Posts Tagged ‘Park Slope’
29th 2011
On the Menu: Best of Panama Lot #6 – Don Julian
Best of Panama Lot #6 Don Julian (Gonzalo Rojas, Producer)
Horqueta, Boquete, Panama
Pacamara varietal. Grown at 1650 masl. Washed. Vacuum-sealed at origin.
This is the second year in a row that we have had the opportunity to win a lot from the Best of Panama Auction and we are really excited to share this exclusive coffee with you.
The Best of Panama Auction is held by the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama – a non-profit organization created to promote Panama’s special coffee production in the world while being committed to “quality and uniqueness paired with social and environmental responsibility.”
After being judged by a jury of international coffee professionals, the highest scoring lots are entered into an auction. The online bidding is open to roasters of all sizes from around the world. After roasting and cupping samples of all of the lots offered, we selected Don Julian as our favorite, so that is the one we bid on. This particular lot is only 550 lbs of green coffee (for those of you who don’t know…coffee loses weight when it is roasted). We were lucky to win the entire lot after some tough bidding!
Some of us taste notes of hibiscus, toffee and blood orange in the cup…try this special coffee and let us know what you taste!
3rd 2011
September’s Art Exhibitions
In Park Slope: Photographs by Mari Lowery.
“My work spans many different subjects, but the one camera that I use most is a plastic camera called a Holga. When I first started using this camera, years ago, I was instantly taken with the soft focus, vignetting and vintage-like, dreamy colors that you can produce with it. It seemed to express what I was trying to convey previously by using photoshop. This collection includes mostly film, but some digital images as well.
Many of the the photos shown here were taken with a set up called a Holgaroid, which is a Holga camera, but instead of using 120 film, I’m using Polaroid, peel apart film. I also use two macro lens attachments, which allow me to shoot very small dolls and figures from as little as an inch away.
Photography is something that is very special in my life, and has inspired, kept me interested, and allowed me to channel my creativity for the last several years. It’s an honor to share my work with others, and I hope you enjoy looking at my images as much as I enjoy making them. This collection focuses predominately on my work with dolls, but also includes a few images from the work that I have done with masks.”
In Chelsea: “Market, Voyeurism, and Spaces” – Paintings by Tyrus Lytton.
“Born, in 1978, Tyrus Lytton won his first drawing award in 1984, receiving an honorable mention for his crayon on newsprint piece entitled “Helicopter.” Since that time, Ty has graduated from The University of Georgia with a degree in Fine Arts, and continues to win accolades as an artist. As the recipient of scholarships, fellowships, grants and residencies, his work is taken seriously and critically.”
In Greenpoint: “Line-up” – Drawings by Stephanie Ng
“This is a unique series of portraits and studies of the human form. Each piece captures the essence of its subject in an unexpected manner, transforming each image into a concentrated array of contours. The meandering lines appear to drift on a whim yet ultimately compose a deliberate shape. The lines flow freely and often frivolously, just as these subjects weave in and out of our lives.”
1st 2011
El Callejon
Toasted marshmallow, rosemary, cashew butter, key lime
El Callejon comes to us from Carlos Alberto Hidalgo’s farm in Tarrazu, Costa Rica. El Callejon is located near the town of Cartago situated 1500-1650 masl. Carlos predominantly grows the caturra and catuai varietals. His coffee is processed at Cafe de Altura de San Ramon, packed and shipped to us in GrainPro. His exemplary growing practices show through in this beautiful coffee.
6th 2011
Painting Exhibition by Steven Weinberg (Park Slope)
Artist Steven Weinberg just returned from Colombia where he had the great opportunity to stay with some of the farmers in Gigante who produce the coffees we buy and you drink. During his stay, he painted landscapes of the places he visited and portraits of the people he met.
We are really excited to be able to share this work with you. Come in for a coffee and check out paintings of where the coffee you are drinking came from!
Steven and his traveling/writing partner Casey currently reside in Park Slope. They are the co-founders of Local Language Literacy and have worked on numerous publications together. For more information, please visit their website here.
Join us for an artist’s reception on Thursday, August 11th at 6:30pm. The show runs throughout August.
20th 2011
New York Artist Brings Colombia’s Coffee Culture Home
“A New York artist is on his way from the southwest-Colombian Huila department to his home town to display a collection of paintings he made of the coffee production process in one of Colombia’s renowned coffee regions.
Steven Weinberg, a painter and fanatic coffee-drinker, went to Huila to produce watercolor paintings that will be displayed in a Brooklyn coffee shop in August.
U.S. Coffee roaster (Cafe) Grumpy sent the New-Yorker to the tiny village of Gigante, Huila to portray how the coffee was grown, picked and dried, before being sent north for roasting and consumption.”
Read the full article here and visit Steven’s show this August at our Park Slope location.
13th 2011
July’s Art Exhibitions
This month, we have three new exhibitions on display for you to view during your coffee breaks.
In Greenpoint: Jody Erickson’s paintings are a haunting series of work; featuring spellbound figures, dreamy landscapes, candles in the night, leopards, historical figures like Evelyn Nesbit and more. Jody specializes in oil paint on wood and canvas. She lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (via the southern art collective and community of Winston-Salem, NC) where she painted for many years. Jody strives for tranquillity and sincerity in her work and a sense of mystery in the simple beauty of nature. For more information, visit her website here.
In Park Slope: New photographs by Aken Wahl entitled “Karkaaminen” (Finnish for “jailbreak”).
In Chelsea: WC (William Cody) Bevan was born in north east Ohio. He started drawing at a young age and after graduating from high school, he moved to Memphis Tennessee. He left Memphis after a seven year music binge to pursue working on his art in New York City where he currently resides. WC is a self-taught artist who enjoys collecting prints of Malcolm X and Dr Martin Luther King. View some of William’s work here.
