OAKLAND, Calif. – September 29, 2026 — Blue Bottle Espresso at this time introduced the launch of Notes in Repose, its first-ever compilation album, created in celebration of the model’s Signature Blends. The limited-edition vinyl brings collectively 10 modern jazz compositions from artists representing 9 cities throughout Blue Bottle’s cafe markets in North America and Asia, together with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Angel Bat Dawid and the Kyoto Jazz Sextet. Woven along with ambient recordings captured in Blue Bottle cafes, the album invitations listeners to decelerate, brew a cup of espresso and provides the music their undivided consideration.
Born from Blue Bottle’s ongoing exploration of taste, its Signature Blends have develop into a few of the model’s most iconic coffees. For Blue Bottle, mixing is an act of considerate composition: bringing distinct coffees from completely different origins collectively to create stability, concord and complexity. Big Steps, a daring and chocolatey Signature Mix named after John Coltrane’s landmark 1960 composition, embodies this connection between espresso and music. Collectively,
Big Steps and Notes in Repose have fun the creative spirit shared by espresso mixing and musical composition.
“There’s a inventive pressure in each jazz and mixing espresso: you’re bringing distinct components collectively, preserving what makes every one attention-grabbing whereas creating one thing completely new,” stated Simone Hodges, Chief Model Officer. “We created Notes in Repose to have fun that shared strategy to composition, and vinyl felt just like the pure medium. There’s one thing visceral about placing on a file—the sound, the physicality, the paintings all develop into a part of the way you expertise the music.”
Jazz has been a part of Blue Bottle’s story from the start. Founder James Freeman was a working clarinetist earlier than opening the primary Blue Bottle cafe, and his appreciation for the music helped form the corporate’s inventive strategy to espresso. That connection deepened by the affect of Japanese jazz kissas, the place espresso and music come collectively in an atmosphere designed for targeted listening. Impressed by that custom, Notes in Repose takes its title from the sense of pause the album is meant to create—an invite to decelerate, settle in and let each the espresso and the music unfold.
Only one,500 copies of Notes in Repose might be produced and might be out there starting October 6 at bluebottlecoffee.com whereas provides final. Big Steps, a part of Blue Bottle’s Signature Mix assortment, is offered year-round on-line and in Blue Bottle cafes.
About Blue Bottle Espresso
Blue Bottle Espresso was based by James Freeman in Oakland, California, in 2002 with a easy but revolutionary thought: to serve scrumptious espresso, roasted recent and brewed to order, sourced from the best espresso farms. In the present day, Blue Bottle is a worldwide community of cafes within the US and Asia.
We’re the chief in specialty espresso, pushed by our obsession for high quality and our dedication to environmental well being. Our perception is straightforward and our purpose unchanged: to attach the world to scrumptious espresso, as a result of scrumptious espresso makes life extra lovely. Comply with Blue Bottle on Fb, Instagram, and Twitter, or go to bluebottlecoffee.com for extra data.
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