Barista
About the job
- Eligible to work in the United States and at least 18 years of age.
- Have an existing Food Handler’s Certification required for the state of employment, or obtain it within 30 days after hire.
- Have basic math and computer skills.
- Maintain a flexible schedule with availability for mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Stand and walk for long periods, including being on the feet for most of the day.
- Use hands to reach, grip, turn, and perform precision work.
- Squat, bend, twist, and reach for items below waist level or above shoulders as needed.
- Lift, push or pull, carry, and move up to 50 pounds.
- Climb ladders, stairs, ramps, and uneven floors or surfaces as needed.
- Smell and taste coffee and food to support quality control.
- Listen and speak with guests to take and fill orders and create guest experiences.
- Work in environments with elevated temperatures from food and beverage equipment and cooler temperatures in refrigerated spaces.
- Deliver hospitality to guests, teammates, vendors, and suppliers.
- Make and serve beverages using varied brewing and preparation methods.
- Prepare and serve food.
- Stay knowledgeable about current beverage and food offerings and preparation techniques through tastings, cuppings, and trainings.
- Taste beverages regularly to ensure quality, uphold standards, and develop palate.
- Create community in cafes by sharing coffee knowledge with guests and encouraging teammates to do the same.
- Perform cafe-operating tasks such as cleaning, clearing and washing dishes, sweeping, dusting, mopping, organizing condiment stations, and taking out trash.
- Support company-wide sustainability goals.
- Follow health, food safety, and safety guidelines.
- Promote a safe and respectful working environment.
- Complete Blue Bottle Academy training and 90-day validation after hire.
- Operate espresso machines, prepare pour-over coffee, and operate the register.
- Lift and move coffee beans, coffee kegs, milk crates, dishes, and trash bins as needed.
- Interest in pursuing a food and beverage career with a growing company.
- Passion for coffee, food, and inclusive hospitality experiences.
- Reliability, consistency, punctuality, and dependability.
- Ability to anticipate guests’ needs.
- Attention to detail and interest in developing coffee and food knowledge.
- Willingness to take on new experiences and a can-do attitude.
About the company
Blue Bottle Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer in the United States. It sells freshly roasted single-origin beans, cold brew, brewing equipment, and merchandise directly to customers through its website and physical stores, with a subscription option for regular deliveries. The company differentiates itself with a focus on single-origin beans, sustainable sourcing, and a direct-to-consumer model alongside its stores. Its goal is to offer high-quality, transparent-sourcing coffee and support customers in achieving consistent, enjoyable brewing at home or in cafés.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$135.7M
Headquarters
Oakland, California
Founded
2002
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What believers are saying
- Blue Bottle opened its first Virginia kiosk at Tysons Corner Center on August 13, 2026.
- June 16, 2026 Kyoto-Style Espresso deepens iced drink differentiation as cold orders grow.
- September 2026 union contract progress improves morale with 7% wage gains and scheduling protections.
What critics are saying
- Blue Bottle faces an open NLRB case filed June 25, 2026 in Oakland.
- Blue Bottle union members said a first contract followed years of bargaining and strikes.
- Centurium’s sub-$400 million purchase from Nestlé signals weak economics and exit pressure.
What makes Blue Bottle Coffee unique
- Blue Bottle’s Kyoto-Style Espresso launched June 16, 2026 across global cafes.
- Its 2026 Notes in Repose vinyl fuses coffee retail with cultural branding.
- Centurium bought Blue Bottle from Nestlé in 2026, preserving premium positioning.
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Benefits
Health, dental, and vision for eligible employees on day one
401(k)
Free drinks at any of our cafes and a complimentary bag of beans to take home each week
Discounts on any Blue Bottle food items and merchandise
Paid Time Off
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
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↑ 17%Blue Bottle's first jazz album is made for slow listening. Featuring artists including Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker and Angel Bat Dawid, Notes in Repose invites listeners to pause and settle in. Summary. Blue Bottle Coffee debuts Notes in Repose, its first limited-edition jazz vinyl. It features 10 contemporary tracks interspersed with ambient cafe recordings. Limited to 1,500 copies, the release celebrates the brand's Signature Blends. Blue Bottle Coffee has unveiled Notes in Repose, its first-ever compilation album celebrating the shared language of jazz, coffee and composition. Created in celebration of its Signature Blends, the limited-edition vinyl brings together 10 contemporary jazz compositions from artists spanning nine cities across Blue Bottle's North American and Asian cafe markets. The lineup includes Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Angel Bat Dawid and the Kyoto Jazz Sextet, with the individual tracks woven together by ambient recordings captured inside Blue Bottle cafes. Conceived as an invitation to slow down and listen with greater intention, the project draws a parallel between musical composition and coffee blending - bringing distinct elements together while preserving their individual character to create a more balanced whole. Jazz has influenced Blue Bottle's creative approach since its inception, rooted in founder James Freeman's background as a working clarinetist and inspired by the focused listening environments of Japanese jazz kissas. This deep-seated connection to music is already evident in the brand's bold, chocolatey Giant Steps blend, named after John Coltrane's iconic 1960 composition. Even the title Notes in Repose reflects that sensibility, framing the record as a moment of pause in which coffee, sound and physical album artwork become part of the same experience. Limited to 1,500 copies, Notes in Repose will be available beginning October 6 via Blue Bottle's website while supplies last, while Giant Steps remains available year-round online and at Blue Bottle cafes.
Two wrongfully terminated workers get $40,000 after city intervenes. Blue Bottle and Red Rooster forced to pay up. Adrian Tapia worked at Red Rooster Harlem, a soul food restaurant, for 15 years before the business wrongfully fired him in November 2025. Courtesy Adrian Tapia Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2026 11:13 am BY MAX WHITE for The Chief Ian O'Hara worked part-time as a barista at Blue Bottle Coffee for almost a year and a half before the company wrongfully terminated him in January, leaving O'Hara "immensely blindsided." It was just after the holiday season when he was fired, and his apartment's lease was ending in February. Working paycheck to paycheck, he had no cushion at all, calling it a "shocking beginning to the new year." In the lead-up to his termination, managers wrote up O'Hara for infractions that he'd never been in trouble for before, saying it felt like a "bizarro world." But O'Hara was in consistent contact with the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection prior to his firing, having learned about the agency when reading up on workers' rights in New York City. Blue Bottle eventually fired O'Hara for time and attendance issues, which he said he'd never been written up for until his termination. He contacted his investigator with DCWP the same day of his termination and O'Hara, the agency and Blue Bottle spent the next six months going back and forth on how Ian could get his job back. But the company didn't budge. When it became clear Blue Bottle wouldn't rehire O'Hara after months of negotiations, the company settled, paying O'Hara four and a half to five months of wages. His first move after the money got to his bank account was to donate 10 percent of his settlement to a union representing Blue Bottle workers in Boston and the Bay Area. DCWP's crucial intervention. O'Hara is one of two wrongfully terminated workers at different businesses who, in total, received $40,000 in compensation this summer following DCWP's intervention for lost pay and the destabilization of a sudden firing. In O'Hara's case, DCWP found that Blue Bottle terminated O'Hara in violation of the city's Fair Workweek Law for fast food workers. The cafe terminated him without "just cause or a bona fide economic reason," according to the agency, and unreasonably and inconsistently disciplined O'Hara. "No one should lose their job for asserting their right to a fair workplace or taking a sick day they're legally owed," a DCWP spokesperson told The Chief in an email. "New Yorkers who believe their rights have been violated should know that DCWP stands ready to investigate and enforce the law to vindicate their rights." O'Hara now works at a different, unionized cafe. His Blue Bottle location wasn't unionized. "I would still like to be working at Blue Bottle," O'Hara told The Chief. "I was wanting my job back because I wanted to return to work with the baristas that I did like working with." Blue Bottle Coffee told The Chief in an email that it followed its established progressive discipline process before firing O'Hara and disputed the subsequent complaint but "ultimately agreed to resolve the matter rather than continue through the administrative process." The company did not answer specific questions about whether it disciplined the managers who wrongfully terminated O'Hara and if it changed its policies to avoid future settlements, saying it does not "comment further on confidential personnel matters involving current or former team members." Red Rooster's refusal. Adrian Tapia worked at Red Rooster Harlem, a soul food restaurant, for 15 years before the business wrongfully fired him in November 2025. In the lead-up to the firing, Tapia wanted to use his sick leave to care for his wife, Elizabeth, who had recently undergone surgery, but Red Rooster refused, he said. Tapia told The Chief in Spanish that he was used to working long hours at the restaurant, but he couldn't work as long after he contracted skin cancer. His manager started treating him more harshly and he felt pressured to work longer. This culminated in the restaurant firing him rather than letting him use his sick leave to care for his wife. "I felt scared and many emotions because I had already been working there for 15 years," said Tapia, a father of three. But he contacted the DCWP, thanks to his wife's familiarity with the agency, and it secured a wrongful termination settlement for lost wages and worker relief. The agency found that his termination violated the city's Protected Time Off law in refusing his request for sick leave. Red Rooster did not respond to a request for comment from The Chief about Tapia's firing. For O'Hara, DCWP's intervention made an immense difference. "I'll be able to pay rent and afford groceries finally," he said. Other items that may interest you
Violent crime drops, public Transit upgrades, plus more NJ news you missed. Labor Day has come and gone, and while The Local Girl is not sure whether it's summer or fall, The Local Girl do have some interesting headlines for you from throughout the Garden State. From new O'Bagel and Saigon Bistro locations to Hoboken's first restaurant week and a nude cyclist evading police in Readington, here's a roundup of the New Jersey news you might have missed this week. PS: Every week, The Local Girl round up the top news stories of the week from both its site and aggregate across the web from various sources because there's SO much happening. You can read more at the links below, and always feel free to submit any news tips to [email protected] or via DM @thenewjerseygirl_ on IG. Its email newsletter also shares more of its top stories on a twice-weekly basis, which you can sign up for here. - Communities throughout New Jersey are holding ceremonies, vigils, memorial services, blood drives, and other events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks (The New Jersey Girl). - The Local Girl team created an unofficial New Jersey holiday calendar celebrating some of the Garden State's most distinctly Jersey foods, traditions, places, and cultural moments throughout the year (The Hoboken Girl). - Paper Mill Playhouse received a $150,000 Disney grant to bring free musical theater residencies to four eligible Essex County public elementary schools (The Montclair Girl). - New Jersey will receive at least $525 million and potentially more than $752 million from a multistate settlement with Meta (The New Jersey Girl). - Hoboken has adopted a new waterfront sound ordinance requiring permits for outdoor amplified sound in the I-1W district north of 14th Street (The Hoboken Girl). - The Hoboken Business Alliance is launching the city's first-ever Hoboken Restaurant Week from November 9th through November 22nd (The Hoboken Girl). - Montclair State University opened a nearly 2,500-square-foot virtual reality facility that will bring immersive technology into student coursework (The Montclair Girl). - Stan's Sports Center, a longtime Hoboken sporting goods store that first opened in 1946, is closing its Washington Street storefront after 80 years in business (The Hoboken Girl). - Blue Bottle Coffee opened its first New Jersey location at Garden State Plaza in Paramus on September 9th (The Bergen County Girl). - Police in Readington Township are asking the public to help identify a man who has reportedly been spotted riding an e-bike nude along local trails for years (New York Post). - More than 1,100 people have signed a petition opposing a proposed warehouse development in a residential Essex County neighborhood (NJ.com). - Violent crime in New Jersey dropped nearly 12% in 2025 and is about 70% below its 1990 peak, while Montclair recorded 32 violent crimes and saw its local violent crime rate fall more than 40% year over year (Montclair Patch). - Westfield Public Schools is investigating a districtwide network outage that was potentially caused by a ransomware attack, disrupting the first day of school (Union County Life). - A New Jersey gun range owner helped restrain an unruly American Airlines passenger accused of attacking fellow passengers on a Dallas-to-Newark flight (New York Post). - O'Bagel is opening its Parsippany location on September 12th at 9:30AM, and the first 100 customers get free food and prizes (Instagram). - The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is proposing a nearly six-mile Garden State Parkway expansion in Ocean County (Jersey Shore Online). - NJ Students are headed back to school without their phones, as a new New Jersey law requiring public school districts to restrict students' cellphone and other personal-device use throughout the school day took effect this school year (The Philadelphia Inquirer). - NJ Transit has upgraded real-time bus tracking technology and introduced free onboard Wi-Fi on more than 1,500 buses, with the improvements expected to reach nearly 2,000 buses by the end of 2026 (NJ TRANSIT). - Clementon Park + Splash World has permanently closed after the South Jersey amusement and water park announced that September 9th would be its final day of operation (Disney Fanatic). - Passaic's annual Mexican Independence Day Parade has been postponed indefinitely, with organizers citing concerns about recent ICE arrests and fears over the safety of community members attending the event (CBS News New York). - Rutgers men's basketball head coach Steve Pikiell announced that he is undergoing cancer treatment following successful surgery and plans to remain involved with the team as much as possible during the season (Rutgers Athletics). Have a news tip or story? Email The Local Girl at [email protected].
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Blue Bottle Coffee Tysons: quick facts. Virginia status First café in the state Shopping center Tysons Corner Center Mall placement Kiosk on Level 1 Status Open Opened August 13, 2026 Exact location Fashion Court near Gap When did Blue Bottle Coffee open in Tysons? Blue Bottle opened the kiosk at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 13. Local reporting and the café's updated listing replaced the earlier coming-soon information after the doors opened. Opening-day detail The first 150 customers received complimentary giveaways. The giveaway was tied to the August 13 opening and should not be treated as an ongoing promotion. The kiosk is in Fashion Court on Level 1 near Gap. Blue Bottle lists the address as 1961 Chain Bridge Road, Suite KSK36L, Tysons Corner, Virginia 22102. The compact location does not have dedicated café seating. Shoppers can use the common tables and chairs in Fashion Court. Tysons Corner Center also connects to the Tysons Corner Metro station on the Silver Line and provides mall parking. What is Blue Bottle Coffee known for? The Tysons kiosk serves hot and iced espresso drinks, New Orleans-style iced coffee, craft matcha and a Kyoto-style vanilla bean shakerato. Customers can order at the kiosk or place an online pickup order. Blue Bottle already operates four cafés in Washington, DC, including locations in Georgetown, Midtown Center and Union Station. Tysons is the brand's first retail café in Virginia. The posted opening schedule lists 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the kiosk closed Wednesday. Sunday hours are listed as 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Wednesday closure is unusual for a mall coffee kiosk, so check Blue Bottle's live café page or Google Business listing before making a dedicated trip. Individual mall tenant hours can change. Frequently asked questions about Blue Bottle Coffee at Tysons Corner Center. Is Blue Bottle Coffee open at Tysons Corner Center? Yes. Blue Bottle opened its Tysons Corner Center kiosk on August 13, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. Is Blue Bottle Tysons the brand's first Virginia café? Where is Blue Bottle inside Tysons Corner Center? What are the Blue Bottle Tysons hours? What does Blue Bottle Tysons serve? Can I take Metro to Blue Bottle Tysons? AI-generated editorial concept of the Blue Bottle Coffee kiosk at Tysons Corner Center; it is not an on-site photograph. Based on 16 reviews Taibatu Obasi 2 weeks ago Alex Hussein was outstanding throughout its relocation to Northern Virginia. Moving from an overseas assignment is stressful, but Alex made the entire process much easier. He went above and beyond by picking DC Spot up, driving DC Spot to every home showing, and even helping DC Spot visit local schools so DC Spot could make informed decisions for its family. 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Truly showed DC Spot great options for purchasing a new home- He's super honest, and I've worked with him several times now! Rayyan Baniissa 2 months ago Best agent out there he helped me a lot with places to live and best areas 2 months ago It was great working with Alex and team!!! Thanks for coming out to learn more about the business and helping DC Spot become more visible. Get DC Spot's weekly roundup. New openings, event news and weekend ideas from around DC, Maryland and Virginia. New openings Weekend events Worth-the-drive finds Free weekly email DC Spot in your inbox. One email each week from DC Spot. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. Draft corrected August 13, 2026 after Blue Bottle opened its Tysons Corner Center kiosk. Opening details, location and posted hours were checked against current Blue Bottle and local reporting. Hours can change, so verify the live listing before making a dedicated trip.