# Sourcing

## Promoting Beneficial Agriculture

November 11, 2021

[Promoting Beneficial Agriculture](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/promoting-beneficial-agriculture)  
November 11, 2021  
Our support for nature-based climate solutions

## Sustainable Coffee Sourcing at Blue Bottle

September 1, 2021  
[How data helps drive our sustainable coffee sourcing](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/responsibly-sourced)  
September 1, 2021

## Blue Bottle Joins World Coffee Research Checkoff Program

September 1, 2021  
[Securing the future of coffee](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/blue-bottle-joins-world-coffee-research-checkoff-program)  
September 1, 2021

## Women Coffee Leaders

March 7, 2021  
[Celebrating Women’s History (and Future) Month](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/women-coffee-leaders)  
March 7, 2021

## Costa Rica: An Origin of Micromills

November 10, 2020  
[November 10, 2020](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/costa-rica-an-origin-of-micromills)

## Origin Spotlight: Kenya

October 5, 2020  
[From the Coffee Sourcing Team](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/origin-spotlight-kenya)  
October 5, 2020

## Origins: Myanmar Coffee

March 26, 2020  
[Meticulous care, soaring quality](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/myanmar-coffee)  
March 26, 2020

## Coffee from Seed to Cup

March 23, 2020  
[Fifteen steps to bringing you delicious coffee](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/farm-to-cup)  
March 23, 2020

## Interview: Aida Batlle

February 21, 2019  
[Catching up with El Salvador’s most-renowned coffee producer](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/interview-aida-batlle)  
February 21, 2019

## Aida Batlle: One of the Coffee World’s Greats

February 14, 2019  
[The woman behind some of the finest coffees you’ll ever have](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/aida-battle-kilimanjaro)  
February 14, 2019

## Women in Coffee: Doris Alicia Benitez

October 19, 2018  
[Her coffee is even more special than single origin—it’s single farmer.](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/farmer-doris-alicia-benitez)  
October 19, 2018

## On Freshness

May 21, 2018  
[Each coffee has a unique lifespan of deliciousness—and it's our job to find it.](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/on-freshness)  
May 21, 2018

## Farm Feature: Santa Elena, Honduras

April 10, 2018  
[A visit to one of our most beloved farms.](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/farm-feature-santa-elena)  
April 10, 2018

## Women Farmers in Burundi

March 12, 2018  
[An update on the Burundi chapter of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/women-of-kinyovu-station)  
March 12, 2018

## Coffee & Conversation

February 28, 2018  
[Marcelo Pereira helps farmers all over the world connect to the specialty market.](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/interview-marcelo-pereira)  
February 28, 2018

## Origins: Brazil

December 5, 2017  
[Our origins series delves into the history of one country (and coffee) at a time](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/origins-brazil)  
December 5, 2017

## Origins: Ethiopia Coffee

October 9, 2017  
[“That’s what I want to drink the rest of my life.”](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/ethiopia-origins)  
October 9, 2017

## Why Cultivars Matter

October 2, 2017  
[The botanical differences in the coffees we serve](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-cultivars)  
October 2, 2017

## The Basics of Coffee Processing

August 15, 2017  
[What happens after the fruit is picked and before it arrives in our roastery](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/coffee-processing-basics)  
August 15, 2017

## Women in Coffee: Building Gender Equity in Myanmar

July 26, 2017  
[A remarkable coffee from an emerging origin](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/women-in-coffee-myanmar)  
July 26, 2017

## A Love Letter to Our Farmers

April 21, 2017  
[We’re celebrating our farmers’ uncompromising commitment to sustainable coffee growing.](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/earth-day-2017)  
April 21, 2017

## Everything a Green Coffee Buyer Needs to Pack

June 9, 2016  
[It's not much](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/green-coffee-buyer-what-to-pack)  
June 9, 2016

## Why Do We Source Single Origins?

May 12, 2016  
[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.](https://blog.bluebottlecoffee.com/posts/why-single-origin-coffee)  
May 12, 2016