Blue Bottle Coffee Company

Blue Bottle Coffee Company
Private
Industry Coffee
Headquarters Oakland, California
Products Coffee
Website bluebottlecoffee.com
Blue Bottle's facility in Oakland

Blue Bottle Coffee Company is a US coffee roaster and retailer headquartered in Oakland, California, considered a major player in third wave coffee.[1] The company focuses on single-origin beans.[2] They are notable for their dedication to coffee preparation, as expressed in their extensive brewing guides.[3] The CEO & founder of the company is James Freeman.

Locations

The company while based in Oakland, California soon expanded to other areas around the country. Blue Bottle first expanded to several cafés in locations around San Francisco, including the Ferry Building and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's rooftop garden.[4]

Blue Bottle Coffee Company continued to grow and is now located in 6 different cities around the world. Those cities are Oakland, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, New York City, and Tokyo.

History

Blue Bottle opened its first New York location in 2010.[5] The company-owned stores carry off-menu items such as the "Gibraltar", a form of cortado.[4] San Francisco-based contemporaries include Four Barrel Coffee and Ritual Coffee Roasters, among others.[6] In 2012, Blue Bottle followed in the footsteps of previously independent roasters like Stumptown Coffee by taking $20 million in venture capital investment.[7]

Blue Bottle has raised over $70 million in venture capital from investors led by Fidelity.[8]

Blue Bottle will begin offering pre-ground beans for sale in 2016.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Peet's rides coffee's 'third wave' with stake in Intelligentsia". Reuters. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  2. ↑ Roush, Wade (June 7, 2013). "Coffee Goes from Folger’s, to Starbucks, to Tech-Driven ‘Third Wave’".
  3. ↑ "Brewing Guides | Blue Bottle Coffee". bluebottlecoffee.com. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  4. 1 2 "Blue Bottle: The best coffee you may ever drink", CNN Money, September 2011
  5. ↑ Morabito, Greg (Feb 23, 2010). "SF's Blue Bottle Coffee Co. Hits The 'Burg This Week". Eater NY. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  6. ↑ "Small Bay Area Coffee Roasters Spread Out", The New York Times, April 4, 2010
  7. ↑ "Blue Bottle Cashes in on Coffee Authenticity", Wired.com, October 16, 2012
  8. ↑ BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE TAKES A $70 MILLION SHOT OF VC CASH, Breitbart, June 8, 2015
  9. ↑ Rainey, Clint (7 January 2015). "Small Coffee Goes Venti". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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