san francisco « A Date With Flavor

My date and I stopped in for a quick breakfast the other morning at the famous San Francisco cafe, Blue Bottle. They are known for their Artisanal Micro-roasting. I found out about Blue Bottle from a New York Times article raving about their 20,000 dollar Japanese Siphon bar. It is a halogen powered coffee pot, that you must see in person to believe. Blue bottle uses only certified organic coffees from all over the world. For a “regular” cup of coffee, they don’t just pour a pot that has been sitting on a burner for god knows how long, or pull a tab from a large coffee machine, they use the filter drip method. On the website you can read about the process of the filter drip, along with french press and mokka pot (stove top espresso).

Now for the food, we split Judy’s farm poached eggs atop thick toast and whipped butter. It really was perfect. There was the same dish with some prosciutto, but we weren’t in the mood. For only 9.50, we started the day off utterly satisfied.