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Blue Bottle Coffee
Neighborhood: Embarcadero
1 Ferry Bldg
San Francisco, CA 94105
Rated: ♣♣♣♣
I loooooove Blue Bottle Coffee. Their lattes are amazing and the affogato is TO DIE FOR! Blue Bottle Coffee is a local coffee shop that vows to serve coffee only 48 hours out of the roaster. You can’t get any better than that!
The scene:
This location of BBC is a storefront in the Ferry Building. It’s across from Ciao Bella Gelato and both stores have insane lines. At times, it can be nearly impossible to pass through to the other end of the Ferry Building.
Behind the counter, you can see how they make their own drip coffee. Instead of an ole coffee maker, they use their own filtering system in which hot water is poured over a rack filled with filters and coffee grinds. The coffee then drips out of the filter and into a cup. Check out my photo below and you’ll see what I mean.
The food:
Drinks aren’t that cheap in Blue Bottle. You still have to pay anywhere between $3-5 for a cup of coffee/espresso.
Latte - The lattes are so beautiful. The barista creates a fancy heart or flower shaped design in your cup using the coffee and milk. I have to knock off a point just because the latte is never hot when I get it.
Affogato - Mmmm…. I seriously need to stop myself from getting this as a midday snack during work. BBC uses the Breakfast Secret (bourbon ice cream with cornflakes) ice cream from SF’s Humphrey Slocombe and pours a shot of espresso right on top. The espresso melts and mixes in with the ice cream and makes the coffee both sweet and creamy. Downside is that it costs $5.50.
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For Christmas, my mom received a Vietnamese coffee maker kit from our good family friend at Because It Makes Me Smile. We broke it open the other day to test it out and we found it made a good cup of bold strong coffee.
What you need:
Vietnamese Filter - A Vietnamese filter is a small coffee pot that sits on top of your coffee mug. Inside the chamber is where you add the coffee grinds and hot water. Amazon sells them for $3.99.
Coffee Grinds - I used a Vietnamese coffee blend called Trung Nguyen. You can find it on Amazon for $9.58. The coffee is very smooth with a hint of chocolate no acidic taste. You could also use any other type of coffee with chicory (a dried herb used to flavor the coffee).
Condensed milk - Condensed milk is the by-product of cows milk after all water has been removed and sugar is added. Sweet, creamy and thick steamed milk. You can find this at any grocery store.
How to prepare:
- Pour a 1/3 inch of condensed milk at the bottom of the mug
- Open the device and unscrew the filter
- Add 3 teaspoons of coffee grinds at the bottom of the chamber
- Place the filter back into the device and screw in tightly and evenly
- Add in hot water over the filter until it’s about 1/4 full. Keep an eye on the clock. If all the water drips through within 20 seconds, you will have to tighten the filter and start over. Keep adding water until your cup is full
- Take the device off of your mug and mix thoroughly so the condense milk dissolves
Enjoy!
