Gimme! Coffee News

This Weekend: Free Winners' Flight Tastings in Ithaca, Brooklyn

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:15:00 -0500

New Gallery: Locally Made Pro Tools

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:38:28 -0500

By now you must be aware that making espresso worth drinking is a manual process. If not, this is a tamper: It is used to pack fresh ground coffee just prior to pulling your shot.

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Charity Art Auction at Roebling Cafe, Thursday, 2/2/12

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:51:10 -0500

Finca San Luis Wins Good Food Award! Free Tastings in Ithaca, Brooklyn

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:58:03 -0500

And The Time Has Changed!

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:49:25 -0500

Dear New York: The Time Has Come. Love, Gimme

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:10:27 -0500

New Gallery: Good Food Awards Roadshow NYC

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:56:57 -0500

Good Food Awards Roadshow.

We received a Good Food Award in 2011 for our Colombia Finca San Luis, and our commitment to producing delicious, transparent and responsibly grown food.

This year we are (again) honored to be considered a finalist in the 2012 competition! Fingers crossed!

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On November 12th we participated in a tasting workshop for the Good Food Awards Roadshow.

We received a Good Food Award in 2011 for our Colombia Finca San Luis, and our commitment to producing delicious, transparent and responsibly grown food.

This year we are (again) honored to be considered a finalist in the 2012 competition! Fingers crossed!

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New Gallery: A Look Inside A Coffee Warehouse

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:37:37 -0500

During a trip to NYC this past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting Continental Terminals, the warehouse where the majority of our coffee is stored after it comes off the boat and before it's trucked to Ithaca for roasting. The logistics involved in running this place are amazing, but they are pros and have been doing this since 1958.

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New Gallery: 72 Hours in Helena, MT

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:22:30 -0500

About 6 months ago we tweeted about a big Probat roaster that was listed on Craigslist in Montana. Last month it was still available, so we decided to get serious and go have a look.

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New Gallery: Congratulations Team Gimme!

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:23:24 -0500

Last weekend, the STAP AIDS Ride for Life took place under sunny skies. Team Gimme riders got an early start and made a quick stop at Cayuga Street for a few shots of espresso to help get them going. Team Gimme had 27 registered riders!

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Fincas La Providencia: Atitlán y Huehuetenango

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:28:06 -0500

Kenya Kiandu Scores 95pts from Coffee Review!!!

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:35:28 -0500

Cappuccinos are for Lovers, Atitlán is for Friends.

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:10:22 -0500

Who Is The Happy Roaster?

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:11:03 -0500

Join Us This Weekend at Roast for Life!

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:22:26 -0500

Gimme some Tuff Mugs

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:53:52 -0500

We know you've been waiting a bit for our newest line of travel mugs to appear on shelves. Wait no longer. After months of testing and debating, we've chosen Tuff Mugs from Zojirushi - an industry leader in vacuum insulation technology for over 90 years. These stainless steel bottles come in two sizes - the Red Love Coffee is 12oz and the Black Diamonds is 16oz. Each is laser etched (yes, etched) with a unique design created by our in-house graphic designer, Joshua Sperling. Vacuum insulation keeps your coffee hot or cold for hours upon hours! Both feature a wide mouth opening for ice cubes and a nonstick interior for easy cleaning. Look no further for the travel tumbler that'll allow you to take your coffee to-go in style. Get yours in stores today and online soon!

Honduras Las Peñitas is Back!!!

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:38:52 -0500

Honduras Las Peñitas is back! In fact, we have 2 small lots from this farm that we will be releasing consecutively, both of which have slight differences, but nonetheless exemplify the silky bodied and clean fruit characteristics that took 3rd place in the United States Barista Competition Brewer's Cup (by the skilled hand of NYC Regional Trainer, Erin McCarthy) in May. This year we were able to work more directly with Jorge Benitez, the 22-year-old farmer of Las Peñitas, and Beneficio San Vicente, the mill that is responsible for over 60% of the 2011 Honduras Cup of Excellence winners, to bring in this coffee at fair price, and establish a long-term partnership.

Grab a Bag and Brew Excellent Coffee at Home

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:21:52 -0500

The 2011 AIDS Ride For Life Bike Raffle!

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:13:21 -0500

Toddy Time!

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:02:09 -0500

Boy is it hot! With the weather reaching record highs we are keeping cool with cold brewed iced coffee. What is this cold brew coffee you may ask? It's sometimes called Toddy which references the most popular brand of cold brewing device. It's a slow extraction process using room temperature water. How slow? 12-14 hours. Heat is really important in extracting coffee so without any it takes a long time to get those good flavors into the cup. We brew gallons every night for you sweltering New Yorkers with fresh coarse ground coffee, similar to french press grind, and filtered water.

This Week at Roebling Street, $5 Discount on All Bagged Beans

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:38:44 -0500

Gimme Coffee Takes Part in TED Coffee Common

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:19:30 -0500

In Edinburgh, Scotland an event called TEDGlobal was held over the past few days. TEDGlobal is a branch of TED, which is a gathering of some of the greatest minds in science, marketing, art, education among other fields. TED takes place over the course of a few days and thousands of attendees get to listen to eighteen minute speeches by presenters over eight hour days. They are immersed in astounding rhetoric that is simply inspiring. These people need great coffee to go along with the inspirational thoughts that are being presented. Enter Coffee Common.

Free Drink Cards at Roebling Street This Week

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:06:16 -0500

New Cafe in Brooklyn! Roebling Street Open for Business

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:00:37 -0500

After months of preparation, our new Brooklyn cafe is open for business! We've opened a new flagship espresso bar in Williamsburg, at Roebling and North 6th Street. 107 Roebling Street Our new location is at 107 Roebling Street, right around the corner from the Bedford Ave L stop. It's a little more generously sized than our Lorimer Street and Mott Street cafes, with indoor and outdoor seating, a fully equipped training lab, and two-not-one espresso machines. Featured Espresso, Fancy Coffees At Roebling Street, we'll be piloting our new rotating featured espresso program. Choose either our regular Leftist Espresso or a monthly featured espresso for a single shot or any espresso drink. To kick off, we're pulling shots of the delicious Kenya Kiandu, praised in Serious Eats as "hugely juicy, lively and expansive." In months to come, we'll be featuring other single origins and custom blends. Our Locations for directions, hours, and more info.--> Along with our featured espresso, we're alsoo serving our brew-to-order Clever and iced Clever coffees, along with our delicious cold brew options. Come by and give 'em a try! Lab Sessions, Events, Classes, and More We chose this space in part because it offered enough room for a fully-equipped training lab. In the weeks to come, we'll be offering classes, lab sessions, and other events in that space. Stay tuned for more details!

Iced Coffee Brewed By The Cup Is Coming!

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:39:05 -0500

Summer Salon & Free Cupcake Giveaway - TONIGHT!

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:02:08 -0500

...With Coffee and Ice Cream for All!

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:01:26 -0500

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.

Local Barista Makes Good (Latte Art)

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:59:25 -0500

Affogato - One Day Only

Mon, 30 May 2011 13:33:56 -0500

This weekend is the Ithaca Festival, which marks the beginning of summer in our lively college town. The students are gone, causing the locals to rejoice at the amount of on street parking and reclaim the best swimming holes! The festival is four days of music and food that starts Thursday night with a parade and race down Cayuga Street, passing right in front of our original location. This year we have decided to take advantage of the massive amount of people crowded onto the street to bring you a summertime treat: the Affogato. An Affogato is a scoop of ice cream topped with a shot of espresso. It is close to heaven in a cup. We tried some last week for, um, research and found that the combination of sweet vanilla ice cream and a well extracted shot created an out of this world caramel flavor. We are so excited that thanks to a partnership with Purity Ice Cream we are able to share this with you! Now, we don't have freezers normally in our cafes, so this is a one day special, only at our Cayuga location. From 3pm until close (or while supplies last) this Thursday (June 2nd) we will be serving this frosty treat. Come for the ice cream and stay for the parade! Keep an eye out for Team Gimme in their bright red jerseys kicking off another fundraising year. For those of you who (gasp) do not consume coffee, we will have Sundaes available made with our house made chocolate syrup, as well as fresh squeezed lemonade. For those of you who (gasp) don't get excited for Ice Cream, we will still be offering our entire menu of coffee beverages ,including our awesome cold brewed iced coffee. See you Thursday!

New Decaf! Introducing Colombia La Primavera

Fri, 20 May 2011 10:30:27 -0500

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...

New Gallery: Chalk Back! Closing Event 4/29

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:15:56 -0500

An interactive exhibit created by Hallie Chase, one of our very talented baristas, has been running all month at the State Street Gimme.

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Earth Day 2011

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:41:37 -0500

Gimme Art: Featured Artists for April 2011

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:59:48 -0500

Kristen Leonardat Gimme! Coffee Mott StreetInk Drawings

Congratulations Erin McCarthy... NERBCBC Champ!

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:36:34 -0500

Congratulations to Erin McCarthy for taking 1st Place in the NorthEast Regional Barista Competition Brewers Cup! Erin is our NYC Regional Trainer, though you might remember him from years back boppin' around Ithaca as our Upstate Regional Trainer, as well as Cayuga St. barista.

Hey, Where'd My Coffee Go?

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:16:06 -0500

March saw a handful of our favorite coffees go out-of-stock. While I always feel a certain amount of sadness from saying good-bye to coffees that I have spent the past many months roasting, cupping, and enjoying, I like to approach the reality of out-of-stock coffees with one eye crying and one eye smiling.

Back to Regular Hours

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:58:56 -0500

Starting today all your favorite Gimme! Coffee locations are saying goodbye to cold dark days, and goodbye to shortened winter hours. We are very excited to welcome the sun and the spring back! So come on in for a coffee after dinner. Mott, Cayuga, and State street locations will be open from 7am until 9pm. Lorimer street will be open from 7am until 8pm.

Baristas Offer Relief

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:51:13 -0500

After spending Friday morning watching the horrifying news of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the manager of the Green Street cafe put this sign on the tip jar during his shift. He wanted to get the community involved so that he would be able to donate more to the emergency efforts taking place than he would be able to afford by himself. The out pouring of support was heartwarming. Not only from the customers at the cafe, but the other baristas working over the weekend: all of them donated their tips. I spent Saturday at green street and was very impressed with the amount of people who, after spending the cash in hand on their coffee, pulled out their wallet again to offer what they could to the cause. This simple sign also generated great conversations about ways to help strengthen our own community. Get to know your neighbors! It is always so beautiful to see how people can come together over a cup of coffee. These small donations added up to almost a hundred and fifty dollars in three days. This was mailed off to the Red Cross. It will add to all the other donations coming in and hopefully together make a difference. Thank you, Green Street Crew, for taking the initiative to do some good, and thank you to all the regulars who donated to the cause.

Jaguar's Hilltop

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:32:13 -0500

New Gallery: Good Food Month: That's A Wrap

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:02:31 -0500

Gimme! Coffee just wrapped up our first ever celebration of Good Food Month. We celebrated the fact that our coffee from Finca San Luis won a Good Food Award with a month of tastings.

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New Gallery: Photos From Our First (Annual?) Roastery Tour

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:31:25 -0500

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Our first ever public roastery tour was a smashing success! We had over two hundred people attend and we all crowded into the roasting room at krums corners.

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Castillo and Caturra Microlots from Finca San Luis

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:14:08 -0500

Gimme Art: Featured Artists for February 2011

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:51:20 -0500

Roastery Tour!

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:50:12 -0500

Good Food Month Week 3: Pickles and Charcuterie

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:31:49 -0500

Open Cupping: Good Food Awards

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:46:38 -0500

Last weeks cupping and chocolate tasting was a great time. There was a good group of attendees; sampling four different chocolates, drinking Finca San Luis, and learning about the good food awards from Colleen Anunu. This week Colleen will present again! She will tell us about what it means to us to gimme and the farmers that we work with to have won a good food award. We will also learn a little bit about how coffee is usually bought and sold in Colombia, and how we found this award winning coffee. We will also be treated to some cheese and preserves that were good food finalists. If you haven't been to a talk by Colleen, it is not an opportunity to miss. Colleen buys all of our coffee, and travels to several farms a year. She is a great resource for all things coffee and all things gimme. This talk and tasting will be held in the lab at the back of state street gimme, this Saturday the 29th, from 12-1 pm. The event is free, open to everyone, and part of our celebration of good food month. I hope you can make it.

Good Food Month Week 2: Cheese and Preserves

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:43:25 -0500

It's Good Food Month, and we are getting ready for our second tasting: Cheese and Preserves! The Good Food Awards recognize food that is delicious, respectful of the environment, and connected to communities and cultural traditions. We are hosting tastings of finalists from all seven categories all month long, culminating in a beer and coffee tasting at our roastery. Each Friday, at every gimme coffee espresso bar, and on Saturdays in the lab at State Street, you can try outstanding food from around the country. Last week's chocolate tasting was a delicious success, featuring four superb chocolates. Some were salty, some were fruity and one was spicy, which kept everyone on their toes. It was easy to taste why these were award wining products. For this weeks tasting we have cheese from Fiscalini Farmstead Cheese, and preserves from HeathGlen Organic Farm and Elllelle Kitchen. We will also be brewing and sampling out our Good Food Award winning Finca San Luis. If you haven't tried this coffee yet, be sure to come by! It is always clean and sweet, just as fine coffee should be. This Friday from 5-7, stop by any of our cafes. If that time doesn't work for you, come to the presentation and tasting in the lab at the back of State Street on Saturday from 12-1. See you there!

Open Cupping: Good Food Awards

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:14:51 -0500

We've Won!!!

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:52:00 -0500

Good Food Month Week 1: Coffee And Chocolate

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:43:32 -0500

To kick off Good Food Month all Gimme! Coffee locations will be hosting a Chocolate and Coffee tasting. We will be showcasing our Good Food Award winning coffee, Finca San Luis, and chocolate samples from several Good Food Award finalists. The Good Food Awards recognize food that is delicious, respectful of the environment, and connected to communities and cultural traditions. The tastings will be happening at every Gimme Coffee location this Friday, January 21st, from 5-7pm. We will be brewing Clever Cups of Finca San Luis for you to try, a very nice coffee from Colombia, that has nice sweet floral and fruity notes that are very well balanced by a rich full body. We also be sharing chocolate samples from Good Food Finalists from around the country with you. This is a great chance to try some outstanding chocolate that might not be available at the local grocery store. We have samples from Vice Chocolates in Oakland, Poco Dolce in San Francisco, Olive and Sinclair Chocolate Co in Nashville, and Mindo Chocolate Makers in Ann Arbor. These are considered some of the best chocolates in the country and we are very excited to share them with you. All month long we are doing tastings at all of our espresso bars from 5-7 on Fridays. I hope you can come to all or some of our events celebrating good food.

Celebrate Good Food Month and Colombia Finca San Luis!

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:32:48 -0500

Updated January 2011 WE WON! Colombia Finca San Luis was named a Good Food Award winner at the January 14 ceremony, making it one of the top 10 coffees in the nation! Congratulations to all the finalists and winners! We're proud to announce that our Colombia Finca San Luis is a Good Food Award Finalist! That means it's been recognized by a panel of expert judges as tasty, authentic, and responsibly produced. We're proud of the Finca San Luis, and proud to be a part of the Good Food Awards mission. So we're celebrating Good Food Month in style! Join us for free tastings, labs, and our first-ever public roastery tour! Celebrate Good Food Month With Us! The Good Food Awards are sponsoring a nation-wide celebration of winners and finalists. We're participating with a series of free tastings, labs, and roastery tours. Each week, we'll focus on a different category of winners, with an in-store tasting on Fridays and a guided lab on Saturdays. We'll wrap up the month with a roastery tour and beer tasting! Free Public Tasting: Coffee & Chocolate Friday 1/21, 5-7pm, at all Gimme locations Free Lab: Coffee & Chocolate Saturday 1/22, 12-1pm, at the State Street Training Lab, Ithaca NYWith a presentation by Colleen Anunu, Gimme's Director of Coffee Free Public Tasting: Cheese & Preserves Friday 1/28, 5-7pm, at all Gimme locations Free Lab: Cheese & Preserves Saturday 1/29, 12-1pm, at the State Street Training Lab, Ithaca NY Free Public Tasting: Pickles & Charcuterie Friday 2/4, 5-7pm, at all Gimme locations Free Lab: Pickles & Charcuterie Saturday 2/5, 12-1pm, at the State Street Training Lab, Ithaca NY Free Roastery Tour & Beer Tasting Saturday 2/12, 2:30-4pm, at the Gimme! Roastery, 3201 Krums Corners Rd, Ithaca NY All events are free and open to the public. Come to one, some, or all the events, and enjoy good food all month long! The Good Foods Mission The Good Food Award is an innovative program that recognizes both quality and responsible production. As they put it: For a long time, certifications for responsible food production and awards for superior taste have remained distinct -- one honors social and environmental responsibility, while the other celebrates flavor. The Good Food Awards recognize that truly good food -- the kind that brings people together and builds strong, healthy communities -- contains all of these ingredients. We take a comprehensive view, honoring people who make food that is delicious, respectful of the environment, and connected to communities and cultural traditions. Their mission corresponds closely with our own, and we're proud to be one of five regional finalists selected by their expert jury! Colombia Finca San Luis Is Good Food Last year, our Director of Coffee, Colleen Anunu, traveled to Colombia and kicked off a relationship with Finca San Luis and its owner, Omar Arango. The coffee he's sent us embodies almost everything that we, and the Good Food Awards, look for in a quality food. Colleen explains that Finca San Luis is... Authentic and responsibly produced. Omar took the time to pick and process only ripe cherries, tracking and separating each picking lot through to the milling period, allowing for individual microlot identity. He also went through the process of certifying his farm Organic. Responsibly sourced and traded. We worked with exporters Virmax Café to determine a fair price that covered all of Omar's costs, then added a premium for the cup quality. We even prefinanced Omar's harvest so he could afford to take the time to produce better coffee. Tastes amazing. It has notes of fresh fruit from the nose to the finish, and is juicy, sweet and balanced. The cup quality is the initial qualifier to be a Finalist in Good Food Awards, and Finca San Luis was chosen by a panel of judges out of more than 150 other coffee entries. It's almost too bad that only this microlot from Finca San Luis can be qualified as a Finalist for the Good Food Awards, as we have more microlots on the way from Omar, all of exceptional quality and all responsibly produced, sourced and traded.

Winter Hours: 7-7

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:02:56 -0500

Ah winter, it starts getting dark at 4pm and it's too cold to leave your house after dinner. Not a season that inspires frequent short trips, even to our favorite places. So, fitting to the season, most Gimme! Coffee locations will be closing a little bit early for these next few cold winter months. We will still be here, with hot coffee, bright and early to help you get to work on these frozen mornings, but will be closing up just a little early so we can get home and barricade ourselves against the elements.From now until March 17th, St. Patrick's day, all gimme stores will be closing at 7 except for our Green Street location in Ithaca. Green will still be open until nine for those of you brave enough to fight the snow for a great cup of coffee.

Gimme Art: Featured Artists for January 2011

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:24:49 -0500

Ant Walachat Cayuga Street Gimme! Coffee

Free Shots To Ring In The New Year

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:44:43 -0500

Congratulations and welcome to 2011. I hope you had a lovely time ringing in the new year with style. It is the one night of the year where people are practically required by law to stay up past their bedtime. Do you know what brightens up a sleepy hungover Saturday? Espresso. Lots of espresso. Lucky for you, smiling baristas will be happy to serve you a free shot of espresso at all gimme coffee locations on New Years Day. Upstate will be open from 9-3 and our New York City area espresso bars will be open from 11-5. This special offer is for one shot per person (no hanging out all day) and for stand alone espresso (no you may not add the shot to your cappuccino). If you love espresso, then this will be a great day for you. If you are not a usual espresso drinker, then there is no better way to start of the year than by trying something new. Also, as an added bonus for State Street customers, the open cupping tomorrow will be replaced by open shot pulling. I will be back in the Lab from 12-1 pulling shots of Piccolo Mondo, our organic espresso blend. Come try both shots, or just the one you don't get every day if too much caffeine worries you. This will also be a great time to answer any espresso extraction questions you may have if you are a home barista. If you are a regular but have no idea what we baristas "are doin back there" this will be a chance for you to see all the tiny steps that go into a perfect shot of espresso. Cheers and see you tomorrow!

Good Food Awards

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:33:54 -0500

Open Cupping: Home Brew Kit

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:22:17 -0500

New Gallery:

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:41:19 -0500

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After 3 years of working with the coffee from Fazenda Santo André, it was time to make the trek out to western Minas Gerais, on the cusp of Cerrado, to meet the skilled hands that grow and process the coffee.

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New Gallery: Grown With Care at Finca San Luis

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:49:22 -0500

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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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Gift Boxes Ship Free Starting Today

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:37:58 -0500

New Gallery: Dial E For Espresso

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:17:32 -0500

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.

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Gimme Art: November 2010

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:38:21 -0500

Nat Lakin; Brandon Schmitt; Kristine Heiney at State St. Gimme! Coffee506 W. State StreetIthaca, NY 14850

Trust Third-Party Verification

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:27:01 -0500

Meet Your Barista: Laura Preston

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:26:27 -0500

The lovely Laura Preston has been delivering delicious cappuccinos to the Mott Street masses since June of 2009. Her coffee of choice is our Ethiopia Amaro, or maybe a gibraltar made with organic milk...

Where We Sit While They Drive the Market

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:05:42 -0500

New Gallery: One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:37:18 -0500

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You all know the game we played in the lab last last month and the song that goes with it: it's the simple act of picking the one item in a group that is different. In the coffee world we call this type of tasting challenge "Triangulation" and there are both national and world wide competitions to determine who can best identify the odd one out.

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From Jam To Conference, The MANE Grows Up

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:52:05 -0500

Finca San Luis Blows Minds For A Living

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:43:52 -0500

Gimme Art: October 2010

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:10:20 -0500

Lauren Barnettat Lorimer St. Gimme! Coffee495 Lorimer StreetBrooklyn, NY 11211

End Roast Profiling... Start Profile Roasting!

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:48:31 -0500

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NEW! 12oz Coffee Bags!

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:11:26 -0500

New Gallery: Latte Art How To: Part 2 - Rosetta

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:08:27 -0500

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Ah, the Rosetta. That beautiful, balanced, delicate and complex design that you often see on the top of your Latte. We call it a Rosetta, not a Christmas tree or fern, and it is done with just a flick of the wrist. There are no tools, stamps, or tricks involved. Just a learned method and lots of practice. Now that you have mastered perfect milk, I'll show you how to pour it.

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What is Relationship Coffee?

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:47:24 -0500

Get Your Learnin' On...

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:56:37 -0500

Open Cupping: Panama Hartmann Honey

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:05:42 -0500

Our Panama Hartmann Honey has been a favorite coffee of many for the last three years. It is silky and sweet, has very subtle fruit notes, and mellow acidity. Baristas and regulars all look forward to each year's crop from the Hartmanns. We have never been disappointed by this coffee. The Harmanns pay careful attention to each step of coffee farming and processing, and the consistent quality is a result of their careful attention. At this Saturday's cupping we will learn a bit more about the Hartmann Farm's coffee and history. We will also try this coffee brewed a few different ways that you may brew at home; Clever, French Press and Pour Over. This will be a great lab to come to if you want some tips to make your home brewing better, and you will be amazed by the range of taste one coffee can produce. You will also be able to tell all your friends what puts the honey in Hartmann Honey. Hint: there are no bees involved. See you this Saturday, September 18th, at State Street at noon!

New Gallery: El Salvador: Ahuachapán & Santa Ana

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:43:25 -0500

El Salvador is nestled just south of Guatemala and west of Honduras. It is the smallest country in Central America. You could take an afternoon drive from the western most municipality of Ahuachapán to the eastern most of La Unión in 4 hours, or visit the Pacific Coast from San Salvador in just about 45 minutes.

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Open Cupping: Indonesia

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:47:04 -0500

At this week's open cupping we will be only tasting coffee from Indonesia. Indonesian coffees tend to be very heavy and earthly so it's nice to try a group of them all together. When you put an Indonesian coffee next to the sweeter, milder, coffees they can come across as being too intense in comparison. Also, trying many similar coffees together is a great way to start refining your palate. This week will be a great cupping to come to, especially if you have already attended one.

Fire Claims Home of NYC Baristas

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:55:13 -0500

Back In The Saddle

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:28:37 -0500

New Gallery: Latte Art How To: Part 1 - Milk Texture

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:56:01 -0500

Latte art is one of the fun parts of being a barista. We get to show off a little and beautiful drinks always make people smile. Latte art takes a while to learn, but once you get the basics down it doesn't take long to master the different designs.

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Throwdown!

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:15:20 -0500

Gimme Bicycle Benefits!

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:19:26 -0500

Thom already explained it - bikes are cool. As you can maybe tell (from previous blog posts and knowing some Gimme folk) we're all real into bikes.

Gimme Art: August 2010

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:05:34 -0500

Bodie Chewningat Mott St. Gimme! Coffee228 Mott StreetNew York, NY 10012

2010 AIDS Ride For Life Bike Raffle

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:40:10 -0500

Guatemalan Coffees

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:29:49 -0500

Guatemalan coffees have long been some of the most favored offerings in our Upstate, NY retail stores. Maybe this is because our environmentally conscious consumers know that an estimated 98% of all Guatemalan coffee is shade grown, making the country a refuge for biodiversity. Or, perhaps, customers just know that they can find exceptional value in a strictly high grown, washed Arabica from Central America's leading coffee export country. Whatever the rationale, there is no wrong reason to love a Guatemalan coffee.

Magic Coffee Cone

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:49:43 -0500

New Gallery: Yoga For Baristas

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:53:02 -0500

local yoga teacher Rachel Bush into our lab to teach us how to better protect and use our bodies while on bar. It was a very helpful hour and a half session and I am eager to share a bit of what we learned. Retail managers Liz Clark and Emily Thompson are the gracious models for these pictures." width="450" />

Here at Gimme we recently had the pleasure of inviting local yoga teacher Rachel Bush into our lab to teach us how to better protect and use our bodies while on bar. It was a very helpful hour and a half session and I am eager to share a bit of what we learned. Retail managers Liz Clark and Emily Thompson are the gracious models for these pictures.

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Gimme becomes EPA Green Power Partner

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:41:56 -0500

Meet Your Barista: Shanika Scott

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:41:52 -0500

New Brazil Offerings

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:50:00 -0500

Gimme Art: Featured Artists for July 2010

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:49:12 -0500

Ed Marionat Trumansburg Gimme! Coffee7 E. Main StreetTrumansburg, NY 14886

Guatemala Cup of Excellence

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:04:04 -0500

Guatemala has been in the news a lot these past few weeks. First there was the continuous eruption of Volcán de Pacaya to the south west of Guatamala City that covered the streets in up to 8 inches of ash. Then Tropical Storm Agatha bombarded the western coast of the country, causing vast devastation to properties, infrastructure, and even caused a sinkhole in the middle of the city. Meanwhile, an international jury of about 25 professional coffee cuppers withstood the environmental conditions to classify the top 28 coffees of this year's Guatemalan Cup of Excellence. Ok, so the Guatemalan Cup of Excellence may not have been the most interesting story to come out of Central America in May, but let me tell you more about it anyway.

Open Cupping: Processing

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:35:38 -0500

Meet Your Barista: Anna Detar

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:20:52 -0500

Gimme Art: Featured Artists for June 2010

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:23:33 -0500

Finca San Luis Microlots

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:05:56 -0500

Omar Arango is the owner of Finca San Luis, a 42-hectare farm in El Libano, in the department of Tolima, Colombia. Finca San Luis is organic and Rainforest Alliance certified, and located at an altitude of 1600 meters. Predominantly producing coffee of the caturra varietal, Omar creates a cup profile that has well structured acidity, and rich flavors that range from ripe stone fruit to mild, sweet tobacco. While Omar often sells this coffee with the producer group Cafinorté Orgánico, this year we are working with him to separate some of his higher quality coffee in order to sell directly to us as Finca San Luis.

Notes From Gimme's Public Cuppings

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:37:18 -0500

It's been a little over one month that I've been hosting open cuppings in the lab in the back of the Gimme! Coffee on State Street and things couldn't be going any better. Each week there has been a different, small, very interested group of people showing up to talk about and taste coffee. We have had a diverse group of folks attend; roasters from other coffee companies, students from the universities in town and many regulars from our cafes. It's great to see how information is shared, and misinformation dispelled, when you get a good mix of people together. For many people this tasting was the first time they realized coffee can be sweet without sugar. So don't worry if you don't know anything about coffee or feel like a pro taster. If you've got a tongue you are welcome to join us.

Team Gimme Brings Home The Bean

Tue, 18 May 2010 10:22:35 -0500

This past Sunday, Gimme Coffee brought home the trophy which Team Gimme fought for in the first ever Battle For The Bean against Team Coffee Mania. Here Gimme's Tomas Reyer is enjoying the thrill of the win surrounded by Team Gimme rollers.It was nip and tuck in the first half as the two teams battled it out. But the 2nd half was dominated by Team Gimme leading to a final score of 113 to 157.Check out the handmade trophy as it makes the rounds to each store.

Nobody Needs to Renounce Coffee...

Mon, 10 May 2010 09:22:20 -0500

The rumors are true! Not every coffee drinker enjoys the physiological effects of caffeine. The good news : modern decaffeination methods allow for a complete and pleasant coffee drinking experience without the added energy. The even better news : this month we are releasing a brand new decaffeinated coffee that just might leave you asking, "La Serrania, where have you been all my life?!" Normal.dotm 0 0 1 116 666 Gimme Coffee 5 1 817 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}

Gimme Art: Featured Artists for May 2010

Fri, 07 May 2010 10:24:33 -0500

Janelle Tompkinsat Cayuga St. Gimme! Coffee430 N. Cayuga StreetIthaca, NY 14850

The Battle For the Bean: The Trophy

Tue, 04 May 2010 16:52:52 -0500

Smells Like Team Spirit!

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:52:42 -0500

The NYC gimme! family (or staff) is pretty close and often spends time together both at work and in leisure, but it's a rare treat to find us all together in one room. Thanks to a recent staff meeting, all gimme! baristas from both our Lorimer st and Mott st locations came together for an evening for information, sandwiches, cake, and fun! Meet the NYC gimme! team!From Left to Right: (top) Rick, Pete, Laura, Aaron, Adah, Jason, Elia, (bottom) Alex, Theo, Ian, Joe, and David. Though present, Sheena was taking the photo, and sadly we were missing Marta and Aleks. Pretty cute bunch, right?!