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Have you seen our new Roebling Street cafe yet? We're really excited about it, so we're handing out free drink cards with every purchase this week. Stop in before Sunday to pick up a drink -- and one for the road!
This Fourth of July weekend we will be offering affogatos at our State Street location. What better way to celebrate America's independence than by eating ice cream! We had such a great time serving affogatos at Cayuga Street for the Ithaca Parade that we have decided to offer them again. For those of you who missed out during the parade, an affogato is a scoop of ice cream (Purity vanilla in this case) topped by an espresso shot, it is a delicious combination. We will start serving affogatos Saturday morning and continue until we run out of ice cream. If you aren't still in a sugar coma from the cupcake giveaway the night before, come have one for breakfast! We hope to keep serving these through the holiday weekend, but if it's hot out they are going to go fast, so get over here! We will also be able to make little sundaes for the kids, so bring your whole family. 
La Primavera is the new name of our new crop decaf from Colombia and the DESCAFECOL plant in Manizales, Colombia. If you've been enjoying the La Serrania Decaf for the past year, then you can expect to be just as satisfied by the Colombia La Primavera Decaf, which is very similar in flavor profile to La Serrania. In fact, almost everything about the Colombia La Primavera Decaf is the same as La Serrania, except for the raw green coffee. This means that we went through the same sourcing and approval process, using stringent grading protocols, and the coffee went through the same decaffeination process. The green coffee that we approved was sweet and clean, and carefully selected to undergo decaffeination at the DESCAFECOL plant. If you aren't familiar with the process, here's how it works...
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Omar Arango has been growing and milling coffee for years at his small farm, Finca San Luis.
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It’s 2:00 pm on a Wednesday afternoon in lower Manhattan, and Erin K. is getting ready for his closing shift. His first task is to “dial in”, which means adjusting the grind particle size so that his shots have the correct visual parameters, and of course, taste awesome.
That's right! Enjoy a freshly brewed cup of coffee when you buy a pound of any coffee that is currently featured on our in store pour-over menu, free! Here's the deal:
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What is "mouthfeel", and why is it so important? Mouthfeel is a term used to discuss the physical and chemical interaction of a food or liquid with the mouth. What makes mouthfeel important is how dramatically it can cause a person to react to a food or drink, despite the taste. To explore this concept and how it relates to being a Barista, we put ourselves to the test!
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Hello All! This last week in our NYC Lab, we took one coffee and brewed it using several different methods. Our goal in this experiment was a) get to know this coffee in a few different ways, and b) to explore the differences/similarities between different brewing methods.
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For me, November came and went, as pumpkin pie making season. In one short month I went from making my first pumpkin pie, to my seventeenth! Lucky for me, there was an absolutely spectacular coffee in my cup to keep me fueled! Finca Trinidad! from Guatemala!
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As autumn nears it's end and mitten season just around the corner, I often seek warmth in a delicious hot beverage from the espresso bar.
Look at this hot little number.
September's secret password is Amaro. However, we will also accept: "WOW! It's like blueberry donuts" and "Yum Yum Yum". 
This week in the lab we are deconstructing our leftist blend by pulling single origin shots of its components. The spectrum of flavors in the coffees pulled by themselves as shots was amazing. Boy did we find some gems! The Kenya Gatomboya was by far the favorite!
In celebration and in anticipation of our new Kenyan and Ethiopian coffees a few of us here at Gimme got together and cupped coffee, just African coffees!
Two East African coffees, and two Centrals. We've been working since February to bring in these
coffees, which means the producers have been working for many months prior to
that. The process can be cumbersome, but the effort can yield unimagined results. This month's arrivals are proof that coffee is personal, coffee is political, and best of all, coffee tastes darn good.
There have been many shops in Phoebe Aceto's life: there were the Gimme Coffee shops (in Trumansburg and on Cayuga Street) where she worked for 5 years as a barista and a trainer. There's also the tattoo shop, Model Citizen, where she can be found "bringing the pain" while apprenticing with owner, James Spiers. Then there's her mom's kitchen shop for her catering business, in downtown Trumansburg, where Phoebe grew up; there's also her dad's instrument shop. In any event, the question, "Where's Phoebe?" can often be answered in two simple words: "The Shop." Now open at 312 East Seneca Street, just up from the Commons, this new coffee shop venture certainly is aptly named.
We'll be getting these lovelies in about 4-6 weeks. But of course they won't be blank. Picture a red Gimme! Coffee logo on both sides, full of our freshly brewed Las Animas micro-harvest.
Mid summer marks the arrivals of new crop coffees from Central and South America and Africa. If you don't see your favorite coffees on our offering sheet this month, keep in mind that there are plenty more on their way to the Gimme Roastery - like the Costa Rica Las Lajas organic, Ethiopia Amaro and Honduras Linda Vista Cup of Excellence lot! But that's getting ahead of the game... this month we're releasing two new Colombian coffees, and giving a little extra attention to some old favorites.
Outside the Scuola di Espresso, the smell of freshly finished and brick-oven browning baguettes mingles with the smokey, golden morning. A vineyard across the flinty valley is rusty-green. And I am wondering if I can expose my personal confusion about: WHAT IN THE H. . . IS pH, by quizzing il Professore. He is not a morning type guy, ya know, but I stumble onward. 
. . . and at the Scuola di, he is turning from the E 61, shot in hand: "You have an example of another variation, which will point out yet another surprising twist of blending. Remember the epiphany of Gimme's French Roast and an addition of Rwanda Bufcafe Epiphanie, a marvel of balance, depth, strength, and character. But, first, try this", says il Professore, as I stand in the sun-bathed lab of the Scuola. Lake Cuomo, out of the window, today is azure blue, calm, the temp outside is beehive warm, the air is dripping with volatiles--almond blossoms. I'm ready for anything. . . . 
Maybe you've decided to take our advice. You're standing in your kitchen with a bag of sweet Hartmann Honey. Maybe you read Jeremy's (RIP) awesome post about grinding and decided to go ahead and purchase a modest burr grinder for home. You've chosen Moka Pot as your method of extraction, and have the grind size and dose exacted to your taste preference. But what about your water?
... there is so much going on behind the scenes!
Welcome the Gimme Pint! This 16oz pint will be available for sale in stores beginning June 8. All for-here iced and blended beverages will also be served in these glasses to reduce waste.
... 1H-purine-2,6-dione, 3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1,3,7 trimethylxanthine [58-08-2], wasn't it? 
"What it was", says il Professore at Scuola di Espresso, "is the idea that you ought to change the way, the profile, at which you are roasting, depending on what? What idea to pursue, say? Look at Williem Boot's 'Ready to Roast' in September, October issue of 'Roast Magazine', a roast set for hard, for soft, for large." Photos
Colleen Anunu (Roasting Department Manager), Janet Murray (Purchasing Manager), Anne-Marie Robles (Director of Wholesale) and myself (QC Guy) decided to drive down to Atlanta for the annual SCAA trade show. Yeah, real smart guys, 15 hours in a 2001 Hyundai Elantra, with people you work with every single day. DEDICATION folks, DEDICATION.
The summer menu rolled out today at all of our retail locations. Stop by for a cold brewed cup of iced coffee, some blended espresso fanciness, or your favorite drink over ice.
It's no small feat, this brew. From farm to ship to roastery to your kitchen counter, there are many variables at work which can make or break it. Does the prospect of controlling all variables overwhelm you? Does this photo overwhelm you? We're here to help. 
Escape your cubicle! Run away from your boss! Wheeee! Don't these 1970s pictures from the Hartmann family make you want to seek challenge and adventure? Okay, so creating a coffee finca isn't merely a jaunt in a jeep, but some days the thought of living closer to the land and being self-sufficient has its appeal. We received the snapshots with our shipment of the delicious Panama Hartmann Honey. I think that might be Ratibor Jr. in the back with a snack.
Yesterday we unveiled the new labels for our coffees! All of
the coffee labels have been updated with accurate data, and we have
tweaked the label design to represent that new data. We've worked in-house to develop a solution to provide specific information about our unique coffees. It's been a long time coming! 
Enjoy free shipping on orders over $20 in April. No coupon necessary! Just choose the Free Shipping option at checkout. Good on all orders over $20. UPS Ground. Contiguous USA only. Expires April 30, 2009 -- so go shopping!
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Panama Hartmann Honey beans ship in space-age mylar. The opaque, air-tight, puncture-resistant bags lock in freshness and repel the stray odors of neighboring freight.
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It's easy to forget that the beverage, grounds and beans that we sling and drink every day come from an agricultural commodity like any other. Well, not exactly like any other - it does hold the distinction of being the second-most traded commodity after oil.
Gimme customers and staff were treated recently to a meet-and-greet with Alejandro Cadena and Giancarlo Ghiretti, founders of the Las Mingas Relationship Coffee Project, who work directly with the farmers that produce our beautiful Las Mingas beans. Our special guests from Bogotá lectured one night in Ithaca, and the very next night in New York City. That NYC lecture hadn't been scheduled until Jenni, our Manhattan manager, asked Giancarlo and Alejandro if they could do a repeat talk the next night before leaving the States. Very gracious of them to oblige.
Brazil is a beautiful country with beautiful people, beautiful food and most importantly: beautiful coffees. We are very happy to bring two new offerings on board from the number one coffee producer in the world, and some of the finest people on earth.
Update: Our newest decaf, Colombia La Serrania, is decaffeinated using a different solvent derived from sugar cane molasses. 
Don't let the end of winter get you down. Lift that shroud of cold and gray with a fresh spot of Rwanda! 
Last night before a crowd of 50 people at our State Street cafe, Gimme Roasting Manager Colleen Anunu gave an introduction to our work with the Las Mingas Relationship Coffee Project. In the audience were Las Mingas founders, Alejandro Cadena and Giancarlo Ghiretti, as well as staff and customers. Gimme Manhattan manager Jenni Bryant and colleagues came all the way from New York City. It was great to rally so many people around a common interest. Photos
Colleen and I went to Geneva, NY to pay a visit to the Food Research Lab for Cornell University. She was giving a talk about our involvement with the Las Mingas project. We will be giving our own presentation this coming weekend, check it out!
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.
Cafe Life New York is almost out of stock - get one of our last copies today!
While you're here, pick up the perfect ceramic cup for sipping one of our newest crops, Colombia Las Mingas.
For many coffee roasting companies, there is a need to have a variety of roast levels and a variety of coffees from different coffee growing regions. The regions are Latin America, Indonesia and Africa (the major ones anyway, I am NOT touching the Jamaica Blue Mountain one). The photograph above demonstrates Java at two different roast levels. Our pursuit of perfection is endless, and our obsession with coffee profiling is somewhat, well, obsessive.
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Ratibor Hartmann Jr., the farm manager at Finca Hartmann, has helped to develop the farm's unique approach to coffee.
It's a veritable bargain buying bonanza! All you have to do is:
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The Las Mingas Program is one of the most responsible and direct source models available to specialty coffee roasters throughout the world. Still, it only represents 0.025% of Colombia's annual coffee production.
Chris and Kathy Beatty have been coffee hardcore aficionados for years.
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I spent my holidays in south Florida, where the coffee pickings were slim - it was a good thing I brought a French Press and some Deep Disco. I was awake enough to fill my Florida tourist days visiting rescued manatees Hugh and Buffett at the Mote Aquarium
(this place is rad) and biking around the beach in shorts. Shorts. It
was like an alternate universe where the sun sets at 5pm in the
summertime. 
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The Chemex is a simple pourover brewing device that uses heavy, unbleached filter paper to slow the brewing process and prolong the exposure of the ground coffee to water.
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The Moka Pot has been brewing coffee on household stovetops for over 70 years. Using steam pressure, it yields a strong brew with a heavy body, similar to press pot extraction. It even produces a small amount of crema.
The David Pier Lux-Delux Mug and Saucer has a smaller 8oz sibling (right). David sent us two last week and I couldn't resist a photo shoot of the two together.
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If you go on over to the Costa Rica La Union page and check out the bag label, you'll read the descriptors snap peas, jasmine and alfalfa flowers. During recent cuppings, I've also perceived cocoa, fresh earth and peaches.
Bum-Pa-Dum! Sound of trumpets. The first wave of Coffee Gift Boxes is on the move. If someone ordered a box for you this past weekend, one of these puppies is yours. And it's already on the way. If you're certain that nobody ordered a box for you... get one yourself!
What's in the box? This stylish, reusable gift box is filled with 3 pounds of coffee goodness. Select from 3 Coffee Gift Boxes - Organics, Blends and Limited Edition.
Announcing the addition of the Gimme Hat to our family! This embroidered black Thermax performance hat is perfect for keeping your noggin warm and dry. This guy will be available for sale in stores and online very soon!
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I am the official Gimme! cupping spoon. I am instrumental in the daily decisions that are made at the Gimme! roasting headquarters. Let me take you through my typical routine. I like to wake nice and early.
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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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This holiday season, you'll be able to spread the cheer with Gimme! Coffee ceramics! No one will say, "you shouldn't have."These hand-crafted Italian ceramic demis, cappuccino and latte cups are printed with our logo on both sides and the saucer has an ! in the center.
Available for sale in stores and online in December!
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Once again we've indulged our penchant for rejuvenating vintage equipment. We were lucky to find this demure, 30-year-old beauty in decent shape. Now, tuned and tested, it is ready for title transfer and an opportunity to shine.
The families at La Union wrote to say, "Gracias!" and included a colorful enamel cup too. I thought I'd share this hand written note on behalf of the Vindas-Camacho family. They're keeping it real.
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Daterra Estate's commitment to quality and sustainability has made it one of the best-known farms in Brazil.
We got a call from "Saveur" this summer. They said, send us some beans. What kind, I asked. Something good for breakfast, they said. With nothing else to go on, I queried our coffee strategists. They debated quickly and chose a half-dozen bags to send. Weeks later, we got word that the editors loved our Sumatra Iskandar. 
Here's a rare look into the coffee mind of John Gant, Master Roaster at Gimme! Coffee. John's signature style of working with coffee -- roasting, tasting, tweaking, and communicating the nuances -- goes on full display in this cupping report that he penned about our Rwanda Bourbon Bufcafe. It's a joy to read John's expressive, exuberant prose. Photos
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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Maria Elena Camacho and family, at home on “La Unión” farm near San Rafael, Costa Rica.
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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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Cup of Excellence winner El Bergel, a brilliant harvest from the small farm of Colombian Alvaro Cruz.
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There's precious content inside, but can “Barista Manual 1.0” take the punishment of fieldwork? Before getting our stamp of approval, the “Manual” got a whoopin' in our espresso lab. Here, a 30-second blast from the steamwand.
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