Blue Bottle’s new drinks are taking the espresso machine out of iced espresso

Blue Bottle Coffee, the coffee chain, has long been known for its cold drinks—particularly its New Orleans-style iced coffee cold brewed with chicory root. But while cold brewing in this traditional way has more or less been perfected, the need to pull hot shots of espresso has remained a damper on iced lattes everywhere.  Now, though, Blue Bottle’s CEO, Karl Strovink, tells Fast Company, “We’ve cracked the code on cold espresso.” The chain—owned by Beijing-based Centurium Capital, majority shareholder in Luckin Coffee—is rolling out its Kyoto-style espresso. This cold-extracted espresso wi...