The roaster. This glass hole, through which you can see the unroasted, green coffee beans, is called a 'sight glass.'
Rodolfo Cruz, smelling to check if the roast is complete.
Once Rodolfo decides the beans are done roasting, he dumps them into this fanning element to cool.
Bags of Bella Donnovan, Blue Bottle's biggest seller.
The coffee bean is inside the parchment of the beans in the bottom left cup. Shaken, they sound like maracas. You can see that beans are green pre-roast.
Bennett's favorite tool, a bronze Takahiro kettle, that he used while competing last year in the Brewer's Cup, in Santa Cruz.
The "dry smell" during Sunday's public cupping
Coffee brewing for the "wet smell."
Breaking the crust of grinds to smell the delicious gasses trapped inside.
Pulling single-origin espresso at the Mint Blue Bottle location.
An SG-120, a take on a gibraltar.
Preparing a siphon of coffee at the Mint location.