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Couldn't you just move right into those bubbles? 3 bedrooms, lots of light, water view, free coffee.
Jeff wrote as Vice President for Design & Communications through 2009.
Couldn't you just move right into those bubbles? 3 bedrooms, lots of light, water view, free coffee.
I recently read this characterization of the global coffee trade:

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.
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.
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.
In an intercontinental expression of solidarity, Hiroshi Sawada, winner of the 2008 Millrock Latte Art Championship at Coffee Fest Seattle, sent these Gimme Gear pics from Tokyo to Ithaca.
If something lame happens while you are using our web site, like you click a broken link or the server poops out, you'll probably see the Jolly Roger flying high. It seems to say, Something died here. Was it your patience? Your faith in us?

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!
Maybe you think of foofy drinks. Or you geek out like some latter day microscopist. Ooh, I know: you think of plug-n-play gadgets. But me, I think of Bartles & Jaymes. I was programmed in the '80s. My automatic response to the word "coolers" has everything to do with those old guys catching a fruity buzz, and nothing to do with... war.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.The Gimme blog is a collaboration that gives voice to people across our company. Opinions expressed by our authors are uncensored, and are not necessarily the opinions of Gimme! Coffee. If you need a company statement, or any other type of response, please contact us.
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