue Bottle
September 1, 2021
Blue Bottle Joins World Coffee Research Checkoff Program
September 1, 2021
March 7, 2021
Costa Rica: An Origin of Micromills
November 10, 2020
October 5, 2020
March 26, 2020
March 23, 2020
February 21, 2019
Aida Batlle: One of the Coffee World’s Greats
February 14, 2019