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Blue Bottle Coffee Lab
The official blog of Blue Bottle Coffee
At Home with Joe Pugliese and Claressinka Anderson
At Home with Joe Pugliese and Claressinka Anderson

A pug named Poppy, a house full of artwork, and scorecards for your morning cappuccino

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ConversationTom PurtillJuly 18, 2016Interviews
For San Francisco, Summer Is a Concept
For San Francisco, Summer Is a Concept

Nabokov’s butterflies, ripe peaches, and an almost-summer frappe

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ConversationTom PurtillJuly 8, 2016
​Updates from Our Port of Mokha Journey
​Updates from Our Port of Mokha Journey

Since we launched our Port of Mokha coffee, we’ve witnessed some beautiful moments with our guests and our own staff.

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NewsTom PurtillJune 30, 2016yemen, port of mokha
Everything a Green Coffee Buyer Needs to Pack
Everything a Green Coffee Buyer Needs to Pack

It's not much

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Conversation, SourcingTom PurtillJune 9, 2016coffee sourcing
Retracing the Historic Route of Coffee
Retracing the Historic Route of Coffee

A story about love, coffee, and Yemen

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ConversationTom PurtillJune 6, 2016yemen, port of mokha
At Home with Judith Mandel, Quality Control Specialist
At Home with Judith Mandel, Quality Control Specialist

On tasting, morning music, and coffees from Rwanda and Burundi

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ConversationTom PurtillJune 3, 2016AeroPress, Interviews
​How We Choose Music in Our Cafes
​How We Choose Music in Our Cafes

Thoughtfully, and with feeling

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ConversationTom PurtillMay 27, 2016music, cafe
Blue Bottle Explains: Bitterness
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."

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Coffee Guide, The Art of TastingTom PurtillMay 18, 2016acidity, how to, coffee tasting
Why Do We Source Single Origins?
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.

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Coffee Guide, The Art of Tasting, SourcingTom PurtillMay 12, 2016Origin Stories
 At Home with Carissa Potter & Leah Rosenberg
At Home with Carissa Potter & Leah Rosenberg

Printmaker Carissa Potter and painter-baker Leah Rosenberg discuss their creative collaboration This, That, & Hours in the Sun.

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ConversationTom PurtillMay 9, 2016Interviews
How to Brew: AeroPress Edition
How to Brew: AeroPress Edition

Three simple coffee experiments to try with your AeroPress coffee maker

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Coffee Guide, The Art of BrewingTom PurtillApril 19, 2016aeropress, how to
We’re Open at Coachella
We’re Open at Coachella

James Murphy, tan lines, and Cold Brew

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ConversationTom PurtillApril 15, 2016cafe
Blue Bottle Goes to the U.S. Coffee Championships
Blue Bottle Goes to the U.S. Coffee Championships

Two Blue Bottlers on a journey to coffee greatness

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ConversationTom PurtillApril 14, 2016barista competitions, coffee culture
Solo Travel and the Foods We Love
Solo Travel and the Foods We Love

Bitter marmalade, the buzz about “seasonality,” and designing food menus for coffee fanatics

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ConversationTom PurtillApril 4, 2016Travel, menu
Is Our Work in Coffee Ever Finished?
Is Our Work in Coffee Ever Finished?

According to seven of our colleagues, the answer is “Sort of” and “Never”

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Coffee GuideTom PurtillMarch 31, 2016cafe
​Spring Compendium: Issue 01
​Spring Compendium: Issue 01

On Waiting in Line for Coffee

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ConversationTom PurtillMarch 22, 2016
Our Journey to Road-Trip Ready Cold Brew
Our Journey to Road-Trip Ready Cold Brew

On refining what works & redefining what’s possible

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Coffee GuideTom PurtillMarch 14, 2016cold brew, Interviews
5 Mistakes You Made Brewing Your Coffee This Morning
5 Mistakes You Made Brewing Your Coffee This Morning

A few tips from a guy who has been there

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Coffee Guide, The Art of BrewingTom PurtillMarch 11, 2016how to
We're Opening in Culver City
We're Opening in Culver City

Our love affair with Los Angeles continues

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ConversationTom PurtillMarch 7, 2016cafe, los angeles, culver city
To a 10-Year-Old Boy, the Future Is Cast in Steel
To a 10-Year-Old Boy, the Future Is Cast in Steel

James Freeman and the San Francisco Citroën Club convene for coffee in Oakland.

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ConversationTom PurtillFebruary 23, 2016cafe
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