Gimme a Cuppa...Decaf?
If you've stopped by any Gimme! Coffee location you may recognize the big Bunn brewers pictured above. If you're a regular you may have tried to order a cup of decaf at some time. It's ok, we all drink it; sometimes you need that cup of love, hold the buz. I hope you weren't too shocked to learn that "we don't brew decaf." These bad boys above are good at what they do; brewing a lot of coffee, fast, and doing it relatively well. It's a fine system for brewing a lot of coffee if you are able to sell the coffee when it's hot and fresh. It may not surprise you to learn that here at gimme we serve significantly less cups of decaf coffee than caffeinated. So, rather then brewing a big pot of decaf in the morning and letting it sit until it is sold, we take a slightly different approach.
We only serve decaf espresso based drinks! This way your decaf is made with fresh ground coffee, brewed right when you order it by one of our lovely baristas, and served piping hot. This week in the upstate lab all the baristas have been polishing up their decaf shot skills. We've got it down! We're pulling our decaf shots with a slower extraction rate than our normal Leftist flow, getting low volume shots ending in the 30-40 second range. The decaf we pull is a Colombian blend, and we are able to coax out some buttery sweet notes, resulting in a fairly balanced shot. Now that it's getting colder a small decaf americano is a perfect pick-me-up to get through these long evenings.
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Sunnie Moore Oct 19, 2009 – 1:28 PM
Thank you for still making an effort to serve a hot cuppa decaf. Not all of use can drink regular coffee, but would still like an option.
Sunnie Moore Oct 19, 2009 – 1:29 PM
Thank you for still making an effort to serve a hot cuppa decaf. Not all of use can drink regular coffee, but would still like an option.