Gimme! Coffee News http://www.gimmecoffee.com/news/ en Copyright 2010 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Magic Coffee Cone http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/magic_coffee_cone/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/magic_coffee_cone/ Learn Coffee Community Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:49:43 -0500 New Gallery: Yoga For Baristas Here at Gimme we recently had the pleasure of inviting <a href=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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Main StreetTrumansburg, NY 14886 http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_13/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_13/ Community Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:49:12 -0500 Guatemala Cup of Excellence 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. http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/guatemala_cup_of_excellence/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/guatemala_cup_of_excellence/ Community Learn Coffee Sustainability Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:04:04 -0500 Open Cupping: Processing http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/open_cupping_processing/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/open_cupping_processing/ Community Learn Coffee Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:35:38 -0500 Meet Your Barista: Anna Detar http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/meet_your_barista_anna_deter/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/meet_your_barista_anna_deter/ Community Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:20:52 -0500 Gimme Art: Featured Artists for June 2010 http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_12/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_12/ Community Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:23:33 -0500 Finca San Luis Microlots 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. http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/finca_san_luis/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/finca_san_luis/ Learn Coffee Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:05:56 -0500 Notes From Gimme's Public Cuppings 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. http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/notes_from_gimmes_public_cuppi/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/notes_from_gimmes_public_cuppi/ Community Learn Coffee Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:37:18 -0500 Team Gimme Brings Home The Bean 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. http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/team_gimme_brings_home_the_bea/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/team_gimme_brings_home_the_bea/ Community Tue, 18 May 2010 10:22:35 -0500 Nobody Needs to Renounce Coffee... 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?!" 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Cayuga StreetIthaca, NY 14850 http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_11/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_11/ Community Fri, 07 May 2010 10:24:33 -0500 The Battle For the Bean: The Trophy http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/the_battle_for_the_bean_team_g/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/the_battle_for_the_bean_team_g/ Community Tue, 04 May 2010 16:52:52 -0500 Smells Like Team Spirit! 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?! http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/smells_like_team_spirit/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/smells_like_team_spirit/ Community Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:52:42 -0500 Open Cuppings Have you ever looked into the back lab at state st and seen a group of Gimme folk standing around the table totally focused on small cups of coffee? You may have. We are back there several times a week cupping. Cupping is a specific kind of coffee tasting, a standardized way to evaluate coffee which is practiced all over the world. It's the way green buyers decide which coffee to buy. It's the way roasters decide on their profiles, and it's the way we baristas get to know the coffees on our shelves so that we can better describe the taste to you. Starting this Saturday we would like you to come cup with us! http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/open_cupping/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/open_cupping/ Community Learn Coffee Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:22:29 -0500 The Battle For The Bean Mark your calendars for the first ever Battle For The Bean, presented by The Ithaca League of Women Rollers and sponsored by Gimme! Coffee and Coffee Mania. More details to come! http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_sponsors_battle_of_the_b/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_sponsors_battle_of_the_b/ Community Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:12:20 -0500 At the Las Mingas Release Party http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/las_mingas_release_party_1/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/las_mingas_release_party_1/ Community Learn Coffee Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:35:18 -0500 Coffee + Cupcake! http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/buy_coffee/coffee_cupcake/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/buy_coffee/coffee_cupcake/ Buy Coffee Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:07:42 -0500 Las Mingas Release Party http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/las_mingas_release_party/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/las_mingas_release_party/ Community Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:07:58 -0500 Iced Coffee Time! Rise and shine, everybody! Winter is no more and the time to hibernate is over! The sun is back and there are flowers to smell, gardens to grow, and picnics to be enjoyed! Spring is most certainly in the air and to me, that means one thing... ICED COFFEE! All winter long I wait and long for the first batch of cold brewed iced coffee for the season. There is something about its heavy bodied, chocolaty sweetness that sends me to the moon and leaves me with a craving that no other coffee drink can satisfy! So velvety, yet still so crisp! Mmm! Heaven in a cup!What makes cold brewed iced coffee so good? Unlike iced coffees which are brewed hot then cooled and often end up being sour, the cold brew method is well, cold brewed! Brewing coffee using cold water to extract all those yummy oils and gases from the ground coffee requires a much longer extraction time that with hot water; say, 12 hours longer! But good things come to those who wait! With this a slow and gentle extraction, you're left with the smoothest and richest cup of iced coffee you're going to find!Stop by a Gimme store and give it a try, and if that isn't an option, try making up a batch at home! Enjoy! http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/buy_coffee/iced_coffee_time/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/buy_coffee/iced_coffee_time/ Buy Coffee Learn Coffee Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:50:19 -0500 Las Mingas Pour Over Month http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/las_mingas_pour_over_month/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/las_mingas_pour_over_month/ Community Learn Coffee Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:46:25 -0500 Hiring For NYC Regional Manager The Retail division of Gimme! Coffee is currently seeking a Regional Manager to provide operational oversight and cultivate coffee skills for our NYC cafes and employees. The NYC Regional Manager will lead a portfolio of stores. The ideal candidate for this position will be a proven, mature, coffee geek extraordinaire with excellent management, leadership, and organizational skils. http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/hiring_for_nyc_regional_manage/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/hiring_for_nyc_regional_manage/ Community Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:34:29 -0500 Ken-Yeah! Gatomboya It's true, I love Kenyan coffees best.Perhaps it's because it was a Kenyan coffee that first convinced me to fall in love with coffee, or maybe it's just the taste. Whatever the case may be, I have always been a Kenyan coffee girl, through and through. So you can imagine my excitement when our current Kenyan coffee, the Gatomboya, first arrived on our shelves late last year, popping with a bright and sassy, citrus boom! I was instantly won over by the subtle hint of savory-syrup-yum behind all that sparkle and zing! But over time the excitement wore off and the honeymoon was over. My heart began to wander to other coffees (Oh, Remera!) that would occupy my attention and my dear Gatomboya, was slowly replaced as my favorite coffee.Perhaps it was an attempt to win back my undivided affection or maybe things just do get better with age, but a recent change in its roasting process has the Gatomboya back to being a coffee that is simply impossible to ignore! http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/buy_coffee/ken-yeah/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/buy_coffee/ken-yeah/ Buy Coffee Learn Coffee Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:49:28 -0500 Gimme Art: Featured Artists for April 2010 Michael Boginat State St. Gimme! Coffee506 W. State StreetIthaca, NY 14850 http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_10/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_10/ Community Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:42:05 -0500 An Idea For a Drink Last weekend Gimme barista Liz Clark performed in the Northeast Regional Barista Competition. She had been working with our Guatemala Santa Elena for the past few months, learning to coax out a range of flavors from her shots. It's the beauty of this coffee that made her decide to compete with it, and the versatility of it drove her presentation. In a Barista Competition participants are asked to prepare twelve drinks in fifteen minutes. They must make four single espressos, four cappuccinos, and four signature drinks of their own creation. The competitors are judged by seven judges on consistency, presentation, coffee knowledge and overall deliciousness of their drinks. The performance is more than just time to quickly make drinks, it's time for baristas to share their love of, and connection to, coffee with an interested audience. Baristas know that they are often the face that is associated with the coffee they are serving, but also that they are just the end point of a long journey. http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/an_idea_for_a_drink/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/an_idea_for_a_drink/ Community Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:46:03 -0500 How 'Spro Can You Go? http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/as_working_baristas_we_are/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/as_working_baristas_we_are/ Buy Coffee Community Learn Coffee Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:59:20 -0500 Gimme Visits Boston! http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_visits_boston/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_visits_boston/ Community Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:32:53 -0500 Roap Trip to Boston for NERBC http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/nerbc/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/nerbc/ Community Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:53:06 -0500 Free Coffee- Now That's Clever! That's right! Enjoy a freshly brewed cup of coffee when you buy a pound of any coffee that is currently featured on our in store pour-over menu, free! Here's the deal:Our pour-over menu consists of three coffees that we think are extra special. Often the coffees being featured will be new, having unique or outstanding flavors, and even select beans of limited supply. By brewing these coffees fresh by the cup using the Clever Dripper we hope to share them with you, highlighting their most delicious points and giving them a chance to really knock your socks off! http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/buy_coffee/free_coffee_now_thats_clever/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/buy_coffee/free_coffee_now_thats_clever/ Buy Coffee Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:26:04 -0500 Gimme Art: Featured Artists for March 2010 Josh Sperlingat State St. Gimme! Coffee506 W. State StreetIthaca, NY 14850 http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_9/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/gimme_art_featured_artists_for_9/ Community Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:34:29 -0500 New Gallery: Continuous Flow A graphic designer for LaMarzocco designed this symbol to indicate

A graphic designer for LaMarzocco designed this symbol to indicate "continuous flow". In our repair shop, we are blessed with a continuous flow of espresso machines that are experiencing technical difficulties. This provides endless opportunities to explore espresso machine engineering insight that spans 5 decades.

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 http://www.gimmecoffee.com/galleries/continuous_flow/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/galleries/continuous_flow/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:47:44 -0500 Pouring For The Gold The Millrock Free Pour Latte Art Championship is a type of Barista competition held a few times a year at Coffee Fest, a Specialty Coffee trade show. As hinted in the name, this is a competition in art only. Taste doesn't matter, participants are judged only on the swirling patterns in their foam. Only forty baristas are allowed to participate, and competitors can enter from all over the world. Last weekend Coffee Fest was held in New Jersey. Being so close to home, a few brave Gimme Baristas could not resist the urge to strut their stuff. http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/pouring_for_the_gold/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/community/pouring_for_the_gold/ Community Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:38:37 -0500 Colombia Las Mingas : Cauca & Huila http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/colombia_las_mingas_cauca_huil/ http://www.gimmecoffee.com/blog/learn_coffee/colombia_las_mingas_cauca_huil/ Learn Coffee Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:01:55 -0500 New Gallery: Grinders: Blade vs. Hario Ladies and gentlemen! For your entertainment, with us today are two coffee grinders rivaling for the Title: <b>Best Home-use Coffee Grinder!</b> <font face=(Not an actual event.)
Being judged on overall performance as well as taste, these two grinders must out-do each other in every way. But before the competing begins, let's take a moment and get to know the two contestants: a blade grinder and the Hario Grinder." width="450" />

Ladies and gentlemen! For your entertainment, with us today are two coffee grinders rivaling for the Title: Best Home-use Coffee Grinder! (Not an actual event.)
Being judged on overall performance as well as taste, these two grinders must out-do each other in every way. But before the competing begins, let's take a moment and get to know the two contestants: a blade grinder and the Hario Grinder.

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On snowy Sunday we packed our bags and headed south to Scranton. We braved the weather to do what we love: talk about and share coffee! We were headed to Northern Light Espresso Bar a Gimme wholesale account located in downtown Scranton. We wanted to get to know our comrades in coffee a little better.

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When a building-wide, freak power outage struck 228 Mott St yesterday just after sunset, panic broke out amongst the coffee-seeking, snow-storm-refugees at Gimme! "No Coffee?!"

But there was hope..

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If you combined Madrid with South Beach, added a little Brooklyn, some sweetness, and crossed all of that with a surfing bad ass you would get Maria Fuenmayer.

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Mouthfeel is a term used to discuss the physical and chemical interaction of a food or liquid with the mouth. What makes mouthfeel important is how dramatically it can cause a person to react to a food or drink, despite the taste. To explore this concept and how it relates to being a Barista, we put ourselves to the test! " width="450" />

What is "mouthfeel", and why is it so important?
Mouthfeel is a term used to discuss the physical and chemical interaction of a food or liquid with the mouth. What makes mouthfeel important is how dramatically it can cause a person to react to a food or drink, despite the taste. To explore this concept and how it relates to being a Barista, we put ourselves to the test!

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I recently took a bus trip to New York City to visit our cafes and baristas down there. While the trip is always totally worth it, I couldn't help but grumble at the necessity of being ON the bus at 5:30am. No time for breakfast. No time to make coffee. Good thing I packed my trusty picnic basket...

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You don't understand Japanese? Are you are feeling intimidated by the Skerton Grinder instructions? No problem! I'm here to talk you through setting up this lovely grinder.

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Hello All! This last week in our NYC Lab, we took one coffee and brewed it using several different methods. Our goal in this experiment was a) get to know this coffee in a few different ways, and b) to explore the differences/similarities between different brewing methods.

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Let talk about brewing with the Clever Dripper! Maybe you were lucky enough to receive one as a holiday present, or maybe you had a cup from the Clever in stores and couldn't resist bringing one home. Either way, making excellent coffee at home can be super easy. You will need: the Clever Dripper, paper filters (size 4), a timer (or clock), a spoon, a small plate to cover the Clever while brewing, freshly ground coffee, and I highly recommend a scale.

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Meet Heather Deal. Rumor has it she hails from Upstate New York.

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When baking my holiday pumpkin pie I assembled the usual roster of spices: cloves, cassia, nutmeg, and allspice. I also added, you guessed it, ground coffee!

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For me, November came and went, as pumpkin pie making season. In one short month I went from making my first pumpkin pie, to my seventeenth! Lucky for me, there was an absolutely spectacular coffee in my cup to keep me fueled!


Finca Trinidad! from Guatemala!

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For Thanksgiving dinner I made pumpkin pie. The secret ingredient? Coffee! I used our Honduras Linda Vista because I felt the sweet, spicy notes of this coffee would pair well with the spices typically added to pumpkin pie. To preserve the clean sweetness of this coffee I decided to cold brew it the night before I was planning on baking.

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Do you have a bean busting, electricity sucking, noisy old grinder at home?

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At the upstate stores, and in the lab, we've been playing the game of swirling foam too. Here's some worth showing off, starting with a rosetta in progress by yours truly.

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As autumn nears it's end and mitten season just around the corner, I often seek warmth in a delicious hot beverage from the espresso bar.

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If you are spending some time at Gimme studying, or just enjoying the ambiance of our newly renovated State St. store, I highly recommend giving our new Pour Over Coffee a try.

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That's right folks! After a few month hiatus, NYC Gimme! Coffee locations are excited to welcome back our barista training program!

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If you are a regular at either of our downtown Ithaca locations you may have noticed an abundance of new faces recently. They are all baristas in training.

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What a normal peaceful day at State St Gimme! Coffee. Everything is in its place, espresso drinks are flowing smoothly, and everyone is calm.

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At 6am on a rainy Saturday morning, the 18 members of Team Gimme (along with their motorcycle safety gang and their canine fan club) were already up and running.

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Hello class, it's been a while since we've done one of these, but I thought it would be nice to get back to giving you helpful hints and guidelines for home brewing. Today I will be presenting Pour Over style coffee made on a Bee House dripper, and using a paper filter.

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The secret to great espresso, in fact the secret to all great coffee, is that there is no secret. No magic formula. No easy answer. The secret to great coffee is in the details and in the hard work applied by everyone involved in every part of the process. As Baristas we know that we are the last step in a long line of people working to bring high quality coffee to consumers.

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For months now this Synesso has been installed in the lab at the back of State Street Gimme, getting moderate use from the trainers and sitting idle most of the time.

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