# Brewing [Brew Theory: Extraction, Strength, and Finding the Sweet Spot for Pour Over Coffee](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/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](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/how-to-choose-a-brew-method) July 17, 2020 --- [Pour Over Coffee vs. Coffeemaker](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-maker-vs-pour-over) May 14, 2020 --- [Kettle's On](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/brewing-with-a-swan-neck-kettle) May 6, 2020 --- [Make Perfect Pour Over Coffee Every Time](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/make-perfect-pour-over-coffee-every-time) April 28, 2020 --- [The Art of the Blue Bottle Pour Over](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/the-art-of-the-blue-bottle-pour-over) April 7, 2020 --- [The Right Grinder for Pour Over](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/the-right-grinder-for-you) April 4, 2020 --- [The Blue Bottle No-Press French Press Brewing Guide](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/pro-tips-no-press-french-press-brewing-guide) July 26, 2019 --- [Pro-Tips: A New Take on French Press](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/pro-tips-french-press) July 25, 2018 --- [Coffee and the Sixth Sense](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-sixth-sense) July 17, 2018 --- [Pro-Tips: How to Dial In the Grind](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/dialing-in-the-grind) May 7, 2018 --- [Popular Brew Methods Around the World](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/popular-brew-methods-around-the-world) February 12, 2018 --- [How to Brew Coffee for a Crowd](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-for-a-crowd) December 14, 2017 --- [Pro-Tips: A Better Nel Drip Coffee](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/pro-tips-nel-drip-coffee) October 17, 2017 --- [Blue Bottle Explains: Espresso](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/blue-bottle-explains-espresso) July 6, 2017 --- [The Right Tool to Wake Up to Cold Brew](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/cold-brew-bottle) June 6, 2017 --- [Brewing Coffee with the Moka Pot](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/bialetti-moka-pot) April 17, 2017 --- [Do You Need a Scale to Make Coffee?](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/do-you-need-a-scale-to-make-coffee) February 27, 2017 --- [Blue Bottle Explains: Chemex for a Crowd](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/blue-bottle-explains-chemex-for-a-crowd) January 10, 2017 --- [Blue Bottle Explains: Coffee Grinding](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-grinding) November 9, 2016 --- [How to Brew: AeroPress Edition](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/how-to-aeropress) April 19, 2016 --- [5 Mistakes You Made Brewing Your Coffee This Morning](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-brewing-tips) March 11, 2016 --- # Tasting [Acidity in Coffee](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/acidity-in-coffee) Why It Matters --- [The Craft of Blends](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-blends) Why we love our comforting blends and how we make them --- [The Five Elements of Coffee Tasting](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/3od8h4z6k99v1uk8dgy2wbnhlmf0sq) Learn the language of coffee --- [What Is Specialty Coffee?](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/what-is-specialty-coffee-part-3) Part III: Tasting your way to quality --- [What Is Specialty Coffee?](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/what-is-specialty-coffee-part-2) Part II: The Stories Green Coffee Tells --- [What Is Specialty Coffee?](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/what-is-specialty-coffee) Part I: We’re getting down to basics. --- [Coffee Lab: What Is Cascara?](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/cascara-explained) Our Cascara Fizz is made from some of the world's finest coffee cherry. --- [Coffee Lab: Fermentation](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-lab-fermentation) What it does—and does not do—for coffee --- [Coffee & Conversation](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/interview-marcelo-pereira) Marcelo Pereira helps farmers all over the world connect to the specialty market. --- [Origins: Ethiopia Coffee](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/ethiopia-origins) “That’s what I want to drink the rest of my life.” --- [Why Cultivars Matter](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-cultivars) The botanical differences in the coffees we serve --- [The Basics of Coffee Processing](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-processing-basics) What happens after the fruit is picked and before it arrives in our roastery --- [The Coffee Lover's Lexicon](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-lovers-lexicon) Part One of Our Language of Cupping series --- [How to Build Your Own Lexicon](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/build-your-own-coffee-lexicon) Part Two of our Language of Cupping series --- [A Beginner’s Guide to Coffee Tasting](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/beginners-guide-to-coffee-tasting) The simple art of focusing on what’s in front of you --- [Blue Bottle Explains: Bitterness](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/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?](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/why-single-origin-coffee) 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](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/promoting-beneficial-agriculture) November 11, 2021 --- [Sustainable Coffee Sourcing at Blue Bottle](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/responsibly-sourced) September 1, 2021 --- [Blue Bottle Joins World Coffee Research Checkoff Program](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/blue-bottle-joins-world-coffee-research-checkoff-program) September 1, 2021 --- [Women Coffee Leaders](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/women-coffee-leaders) March 7, 2021 --- [Costa Rica: An Origin of Micromills](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/costa-rica-an-origin-of-micromills) November 10, 2020 --- [Origin Spotlight: Kenya](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/origin-spotlight-kenya) October 5, 2020 --- [Origins: Myanmar Coffee](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/myanmar-coffee) March 26, 2020 --- [Coffee from Seed to Cup](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/farm-to-cup) March 23, 2020 --- [Interview: Aida Batlle](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/interview-aida-batlle) February 21, 2019 --- [Aida Batlle: One of the Coffee World’s Greats](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/aida-battle-kilimanjaro) February 14, 2019 ---