Gimme! Coffee
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| Private | |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Kevin Cuddeback |
| Headquarters | Ithaca, New York |
Number of locations | 7 |
| Website | gimmecoffee.com |
Gimme! Coffee is a coffee roaster, based in New York, with espresso bars in Ithaca, Trumansburg, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. Gimme! Coffee has a wholesale service that caters to coffee and espresso establishments.[1]
Relationships
A focus at Gimme is to form relationships with farmers who grow coffee. As part of this bond between consumer and producer, the farmer may receive a price premium, which in turn, can help them improve their operations. For example, since 2009, Gimme has worked with a farmer in Colombia,[2] helping the producer to attain organic certification and win awards.[3]
The director of coffee at Gimme is working with Boyce Thompson Institute to map the arabica coffee genome[4] to improve taste and make arabica beans less susceptible to disease.
Awards
In 2006, the New York Times named Gimme! Coffee among the best espresso bars in New York City.[5] Gimme! Coffee received a Good Food Award, in the coffee category, for 2011[6] and 2012.[7] Roast Magazine chose Gimme! Coffee as winner of their 2013 Roaster of the Year contest (macro category).[8]
Home brew
Gimme offers guidance and advice on equipment and technique for the home coffee brewer. In 2013, Gimme switched to biodegradable coffee bags, which can be composted.[9][10]
Cornell University
In August 2014, Gimme opened an espresso bar in Gates Hall on Cornell University main campus.
See also
- List of coffeehouse chains
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Coffee portal
References
- ↑ "Inquire about Wholesale".
- ↑ "Finca San Luis and the new mill project".
- ↑ "Good Food Awards - Coffee - 2011".
- ↑ "Gene to Bean to Global Scene". College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - International Programs - Cornell University. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Peter Meehan (September 13, 2006). "Espresso's New Wave Hits Town". The New York Times.
- ↑ Good Food Awards, January 2011
- ↑ Good Food Awards, January 2012
- ↑ Roast Magazine, November 2012
- ↑ "How to Compost your Gimme! Coffee Bag".
- ↑ "Gimme! Coffee". Package Design. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
Additional reading
- "Courtyard Café is abuzz with a new brew" by Franklin Crawford, Cornell Chronicle, March 2005
- "Masters of the Bean" by Brendan Vaughan, Chow, September 2005
- "New Roastery Eases Growing Pains" by Katherine Graham, The Ithaca Journal, August 16, 2006
- "Best U.S. Coffee Bars" by Nick Pandolfi, Food & Wine, September 2008