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East Bay Express

East Bay Express Best of 2007
Best Coffee: Most fervently religious cup of organic joe
East Bay Express

Best of the Bay 2006
Best independent coffeehouse
SF Guardian, Readers' poll

Wake up and smell the coffee
A new wave of coffee...
7x7 Magazine, October 24, 2006

Top US coffee bars
Food and Wine, March, 2006

The Ultimate Cup of Joe
San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 2006

Best of the Bay 2005
Best Barista Continuing Education Class
SF Guardian, 2005

Coffee Nation
Put down that cup of average joe
Travel+Leisure, November, 2005

Hayes Valley
Cruise a revived city scene for smart design and indie shops.
Via Magazine, November, 2005

Best of the Bay 2004
Best Coffee
SF Guardian, July, 2004

Top 10 Things to Eat in San Francisco
10 quintessential tastes of San Francisco
Citysearch, July, 2004

Bottled Up
Growing Cult Following
7x7 Magazine, May, 2004

Bean Roasting Lately?
Coffee as fresh food
Oakland Tribune, March 10, 2004

125 Best Things to Eat
110: Iced coffee
San Francisco Magazine, August, 2003

A Better Bag of Beans
Freshness is an obsession
San Francisco Magazine, June, 2003

7:30 a.m. Every Day: Best Micro-roasted Coffee
Blue Bottle captures East Bay gold
East Bay Express, May 7, 2003

This Oakland man is serious about serious coffee
Roastery owner wants the Bay Area to know it doesn't have to drink swill
San Francisco Chronicle, April 11, 2003

Home-Roasting Coffee Engages all the Senses
Let your senses be your guide
Oakland Tribune, January 1, 2003

Cooking Fresh
Blue Bottle Coffee's agenda: Drink less coffee, enjoy it more
Oakland Tribune, November 27, 2002