Blue Bottle Coffee September 2015 Subscription Box Review + Free Trial Bag Offer

  Blue Bottle Coffee is a coffee subscription with multiple options to suit your coffee needs. Generally you’ll get 12 oz of beans every other week for $17, or double your bag for an extra $11. They also offer half bag and triple bag subscriptions. The prices vary by a buck or so on your coffee selections. You can try Blue Bottle Coffee free – just look for the “Try It Free” button.

A few months ago Blue Bottle announced they have acquired Perfect Coffee, a coffee subscription that has apparently stopped time and has developed a magic method of grinding beans that never get old, but we haven’t heard anything more about that yet except it was supposed to debut this summer. Currently they offer only whole bean subscriptions.

This month I received Tanzania Mbeya Elton. I have the Origins subscription, but it’s easy to switch between the 3 types (Origins, Blend, Espresso) or one of the 8 specialty subscriptions available, as well as change the frequency and amount of coffee you receive in each shipment. I like that I receive a different single-origin coffee every time with my Origins subscription.  I find you can discover some really fantastic flavor profiles that tend to get lost in a blend.  I’ve had Blue Bottle Coffee blends (and espresso, though I prepared it as normal coffee) before, and they are selected and prepared with the same degree of mindfulness, though you will miss out on some of the delightful “rough edges” of the single-origin brews.

Blue Bottle Coffee‘s Description:

In 2006, Eric Smeets and his family bought the Elton farm in Mbozi, Tanzania. A large farm (located next to the Mbozi meteorite) that also grows macadamia and is working towards organic certification, Elton employs 10 permanent and 45 seasonal workers. After harvesting the N39 and Mazabuko varieties, the coffee is processed and dried on the farm. The annual Perseid meteor shower is made up of tiny space debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle. It peaks every year around mid-August, and is best viewed from a dark place in a moonless sky. We recommend you enjoy it with a cup of coffee grown—like this one—in proximity to other astronomical phenomena.

Blue Bottle Coffee‘s notes:  white grape, tropical, clean.

My Notes:  This coffee has a the most peculiar profile — it is all sweet and lightness.  The green grape and tropical fruit flavors are so pronounced that I would assume they are natural or honey processed, but the finish on the coffee is so light and clean, that there is no hint of fermentation.  Though single origin, I believe that two varietals go into this  coffee (N39 and Mazabuko), which is supported by the visible color differentiation in the last photo.  This would be a superb coffee to present if trying to convert an herbal tea drinker to joe — it is fruity, light, and flavorful, with a clean, tanninless finish.  Sweet and addictive, it is a great afternoon coffee.

Visit Blue Bottle Coffee to find out more or to subscribe – a free trial offer is available. Visit the site, hit subscribe, and then the white “Try It For Free” button.