Blue Bottle Coffee — Restaurant in San Francisco

Blue Bottle Coffee on Fillmore street is in the top 5 Blue Bottle Coffee shops I’ve been to (I bet the cafes in Palo Alto, Mission Bay & South Bay would want to know if they’ve made the top 5 list).

The most beautiful thing about a coffee shop is the community that spontaneously gets built over a cup of coffee & I believe that is something so special that this coffee shop has been able to do, at the location it’s at.

What I love most about Blue Bottle Coffee is how they have somehow stuck strong to their tradition of coffee engineering. A lot of larger chain coffee shops easily lose their core mission, in Chase of revenue. BBCoffee has stuck strong to brewing great coffee.

What I love most about all the BBCoffee locations is how they have simple interiors using plain colors like white, a dash of blue and plain table & chairs. That makes their spaces quite big and lit up, which has some positive effect on people & their mental comfort. The simplicity of their spaces + intriguing notes of their coffees, makes the place...

TLDR Not a good place to chat/study/read/work anymore. Jane is doing the same fyi (no laptops allowed and 45 minute sitting policy). Wish more cafes were study-friendly given all the colleges/schools in the area.

Y’all I’m not sure what’s going on with this blue bottle but I came to grab a coffee with a friend and chat/read/work for a smidge and they had turned the Wi-Fi off and were blasting the weirdest global techno playlist I’ve ever heard in a coffee shop at 12 on a Tuesday. The shop was basically empty (no one sitting and working) so I think their tactic of getting people gone is working. Also $6 peppermint tea- which I’m usually fine with since I typically stay and read for an hour. Nooo more business from me and my friend though. I’ll get my grab and go from peets and go sit in the park...

I always liked blue bottle until today. I went into the location on Fillmore and ordered an espresso. Now every coffee shop and Cafe I have been into give you a double shot, it's mandatory. But when I ordered here they gave me a single shot. I asked 'is this a double shot' at first she said no. That I have to ask for it at the counter. Really, so they are going to charge me an extra $1 for a couple more table tablespoons of water. I told her that I thought a double shot was mandatory. Everywhere I go it is. Then she changes the story and says their machines put out small shots, so it is considered a double. It sure was very acidic like a single. I hate to say it, but I would rather go to Starbucks. Then go back to blue bottle. The only reason I gave it 2* instead of 1* is because the...