Blue Bottle Coffee
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd Space 9225, Santa Clara, CA
Crema's Take
“This Santa Clara location appears to be a streamlined Blue Bottle pop-up concept that prioritizes convenience over craft, relying on instant coffee and pre-made espresso rather than traditional brewing methods. While creative drinks like the Yuzu Lavender Iced Latte show ambition in flavor experimentation, reviewers consistently report that the coffee quality feels thin and underwhelming—more reminiscent of chain coffee shops than Blue Bottle's specialty reputation. If you're looking for a quick, Instagram-worthy beverage with interesting flavor combinations, this spot might appeal, but specialty coffee enthusiasts should look elsewhere.”
What to expect
Google Reviews
The coffee quality is not even close to the Blue Bottle quality we used to know. It tasted more like Starbucks. We got a regular coffee latte, and an iced oat milk latte. Both were very very mediocre. I looked over their counter, and to my surprise, THEY DON"T EVEN HAVE AN ESPRESSO MACHINE! No wander the lattes were so bad.
If I could give it 0 I would. Do not come here unless you want instant coffee that you can make at home and deal with horrible customer service. I don’t know who was the smart one that woke up one day and decided to choose to not include almond milk. I love blue bottle but your better off going across the street to Santana row.
This is not a real Blue Bottle coffee shop. It's some new pop-up concept they're doing to sell reconstituted (and pretty bad) instant coffee for 8 dollars a cup with minimal options (but still sky high prices for some reason). If you're going to deliver a subpar product, please don't charge premium prices for it. I feel genuinely betrayed by a brand I once trusted implicitly and always expected quality from. This was dramatically worse than a Starbucks, which leaves me completely shocked that Blue Bottle of all people would put their logo on such a poorly thought out and executed concept. That logo no longer means quality like it once unequivocally did.
I tried their iced Nola and caffeine latte. Honestly the coffee was ok and not that great. They don’t have appropriate coffee equipment and use pre made espresso for their coffee. The flavor was good but not the best coffee I’ve tasted.
This review is for the Yuzu Lavender Iced Latte. The flavors are very subtle and the lavender definitely stands out a bit more than the yuzu. Coffee is pretty weak.
Crema Reviews
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