Blue Bottle Coffee * website screenshot

Blue Bottle Coffee *

Blue Bottle Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer founded in 2002 in Oakland, California by James Freeman, known for freshly roasted single-origin beans, seasonal blends, cafes, and a direct-to-consumer subscription service that ships coffee within 48 hours of roasting. A majority stake was acquired by Nestle in 2017. The company operates cafes across the United States and Asia and sells whole-bean coffee, brewing equipment, and gift subscriptions through its e-commerce site. Surfaced as a portfolio company of gv, kindred-ventures and true-ventures; no public developer API program has been found. Sector: consumer.

Blue Bottle Coffee * is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Consumer, Coffee, Retail, and E-Commerce.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyConsumerCoffeeRetailE-CommerceFood and BeverageSubscriptionDirect to Consumer

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Blue Bottle Coffee Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: blue-bottle-coffee
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/blue-bottle-coffee.png
name: Blue Bottle Coffee *
description: 'Blue Bottle Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer founded in 2002 in Oakland, California by James
  Freeman, known for freshly roasted single-origin beans, seasonal blends, cafes, and a direct-to-consumer subscription service
  that ships coffee within 48 hours of roasting. A majority stake was acquired by Nestle in 2017. The company operates cafes
  across the United States and Asia and sells whole-bean coffee, brewing equipment, and gift subscriptions through its e-commerce
  site. Surfaced as a portfolio company of gv, kindred-ventures and true-ventures; no public developer API program has been
  found. Sector: consumer.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/blue-bottle-coffee/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- gv
- kindred-ventures
- true-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Consumer
- Coffee
- Retail
- E-Commerce
- Food and Beverage
- Subscription
- Direct to Consumer
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/blue-bottle-coffee-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bluebottlecoffee.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence