Blue Bottle Coffee Co beans
|For an exceptional cuppa joe, try using some Blue Bottle Coffee Co beans. This San Francisco-based company insists — albeit slightly obsessively — on exceptional products and sustainable processes from the farm to the cup. Employing artisanal micro-roasting, Blue Bottle Coffee Co produces a versatile, organic, rich, earthy, and incomprehensibly delicious cafe. If you’re in San Francisco, check out their stark white loft space, otherwise, all products are available online. Pic via Coftea.
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Brian said | 19 March, 2009
Blue Bottle is an Oakland-based company!
The have kiosks in SF and Oakland
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B said | 12 March, 2009
Blue bottle coffee is the best! I always make sure to stop by the cafe on my frequent trips to the west coast!