Tasting — Blue Bottle Coffee Lab

Tasting

Acidity in Coffee

February 16, 2021

Acidity in Coffee

Why It Matters

December 15, 2020

The Craft of Blends

Why we love our comforting blends and how we make them

May 4, 2020

The Five Elements of Coffee Tasting

Learn the language of coffee

May 16, 2019

What Is Specialty Coffee?

Part III: Tasting your way to quality

March 29, 2019

What Is Specialty Coffee?

Part II: The Stories Green Coffee Tells

March 25, 2019

What Is Specialty Coffee?

Part I: We’re getting down to basics.

October 16, 2018

Coffee Lab: What Is Cascara?

Our Cascara Fizz is made from some of the world's finest coffee cherry.

September 13, 2018

Coffee Lab: Fermentation

What it does—and does not do—for coffee

February 28, 2018

Coffee & Conversation

Marcelo Pereira helps farmers all over the world connect to the specialty market.

October 9, 2017

Origins: Ethiopia Coffee

“That’s what I want to drink the rest of my life.”

October 2, 2017

Why Cultivars Matter

The botanical differences in the coffees we serve

August 15, 2017

The Basics of Coffee Processing

What happens after the fruit is picked and before it arrives in our roastery

April 27, 2017

The Coffee Lover's Lexicon

Part One of Our Language of Cupping series

April 27, 2017

How to Build Your Own Lexicon

Part Two of our Language of Cupping series

December 5, 2016

A Beginner’s Guide to Coffee Tasting

The simple art of focusing on what’s in front of you

May 18, 2016

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."

May 12, 2016

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.