Blue Bottle Coffee

Blue Bottle Coffee Enters San Diego Market | Eater San Diego

"I learned that the Bay Area’s Blue Bottle Coffee has opened its first San Diego–area cafe at One Paseo in Carmel Valley, across from Shake Shack, with another downtown San Diego location scheduled to open this summer. Open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., the Carmel Valley store offers Blue Bottle’s full menu—espresso drinks, cold brew, and signature beverages that include its chicory-infused, New Orleans-style iced coffee and mochas made with vegan chocolate ganache from Berkeley’s TCHO Chocolate—alongside grab-and-go snacks like overnight oats and chia pudding and housemade treats ranging from liege waffles and almond butter toast to lemon poppy pound cake and caramel chocolate chunk cookies; Blue Bottle is still looking for a local bakery to partner with for croissants and other pastries. Ice cream will also be available to scoop into an affogato or onto a fresh-baked waffle, and the site houses a training lab for regional baristas plus a custom cupping table that will host coffee education sessions for customers." - Candice Woo