Blue Bottle Balanced

This Blue Bottle whole bean coffee delivers a clean, well-balanced medium roast that’s easy to enjoy any time of day. The beans smell fresh right out of the bag and grind consistently for drip, pour-over, or espresso. The flavor is smooth with subtle brightness and a mellow finish, without any harsh bitterness. It feels like a high-quality café experience at home. Overall, a great choice for coffee lovers looking for a reliable, flavorful everyday brew.

Well balanced coffee; tastes like you bought from a cafe

I first experienced Blue Bottle at one of their physical locations in Chicago, and after such a great in-store experience, I decided to order this 12-ounce bag of their Balanced Medium Roast. The quality is outstanding. You can tell these are high-grade, organic beans; the roast is incredibly consistent, and the flavor profile is smooth and perfectly balanced. While Blue Bottle is certainly not cheap, you truly get what you pay for here. When you factor in the freshness and the premium sourcing, the price is very fair for this level of specialty coffee. If you appreciate a clean, professional-grade cup of coffee at home, this is worth every penny.

Taste is better than other items, but not as good as roasted ones from weeks ago.

Tastes wonderful for a medium. Packs were fresh, received 04/2024 with expiration of 10/2024. Fantastic aroma. It is not bitter at all. Smooth and delicious with a little whole milk. Probably not great with fake milk as with most coffee. I’m impressed. Used it in an espresso machine but I make full cups of coffee with it. Grind setting was 6 and 8, both are great. Too many picky, whiny reviews. Can’t imagine just throwing it away. Unless your packs are close to the expiration, rest assured you’ll enjoy this brew. If they are in fact about to expire, just reach out to Amazon, they’re always helpful and supportive. It’s coffee, folks. And the price is fine considering the times. You can make so many cups. You’d get about 3 beverages from a cafe from the price. My goodness.

I love trying different coffee for home brewing and Blue Bottle is one of the best that i've had.

Wanted to believe the hype of 5 star reviews, but as another reviewer said.. It’s just BARELY a half step ahead sleepy backwoods diner coffee. It’s really not that great. Beans were dry, no “Roasted On” date, a little bitter but still gets the job done. Needs creamer and sugar to be the full package although you can drink it black if you like bitter coffee. I had an incredible experience at blue bottle like 7-8 years ago in store. Not sure which roast they gave me, I figured this balanced would be a good starting point. Won’t buy again, not that it’s bad, just not good enough to have it a second time.

My socks were knocked completely off. Hands down the best coffee I have tasted this year. Subtle flavors dance around your tongue while the beautiful aroma fills your senses. I chose balanced and I am ever so glad. It took me a minute to figure out the proper amount of beans to grind for my French Press and when I did I almost did the Curly shuffle. Try it