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At 6am on a rainy Saturday morning, the 18 members of Team Gimme (along with their motorcycle safety gang and their canine fan club) were already up and running.
I learned how to make espresso on a Gimme La Marzocco Linea. Unlike any other espresso machine I've used before or since, it had a custom temperature regulator, designed and built by Tomas Reyer and Andy Schecter. The device is called a PID ("Proportional, Integral, Derivative") controller. It's basically a thermostat -- albeit, a thermostat with advanced fuzzy
logic and a Back to the Future display panel. And it works! I still
have vivid memories of the bittersweet chocolate shots it pulled.
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The Cenaproc Cooperative grows coffee at about 6,000 feet up in the Andes, surrounded by the Yungas cloud forest. When they sent us their newest harvest of Bolivia Fair Trade Organic, they also sent this great picture of the clouds hanging right over the forest canopy.
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Ratibor Hartmann Jr., the farm manager at Finca Hartmann, has helped to develop the farm's unique approach to coffee.
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This is what it looks like at State Street right now. The buzz at the counter is that we're getting 10-16 inches of snow today.
Illustrator Christoph Niemann just posted some love notes to coffee at his NY Times blog, all rendered in brew-on-napkin. I especially like his story about trying coffee-flavored ice cream for the first time -- it reminded me of the first bitter sip I snuck from my dad's coffee cup.
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Sigri Plantation is located in the Papua New Guinea highlands. Growing conditions here are well-suited for coffee: about 5200 feet above sea level, with a cool climate and plenty of rainfall.
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Daterra Estate's commitment to quality and sustainability has made it one of the best-known farms in Brazil.
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Mill owner, Epiphanie, shows the Gold Cup that the cooperative won in Rwanda's national coffee competition.
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Fresh-picked beans dry on raised beds at Mesa de los Santos in central Colombia.
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Several different lots of coffee beans dry in the sun at the Malinal cooperative in Narayit, Mexico.
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The traditional grip. (Note: All mugs are printed with the Gimme logo. This picture is of the sculptor himself in studio.)
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Dozens of small wineries surround Cayuga Lake. When you're on the east side of the trail, stop at Gimme 34B. On the west side, visit our Trumansburg espresso bar.
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Evans' Farmhouse Creamery in Norwich, NY, supplies us with local organic milk. It's a traditional family farm, with nice shiny cans.
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Maria Elena Camacho and family, at home on “La Unión” farm near San Rafael, Costa Rica.
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The best Kenyan coffees balance bright acidity with fruity sweetness. Careful processing preserves these flavors.
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The trailer was installed at Cornell for the three-year renovation of Mann Library. The library will serve Gimme! Coffee after the trailer moves on.
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In the old-growth forests of Elk Hill Estate, wild elephants sometimes stop in for a visit.
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Gimme barista Colleen Carey took her signature "shiny happy face" all the way to a bronze.
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Black Gold is a "vivid and galvanizing" documentary (Time Out New York) that explores the international coffee trade and its effect on Ethiopian farmers.
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Cup of Excellence winner El Bergel, a brilliant harvest from the small farm of Colombian Alvaro Cruz.
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