Gimme! Coffee is a

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roaster and third-wave coffee shop, based in New York, US, with espresso bars in Ithaca and Trumansburg. In response to the

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pandemic, Gimme! in 2020 closed the

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and

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-based locations, and 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 had served 20 years in the role; Anunu then made the company into a worker-owned cooperative, which it remains in July 25, 2022. Gimme says that it forms relationships with farmers who grow coffee; farmers may receive a price premium which can help them improve their operations.

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. ''Roast'' magazine chose Gimme! Coffee as winner of their 2013 Roaster of the Year contest (macro category). 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 Tompkins County Workers' Center. In February 2018, the group ratified its first union contract. In March 2021, the baristas voted to decertify their union, citing interpersonal challenges and unresolved issues with Workers United.

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.

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Awards

Unionization

College Partners

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