Cafe Grumpy » coffee roasting

In Search of The Source at Café Grumpy

cafegrumpy — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:21:32 +0000

“Café Grumpy has ridden the wave, opening three additional locations (including an outpost in Park Slope). But more impressively, they’ve managed to stay way out in front of the quality curve by sourcing their coffee directly from farmers in Central and South America, and by roasting the beans themselves in their Greenpoint shop — both things that very few other shops are able to or interested in doing. They’ve even opened a bakery at their Lower East Side location that’s now supplying baked goods to all four shops.”

Read the full write-up on NonaBrooklyn.

Finca El Aguila

cafegrumpy — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:53:34 +0000

Sweet marzipan aroma. Notes of peach & butterscotch.

Fully washed and sun dried. Pacamara varietal grown at 1600 masl by Mauricio Ariz and his family who are 4th generation coffee farmers.

Shipped in Grainpro.

Helsar de Zarcero

cafegrumpy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:01:14 +0000

Medium, creamy body. Fresh blackberry aroma, mellow acidity. Finishing with honeycomb sweetness.

100% Caturra
Aquapulped and Sun Dried
“This micromill was started by three families with the goal of adding value and providing traceability to the high quality coffee grown on their land. Ten families now work to produce and mill coffee at Helsar de Zarcero. Sustainable practices are used throughout the farm. Organic fertilizers are fermented on-site by mixing coffee cherry pulp and molasses, along with mined zinc, boron, and other minerals. Micro-organisms are cultured from soil collected on nearby mountains and added to the natural fertilizer in order to provide disease protection to the coffee plants.”