Blue Bottle Coffee

We developed this espresso blend for our café on Mint Plaza in downtown San Francisco. This is a pleasant, consistent espresso – enjoyable without being demanding - plump with unremarkable complexity. What is remarkable, however,is the sweet simplicity owing to the fact that we reverse-engineered a blue collar Italian espresso blend (yes … robusta!) and substituted higher-end organic coffees. Our goal was a robust, crema-heavy unpretentious coffee. If the Hayes Valley espresso can be like consuming a volume of In Search of Lost Time in liquid form, then the 17 ft ceiling is like flipping through the New Yorker -edifying without being taxing. The baristas at the café updose massively, set the PID two or three degrees hotter than the Hayes Valley espresso (typically 204f on the GB5), and pull leisurely, avuncular 37 second shots, often skipping the first few drops. Served with a water back, of course. 

Boiler Temp  202
Dose  22 g in a double basket
Extraction Time  38 seconds
Yield  1.25 oz
Preparation Method  espresso