Happy New Year from Blue Bottle

As we bade farewell to 2015, we asked a few Blue Bottlers to send us a list of the music that’s helping them usher in the New Year.

We’re a few days into January, but the excitement of the new year is still palpable. Our cafes are abuzz with energy, our coffee buyer is planning faraway journeys to discover new farms, and our culinary team is gearing up for a bountiful season of savories and sweets to unveil across cafes.

To our loyal guests near and far (and coffee compatriots everywhere!), thank you for sharing this delicious journey with us. We can barely contain our gratitude, and as a sign of our best wishes to you in 2016, we're (joyously) offering complimentary shipping Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

It’s no surprise that our eclectic and creative team came up with a list that runs the gamut of musical styles and personalities—a little Philip Glass with your Nina Simone, anyone?

We hope you swagger, strut, hum, and skip your way into 2016. And we’re happy to get to do it alongside you.

Cheers!

Our Favorite Songs for 2016

• Ain’t Got No, I Got Life, Nina Simone –Jason Marmor, Manager, Mint Plaza
• All Night Long, Lionel Richie –Jen Flaxman, Learning & Development Specialist
• Brand New Sun, Jason Lytle –Arion Paylo, Director of Design & Development
• California Soul, Marlene Shaw –Alex Chan, Director of Finance & Strategy
• Left Alone, Mal Waldron –Bryan Meehan, Chairman of the Board
• Dancing in the Dark, Bruce Springsteen –Caitlin McGinn, Retail Initiatives Specialist
• Feeling Good, Nina Simone –Hedy Macferran, Director of Culinary
• From Gurrelieder, Part One: Orchestral Prelude, Arnold Schoenberg, Berliner Philharmonic –James Freeman, Founder & CEO
• Having a Party, Sam Cooke –Rose Hogan, Community Specialist
• Islands in the Stream, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton –Michael Phillips, Director of Training
• New Age, Blitz –Maddie Clark, Production Designer
• Strangers, The Kinks –Vera Kachouh, Senior Writer
• String Quartet #3 (Mishima), Phillip Glass, Kronos Quartet –Benjamin Brewer, Quality Control Manager
• This Must Be the Place, Talking Heads –Vanessa Gates Mowell, Retail Initiatives Manager
• Wild Imagination, Kurt Vile –Brett Garrett, Regional Director of Retail, Southern California