Blue Bottle Coffee Comes To Williamsburg
Northern California coffee company Blue Bottle Coffee has finally arrived in Williamsburg. The massive, minimalist space on Berry Street is primarily dedicated to roasting and packaging the coffee, however there is a small café section with a large communal standing room table.
Blue Bottle Coffee serves latt√©s, cappuccinos, espressos, and mochas (made with Brooklyn-based Mast Brothers chocolate) alongside their well-known cold filtered coffees. They focus on organic, micro-roasted coffee in its simplest form, no strawberry cream frappucinos, white chocolate mochas, or cinnamon dolce lattes will be found here. Each cup of coffee is individually prepared, and can take up to three minutes per cup to make. There are pastries sold, however we visited in the late afternoon and all that remained was one lonely scone, so don’t show up hungry.
We tried the two types of cold filtered iced coffee offered: Kyoto and New Orleans-style. The Kyoto Iced Coffee ($4.25) is made in a Japanese iced-coffee device, which slowly drips room-temperature water though coffee grounds. This extensive process can take up to eight hours to make one pot. It’s meant to be consumed black and has an extremely smooth and bold flavor with undertones of tobacco and whiskey. The New Orleans-style ($4) contains chicory and is served over ice with a splash of milk and sugar. It’s less bold than the Kyoto, and has floral undertones from the chicory.
The servings are small at Blue Bottle Coffee, but the quality is excellent, and makes you savor each sip. If you’re wandering through the neighborhood, give it a try; we’ll definitely be going back.
Blue Bottle Coffee, 160 Berry Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 718-534-5488.
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I tried the Iced Coffee! Don’t know what the fuss is about, really. Verb Caffee has been serving cold brewed ice-coffee for year. So, please explain… who exactly needs a $4.25 Iced Coffee?
to answer lance, i don’t drink iced coffee too often, so i’m open to paying $4.25 for it.
but el beit already exists! the iced clovers there are tremendous, and the portion is decent for the price.
i’ll definitely check out blue bottle, might be nice to have some variety in my ubergourment ultra awesome ice coffee consumption.
jeez wburg is pretty fuckin wack these days. sighhhhhhh
i don’t know of anywhere that that serves chicory coffee other than cafe du monde in new orleans and that shits da bomb so i’m psyched to check this place out
I used to live in BK but now am out west in SF. On a recent journey back east I was craving some good coffee and sadly most shops in NYC just don’t compare with out west. The kyoto is possibly the best iced coffee i’ve ever had. $4.25 may seem like a lot but it’s definitely worth it. BTW, the second best coffee i’ve ever had is their new orleans. BBC makes good coffee, they treat their workers great (have some friends of friends who work for them in sf) and they care about their product. go check them out, you won’t be dissapointed.
With failing energy and hours of work to go I read your post and hi tailed it over to Bluebottle feeling that just under $5 wasn’t worth it for a cuppa joe. I bought the New Orleans and about 10 hours late was still hitting my laptop, all cynlinders firing. It went down smoothly and I must say, I do like the way they have no stirrers or sugar so’s not to spoil the perfection of the brew. It’s a very Zen spot, the Bluebottle. Keep up the great posts!
Hadn’t heard of Blue Bottle but this place sounds excellent — iced coffee season is upon us!