Las Mingas Pour Over Month
You may have noticed our pour over menu for the month is all Colombian coffee. Specifically, Colombian coffee purchased through the Las Mingas Program. Las Mingas is a quality based program for sourcing coffee created by Virmax, a Colombian specialty coffee exporter. The Las Mingas program connects specialty roasters like gimme with a multitude of high quality samples that we are able to blend into regional offerings. The samples are from farms as small as two hectares, a size too small for Gimme to purchase, market and sell. Through the Las Mingas program we are able to create specific macro lots, from several small farms, that represent a specific flavor profile of a region. This is the third year that Gimme has participated in the Las Mingas Program and the coffee keeps getting better. We have two Las Mingas macro lots on our shelves and offered as pour over this month. The lot from Cauca, a department in Colombia right on the pacific coast, is very floral and full of light sweet citrus notes. The lot from Huila, directly east of Cauca but separated by mountains, is very creamy and rich. The third option on the pour over menu this month is also a Las Mingas coffee, but it is so unique and beautiful we couldn't stand to blend it with anything else. The name of the farm this coffee comes from is Bella Vista.
Mr Faustino Muelas is the owner of Bella Vista, a two Hectare farm in Cauca, Colombia. His farm consists of about 6,000 Caturra trees. He is a very quality focused farmer; picking happens every two weeks during harvest time to ensure that only very ripe cherries are selected, he composts to create his own orgainic fertilizer, and fermentation of the mucilage off of the bean happens immediately after picking.
We are extremely lucky to have purchased an exceptional lot of coffee from this farm. This coffee is so outstanding that it was kept separate from the other coffees from Huila, even though the lot is only thirty pounds. That's right, we only have thirty pounds of this coffee. That's only enough to roast three batches on our very small drum roaster. It's not enough coffee for us to be able to sell this coffee in bags, but for this month (or as long as it lasts) we will offer this coffee brewed on the Clever Dripper in all of our stores. Stop by and try a cup, this is one of two ways you will be able to taste this splended brew.
The other way to get a taste is to come to Gimme on State Street in Ithaca for a coffee tasting and talk on Sat April 17 celebrating the Las Mingas project. We hosted a similar event last year that was a huge success (read: very crowded). This year we are having this event during the day and with the added space at remodeled State Street we will have room for everyone. We will start at 11am with a free tasting of all three Las Mingas, we will be pulling shots, brewing Clever cups and pots of French Pressed coffee. Then at noon Colleen Anunu will talk about her trip to Colombia to meet the farmers that grew these beautiful coffees.
Stop on by next Saturday at 11am to learn more about these coffees and the Las Mingas way of sourcing coffee. Don't miss out on tasting these coffees at the event and while they are on the menu. We may drink through the Bella Vista before the end of the month, and once it's gone, it's gone.
The other way to get a taste is to come to Gimme on State Street in Ithaca for a coffee tasting and talk on Sat April 17 celebrating the Las Mingas project. We hosted a similar event last year that was a huge success (read: very crowded). This year we are having this event during the day and with the added space at remodeled State Street we will have room for everyone. We will start at 11am with a free tasting of all three Las Mingas, we will be pulling shots, brewing Clever cups and pots of French Pressed coffee. Then at noon Colleen Anunu will talk about her trip to Colombia to meet the farmers that grew these beautiful coffees.
Stop on by next Saturday at 11am to learn more about these coffees and the Las Mingas way of sourcing coffee. Don't miss out on tasting these coffees at the event and while they are on the menu. We may drink through the Bella Vista before the end of the month, and once it's gone, it's gone.
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