# 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

[Brew 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