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'''Blue Bottle Coffee Company''' is a [[coffee roaster]] and retailer headquartered in Oakland, California. |
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The company is considered part of the [[Third Wave Coffee]] trend, which focuses on single-origin beans and preparation by skilled [[baristas]]. <ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.xconomy.com/national/2013/06/07/coffee-goes-from-folgers-to-starbucks-to-tech-driven-third-wave |title=Coffee Goes from Folger’s, to Starbucks, to Tech-Driven ‘Third Wave’ |date= June 7, 2013 |author=Roush, Wade}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The company was originally based in [[Oakland, California]] but soon expanded to other areas. Blue Bottle now operates several cafés at locations around San Francisco, including the [[San Francisco Ferry Building|Ferry Building]] and the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]]'s rooftop garden.<ref name="CNN">{{citation |url=http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/23/blue-bottle-coffee-james-freeman/ |title=Blue Bottle: The best coffee you may ever drink |work=CNN Money |date=September 2011 }}</ref> Blue Bottle opened its first New York location in 2010.<ref>{{cite news| title=SF's Blue Bottle Coffee Co. Hits The 'Burg This Week| url=http://ny.eater.com/archives/2010/02/sfs_blue_bottle_coffee_hits_the_burg_this_week.php| last=Morabito| first=Greg| work=Eater NY| date=Feb. 23, 2010| accessdate=2010-08-26}}</ref> A noted off-menu item is the "Gibraltar", a form of [[cortado]].<ref name="CNN"/> San Francisco-based contemporaries include [[Four Barrel Coffee]] and [[Ritual Coffee Roasters]], among others.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/dining/09sfdine.html?_r=0 |title=Small Bay Area Coffee Roasters Spread Out |date=April 4, 2010 |work=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> In 2012, Blue Bottle followed in the footsteps of previously independent roasters like [[Stumptown Coffee]] by taking $20 million in [[venture capital]] investment.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.wired.com/business/2012/10/blue-bottle-cashes-in/ |title=Blue Bottle Cashes in on Coffee Authenticity |work=[[Wired.com]] |date=October 16, 2012 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:45, 23 November 2013
Blue Bottle Coffee Company is a coffee roaster and retailer headquartered in Oakland, California. The company is considered part of the Third Wave Coffee trend, which focuses on single-origin beans and preparation by skilled baristas. [1]
The company was originally based in Oakland, California but soon expanded to other areas. Blue Bottle now operates several cafés at locations around San Francisco, including the Ferry Building and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's rooftop garden.[2] Blue Bottle opened its first New York location in 2010.[3] A noted off-menu item is the "Gibraltar", a form of cortado.[2] San Francisco-based contemporaries include Four Barrel Coffee and Ritual Coffee Roasters, among others.[4] In 2012, Blue Bottle followed in the footsteps of previously independent roasters like Stumptown Coffee by taking $20 million in venture capital investment.[5]
References
- ^ Roush, Wade (June 7, 2013). "Coffee Goes from Folger's, to Starbucks, to Tech-Driven 'Third Wave'".
- ^ a b "Blue Bottle: The best coffee you may ever drink", CNN Money, September 2011
- ^ Morabito, Greg (Feb. 23, 2010). "SF's Blue Bottle Coffee Co. Hits The 'Burg This Week". Eater NY. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Small Bay Area Coffee Roasters Spread Out", The New York Times, April 4, 2010
- ^ "Blue Bottle Cashes in on Coffee Authenticity", Wired.com, October 16, 2012
External links
- bluebottlecoffee.net - official site
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