Blue Bottle Coffee

5 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 14, 2017 by Tony Conrad · said 19 times in 10 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (12), Tony Schneider (2), Tony Conrad (2), Tim Ferriss (1), Mike Volpi (1), Danny Rimer (1)

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Everything said about Blue Bottle Coffee, oldest first

Jun 14, 2017
Assertion Contradicted
Blue Bottle Coffee dumps unsold roasted beans after ten days
“That blue bottle, the beans, we only hold them for 10 days after roasting, and if they don't sell, then we pull them off the shelf and we dump them.”
Tony Conrad Jun 14, 2017 ▶ 5:57 20VC: Tony Conrad on Straddling The Role Of Founder & Investor, What True Founder/Product Fit Looks Like & The Dangers of Party Rounds
Jun 14, 2017 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Tony Conrad predicts Blue Bottle Coffee will be a hallmark investment
“Blue bottle coffee is a bit of an atypical one for a tech investor to be doing, but it turns out that this is going to be, you know, one of the hallmark companies in our portfolio.”
Tony Conrad Jun 14, 2017 ▶ 5:18 20VC: Tony Conrad on Straddling The Role Of Founder & Investor, What True Founder/Product Fit Looks Like & The Dangers of Party Rounds
Mar 16, 2020 positive
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Schneider: James Freeman spent 10 years perfecting Blue Bottle's experience
“Take, for example, James Freeman from Blue Bottle Coffee. He went super deep into every detail of creating a great coffee experience. The origin of the coffee beans, the experience of walking into a cafe, the smell, the weight, the preparation of the drink, th…”
Tony Schneider Mar 16, 2020 ▶ 9:03 20VC: True Ventures' Toni Schneider on How Being CEO @ Automattic (Wordpress) Made Him A Better Investor, The Biggest Lessons from Automattic on Running Successful Remote Teams and The Right Way For Investors To Show Founders They Have Their Support (Note
Jul 19, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Blue Bottle's e-commerce customers were completely different from its cafe regulars
“The customers most likely to want blue bottle coffee at home would be the same customers who go to our cafes. And what we found in actually visiting Many of our online customers is that they were completely different and that someone who's making coffee at hom…”
Lauryn Isford Jul 19, 2023 ▶ 4:47 Lauryn Isford: Product Growth Secrets from Facebook, Airtable, BlueBottle, Dropbox & Notion | E1037 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 31, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Ferriss: Drinking hot liquids from standard disposable cups causes high microplastic consumption
“Disposable to go cups in most places outside of maybe blue bottle coffee, which uses a sugar cane coating, I believe. So you're putting hot water, hot coffee, hot matcha, whatever in that you are consuming lots of microplastics.”
Tim Ferriss Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 1:25:40 20VC: Tim Ferriss: Why I Walked Away From Angel Investing After Uber | How I Accidentally Lost $150 Million | Money Fixed My Problems—Then Made Me Miserable
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