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Topic: Gimme in the Press
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Our cup runneth over! In the Annual Best of Manhattan and Beyond Edition in this week's New York Press, we were bestowed their award for Best Baristas. Specifically, they mention the good people over at Lorimer Street:
"You need to know that your barista might hate you."
Now, wait a minute... We are lovers not haters. Like a typical family, we may think about pulling your hair or grabbing your toys from time to time, but deep down it's 99.9% love.
"Pulling espresso shots can be a thankless job that requires all the nuance and skill of being a bartender, but with less gratitude, leaving most baristas in a state of general saltiness. As you sit a few feet away from them, working on your screenplay, they are banging their scoops and making little spades atop your latte, waiting to get home and work with Pro Tools until sunrise. This is what makes the baristas at Gimme! so un-objectionable. In fact, between Marta the bike punk girl, Alex the band kid, Joe the long-haired California dude, Mike the DJ and Elia, the guy who's good with computers and holds the place together, the baristas at Gimme! aren't just un-objectionable, but welcoming, which wouldn't be as big a deal if they weren't also making the best espresso drinks in the borough."
While it feels great to hear we're the best, what's most important to us is that we get better and better over time. If you happen to disagree, or if you care to offer some suggestions on how to improve, please submit feedback online so we have a clue.
Best baristas are a reflection of interesting, enthusiastic customers. Thank you for your patronage.
Interview with the Master Roaster
edible Finger Lakes caught up with Master Roaster John Gant, who recently retired after almost 10 years as Gimme's master roaster.
Fueled by Gimme, Rome Was Built in One Day
Last week, The New Museum in Manhattan kicked off it's signature triennial, "The Generational," with a performance work by Los Angeles-based artist Liz Glynn and her army of volunteers. Objective: Build Rome (then destroy it) in one day. Materials: Performance-enhancing espresso beverages and salvaged construction stuff. Volunteers drank free at our Mott Street cafe just 2 blocks away.
See the World in Your Cup... Next Week!
Just got our invitation to Coffee: The World in Your Cup at the University of Washington's Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. We can't make it out to Seattle next weekend, but the exhibit will be on display January 24 - June 7, 2009. If you want to deepen your understanding of coffee, and you're in town, don't miss it.
A New Traveling Exhibit on Coffee
If you haven't browsed Mimi Wysong's splendid photos from Mesa de los Santos, Colombia, here are the photo gallery and travel report. Mimi has a naturalist's eye to match her knack with a camera. She also manages our Cayuga Street espresso bar — the original Gimme location and a perennial favorite of Ithacans.
'The New York Times' Has Good Coffee on the Brain
The increasing availability of better coffee is once again the subject of an article in the Times. The frequency of their recent attention to coffee leaves me hopeful but I was taken by today's curious subhead: "Beyond Starbucks: Coffee Shops
Overflow but Will Connoisseurs Pay the Price?" Do I detect a double entendre?
'The New York Times' Touts Our Favorite Russian Import
How often is it that a barista gets a full-page interview in "The New York Times"? Aleks Shineleva got hers in the cool new column Entry Level that profiles people in early stages of their work lives. Aleks is the manager-in-training at our Brooklyn espresso bar.
New York Boss Moonlights as 'Barista Magazine' Cover Guy
Mike White, our NYC Regional Manager and a true Gimme veteran, appears in the current issue of "Barista Magazine." Mike's story with Gimme began at our first location and spans 8 years, 5 cafes, and 3 cities.
Just Me and The Beans: Flamekeeper Featured in 'Roast Magazine'
Colleen Anunu of Gimme! Coffee explained her love of roasting in a recent tell-all exposé: "It's a pretty positive head space to be in, just me and the beans. Beans don't write comment cards, I like to hang with them." 'Saveur' Magazine: Gimme Sumatra is Deeply Flavorful, Best in Class
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. Today in History: Espresso's New Wave Hits 'The New York Times,' 2006
Two intense years have passed since Peter Meehan reported on the arrival of specialty coffee in New York City -- a few decades after the niche industry got its start on the West Coast. Gimme and our peers have been hammering away at "new wave" practices, with special attention to barista craft, artisan roasting, sustainability, and working closer with farmers.
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