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xBloom Marks Five Years With the Studio in Offline Blue

xBloom logoxBloom is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a new look for the Studio, introducing Offline Blue as a special colorway for the September 10–30 campaign. Inspired by digital screens, creative spaces, and the optimistic visual language of the early internet, the new finish gives the all-in-one coffee machine a softer, more expressive character while leaving its core brewing system unchanged.

The xBloom Studio combines a precision pour-over brewer, 48mm conical-burr grinder, high-precision scale, tea brewer, and hot-water dispenser in one compact machine. Its grinder offers 80 settings, while three brewing modes, Autopilot, Copilot, and Freesolo, range from one-touch convenience to full manual control over grind size, water temperature, ratios, and pour patterns.

Offline Blue becomes the visual centerpiece of the anniversary release, but the campaign also includes a limited 5th Anniversary Gift Box valued at $110+ with Studio purchases through September 30. Inside are an xBloom x CCC Sensory Cup, Rainbow Blend coffee from Last Mile, premium paper filters, and a $20 credit for more coffee or tea. The Gift Box ships separately beginning in late September.

Five years in, the Studio remains xBloom’s most complete expression of its approach to specialty coffee: fresh grinding, controlled pour-over brewing, and repeatable recipes without requiring a countertop full of separate gear. Offline Blue does not reinvent that formula, but it gives the machine a distinctive anniversary treatment while the accompanying Gift Box makes the September release feel more like a proper milestone.


Our thanks to xBloom for sponsoring the site this week. The post was written by the BTS team and not influenced in any way.





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