Gimme! Coffee is a

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roaster and third-wave coffee shop, based in

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, with espresso bars in

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and

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. In response to the

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pandemic, Gimme! announced the permanent closure of the

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and

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based locations and also began an Ithaca-area delivery service. Gimme! Coffee also has a

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service that caters to coffee and

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establishments. In January 2020, Colleen Anunu replaced founder Kevin Cuddeback as CEO after he served 20 years in the role.

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

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, which in turn, can help them improve their operations. For example, since 2009, Gimme has worked with a farmer in

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, helping the producer to attain organic certification and win awards. The director of coffee at Gimme is working with Boyce Thompson Institute to map the arabica coffee genome to improve taste and make arabica beans less susceptible to disease.

Awards

In 2006, the ''

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'' named Gimme! Coffee among the best espresso bars in New York City. Gimme! Coffee received a Good Food Award, in the coffee category, for 2011Good Food Awards, January 2011
/ref> and 2012.Good Food Awards, January 2012
/ref> ''Roast'' magazine chose Gimme! Coffee as winner of their 2013 Roaster of the Year contest (macro category).
/ref> Dark Forest Chocolate collaborated with Gimme! Coffee to make an espresso based chocolate bar that won a Good Food Award in 2019.

Unionization

In May 2017, the upstate New York Gimme employees formed a union through the

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Workers' Center. In February 2018, the group ratified its first union contract. It is the first known

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union with an aim at paying workers a living wage, ensuring the workers are not fired without just cause, and guaranteeing an excellent work environment.

College Partners

In August 2014, Gimme! opened an espresso bar in Gates Hall on

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main campus. Subsequently, in 2017 an agreement was reached with

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to begin serving Gimme Coffee on campus.

References

External links

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