Posts Tagged ‘cafe grumpy’
4th 2011
Snowflake Festival (Park Slope)
| December 8, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
| December 15, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
We’ll be offering 20% off coffee beans & coffee brewing equipment, mugs, etc. from 6 – 9pm.
25th 2011
Best Place to Have an Actual Conversation Over Coffee: Café Grumpy
“In an era when entitled customers expect Wi-Fi, table service and an endless reservation on their chair, Café Grumpy’s no-laptop policy feels curiously antiquated. But while it does drive away over-achieving students and part-time bloggers, it brings in a much preferred crowd…Did we mention they have great coffee?”
Read the full review in New York Press.
8th 2011
Las Flores (Cesar Fernandez, Producer)
Peach Nectar, Apricot, Dried Currant, Vanilla
In the department of Santa Barbara near the town of Peña Blanca, Cesar Fernandez grows coffee along side his four brothers. On his 4 hectare farm, land that was given to him by his father, Cesar and his brothers support each other in the production of great quality coffee. Motivated and driven by each other, this year together they installed a shared, tile lined, fermentation tank. His coffee and that of his bothers, consistently rank highly in the Cup of Excellence program. They continuously reinvest the money they earn in the auction to improve their farms and processing. Cesar knows quality is found in harvesting only ripe cherries. Depulping and fermentation take place on the brother’s shared equipment only a short distance from Las Flores. The close proximity of the wet mill ensures that all coffee harvested is depluped and ready for fermentation the same day. The amount of time allotted for fermentation varies based on the weather conditions of the day. Working together and listening to the advice of the Paz family, sons and relatives of the owner of Beneficio San Vicente the exporters of Las Flores, Cesar is able to produce a consistently high quality, beautiful coffee.
Pacas and Bourbon. Grown at 1500-1600 masl. Washed. Shipped in GrainPro.
See images of the farm and order this coffee online here.
8th 2011
Copo Mico (Mariano Mejia, Producer)
Strawberry, Blackberry, Red Currant, Grapefruit
This selection comes to us from another Cup of Excellence winning producer, Mariano Mejia. In the department of Santa Barbara near the town of San Luis Plane, Mariano cultivates both Catuai and Pacas varieties on his 10 hectare farm Copo Mico. Although he is a first generation coffee producer, he pays close attention to quality. The conditions for drying coffee on his farm are not excellent, so Mariano brings his coffee to Beneficio San Vicente to finish drying. Working with the Paz family, Mariano can improve the quality of his coffee by proper drying. In partnership, they have produced a magnificent coffee.
Catuai and Pacas. Grown at 1400 masl. Washed. Shipped in GrainPro.
View some images from our visit here.
29th 2011
Buy a Bag of Beans & Support Grounds for Health
From November 1st through November 30th, we will be donating $1 to Grounds for Health for every bag of Aragón, Guatemala beans we sell.
Please help us support this worthwhile cause. You can find bags of fresh-roasted beans at all of our locations or you can order through our online store.
About the coffee:
This selection comes from Alejandro Zelaya Andrade’s farm Aragon located in Antigua, Guatemala. Cultivating both Bourbon and Caturra varietals, Alejandro Zelaya Andrade brings the ripe coffee cherries to his cousin Louis Pedro Zelaya’s Beneficio – Bella Vista, where the coffee is pulped and fermented employing the washed process. Careful attention is paid to cleanliness, separation of lots and drying times on the patio. After resting in parchment for three to four weeks, the coffee is then milled and carefully packaged in grainpro liners ready for it’s voyage to our roastery. The Zelaya’s teamwork helps insure that the quality of this beautiful coffee is maintained during its processing and journey.
Tasting notes: Candied apple, plum, caramel, tangerine.
About Grounds for Health:
• Grounds for Health is a non-profit organization that focuses on women’s health issues in coffee-growing communities.
• Specifically: Grounds for Health works with communities to establish sustainable cervical cancer prevention, screening and treatment programs.
• Cervical cancer is the #1 cause of cancer death among women in developing countries, even though it is preventable with early detection.
• Grounds for Health currently has programs in Latin America (Mexico and Nicaragua) and Tanzania.
26th 2011
Brooklyn is the Coolest City on the Planet: An Eater’s Guide
“Don’t take that as a knock on Manhattan, which is doing just fine. But for the first time since, well, ever, you can spend every New York minute of your trip on the far side of the East River and never feel like you’re missing out. Here’s how to explore the place where everything’s happening before it’s happening…
…you can get a straightforward cup of excellent brew at Café Grumpy (Park Slope or Greenpoint).”
Read the full guide in GQ Magazine.
