Tumblr (3.0; @irvingfarm)http://blog.irvingfarm.com/Last week I was in El Salvador visiting with our partners at JASAL.  In case you don’t know...http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/17610903842http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/17610903842Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:47:46 -0500Central American coffee harvest season is upon us, and with that comes the beginning of my origin...http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/16481694454http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/16481694454Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:43:10 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxei86xZ0c1qd4q1bo5_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> Breaking ground<br/><br/> <img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxei86xZ0c1qd4q1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxei86xZ0c1qd4q1bo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>2012 is a big year that’s already full of new developments at Irving Farm. Perhaps the biggest is the new cafe we’re building on the Upper West Side.</p> <p>The design, courtesy of our friends at <a href="http://www.levenbetts.com/" target="_blank">LEVENBETTS</a>, is going to be the perfect setting for our coffee program and a great cafe menu.</p> <p>We’re really excited about this project, and we’ll be bringing you more details on the progress through the winter months. For now, have a look at this shot from our demolition and a couple of views of the design for the space.</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/15576456198http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/15576456198Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:40:52 -0500newslevenbettsdesigncafesnyc2012photos<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbmgvnEGz1qd4q1bo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbmgvnEGz1qd4q1bo6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Introducing Angel Antonio:</span></p> <p><br/>We’ve got an exciting lineup of new coffees that we’ve started releasing just this month! If you think <a target="_self" href="http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/7579275395/honduras-capucas">the first coffee we introduced from Capucas</a> was good, then you’d better stay tuned for more details on what other coffees the town is producing!</p> <p>Earlier this year, a competition was held to select the best microlots from producers in the Capucas coffee producers cooperative. Our very own Director of Coffee, Dan Streetman, was there for the action. And, even better, he was lucky enough to bring us back all five of the winning coffees. <em>All</em> of them. These Capucas microlots will be roasted and offered exclusively by Irving Farm Coffee.</p> <p>Right now, we’re offering <a target="_self" href="http://www.irvingfarm.com/index.cfm?c=1&s=1&pg=product_Detail.cfm&sub=1&prodCat=1&category=30&prodID=160">the fifth place winning coffee</a> from the competition, which was produced by Angel Antonio Serrano Deras on his farm, Finca Los Angeles. This year he submitted only 365 pounds of coffee from his 2.5-manzana (4.33-acre) farm. Angel picks this coffee by hand, and is especially careful to select only the ripe cherries. He then processes the coffee in a micro-mill on his farm, using a hand-crank de-pulper to remove the fruit from the bean, and ferments the coffee beans in water for 12-24 hours before washing them with clean water. The coffee is then taken to a “solar-dryer,” which looks like a plastic greenhouse with raised beds inside for drying.</p> <p>If you’d like to taste the deliciousness for yourself, you can find this coffee at <a target="_self" href="http://www.irvingfarm.com/index.cfm?c=1&s=1&pg=product_Detail.cfm&sub=1&prodCat=1&category=30&prodID=160">IrvingFarm.com</a> and at our two cafes in lower Manhattan: <a target="_self" href="http://www.irvingfarm.com/index.cfm?c=3&s=1&pg=irvingplace.cfm">71 Irving Place</a> and <a target="_self" href="http://www.irvingfarm.com/index.cfm?c=3&s=3&pg=7thavenue.cfm">56 Seventh Avenue</a>. In early November, we’ll also be opening the doors of our barista training lab for a public tasting and discussion of the five winning coffees from this year’s Capucas microlot competition.</p> <p>In the coming months, we’ll continue the countdown and offer the other winning microlots. So, stay tuned.</p> <p>And, as always, let us know what you think of the coffee!</p> <p>-Ugo</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/11657040094http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/11657040094Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:03:00 -0400CapucasAngel Antoniomicrolotcompetitionexclusive offerings71 Irving Place56 Seventh AvenewsHondurasDanUgo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsyph7iEC51qd4q1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsyph7iEC51qd4q1bo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>It’s been a busy fall for us at Irving Farm so far. We’ve already participated in a couple of big harvest festivals with our friends from the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.stonebarnscenter.org/">Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture </a>and the <a target="_blank" href="http://unionsquarenyc.org/">Union Square Partnership</a>. After four years participating in the Stone Barns Harvest Fest and more than a decade at the Harvest in the Square, the events just keep getting better! We’re looking forward to next year’s events already!</p> <p>If you missed us at the Stone Barns Harvest Fest at the beginning of the month, you might not have heard the news: aside from serving up some delicious <a target="_blank" href="http://goo.gl/AUOzA">El Salvador Everest</a>, we also gave a sneak peek of our new holiday gift boxes. Take a look at the goods for yourselves in the slideshow above, and look out for the November 01 release date at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.irvingfarm.com">irvingfarm.com</a>.</p> <p>We’ve also got an exciting lineup of new coffees that we’ve started releasing just this month! If you think <a target="_blank" href="http://goo.gl/xFECm">the first coffee we introduced from Capucas</a> was good, then you’d better stay tuned for more details on what else the town has to offer! These are choice coffees from the individuals producers in the cooperative who won top spots in the annual Capucas microlots competition. The <a target="_blank" href="http://goo.gl/nuVma">first of five winning coffees</a> is now available at irvingfarm.com and at our cafes in Manhattan. Try it, and let us know what you think!</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/11439063506http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/11439063506Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:33:00 -0400MariaClydeUgoHarvest FestStone BarnsBlue Hillcontestfreeel salvadorEveresteventsfrench pressfarm friendsharvestmerchandisephotosproductsUnion Square<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr9srkD3NB1qd4q1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We just got some goodies in the mail from our friends over <a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/knowhopemission">@KnowHopeMission</a>, and we want to share! Here’s the deal:</p> <p>Purchase a bag of our new <a target="_blank" href="http://goo.gl/q1iNz">Cerro Las Ranas Peaberry</a> or <a target="_blank" href="http://goo.gl/fS66Z">Kenya Gathambi</a> and use coupon code <strong>KNOWHOPE</strong> at checkout to get free shipping and enter to win one of these bags.</p> <p>The winner will be chosen at random from the pool of all entries. Enter as many times as you like! (Even if you don’t win a bag, you win free shipping!)</p> <p>Contest ends at 11:59pm on Thursday 09/15/2011.</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/10005745893http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/10005745893Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:53:17 -0400Cerro las Ranas peaberryGathambikenyael salvadorKnow Hope MissioncontestThis past weekend our roaster, Clyde Miller, and I attended the SCAA’s Roaster Guild Retreat....http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/9376145424http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/9376145424Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:21:19 -0400We at Irving Farm are excited to announce the arrival of one of our most anticipated coffees this...http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/9002217376http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/9002217376Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:42:00 -0400You may have had a chance to try our newest coffee, Capucas from Honduras.  If you have, I hope that...http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/7579275395http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/7579275395Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:59:43 -0400After spending a few days at the World Barista Championship, I spent a week touring Colombia, and...http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/7266914452http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/7266914452Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:38:57 -0400We’re super excited to be featured in this month’s @CraftCoffeeCo sampler. We also wish...http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/6831290345http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/6831290345Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:11:33 -0400coffeesamplerscraftcoffeecoreblogfromme-toyouphotosbestel salvadoreverestfarm friendsbrewinggrinderfrench press<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmycp7fLDp1qd4q1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Wiggles roasting in Butare, Rwanda.<br/><br/> <img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmycp7fLDp1qd4q1bo2_500.jpg"/><br/> One of Butare's newest baristas.<br/><br/> <img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmycp7fLDp1qd4q1bo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Inzozi Nziza's new pour-over bar.<br/><br/> <p>Summer starts tomorrow (officially), and we’re already wondering where all the time went. Everybody’s walking around New York City with ice cream and iced coffee, and the weather doesn’t seem to be getting any cooler. We’re just trying to keep working on cool projects.</p> <p>One of these projects we’ve been quietly working on this spring is in collaboration with our friends at Blue Marble Ice Cream Company. Wiggles spent the first two weeks of this month working with their non-profit, Blue Marble Dreams, on their first project, Inzozi Nziza, in Butare, Rwanda.</p> <p>Inzozi Nziza is an ice cream shop operated by a local women’s cooperative. Wiggles traveled there to help them set-up and train them to operate a roaster donated by Irving Farm so they can roast for themselves some of the great coffees produced in the region. He also trained some of the women in by-the-cup brewing with Beehouse drippers. Now, in addition to their own ice cream, Inzozi Nziza is offering locally produced coffee that is roasted and brewed on-site.</p> <p>Now <em>we’d</em> be set, if only Wiggles had learned as much about making ice cream as he was able to share about preparing coffee.</p> <p>Next time…</p> <p>For now, check out the excerpt below, taken from the <a href="http://bluemarbledreams.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/freshly-roasted-in-butare/" target="_blank">Blue Marble Dreams blog</a>. Click through to read more about Inzozi Nziza and Wiggle’s trip.</p> <blockquote> <p>The goal of this coffee project is to close the circle of the Rwandan coffee production. “A lot of the women working in the shop are already connected to the local coffee production. They have family members or friends who pick the coffee cherries or work at the local washing stations, yet none of the quality coffee is prepared here,” Wiggles has observed. We therefore are aiming to improve the quality of the coffee served in Butare. “In Rwanda and most coffee producing countries, the best quality coffee is usually reserved for export. Even in big cities like Kigali, the coffee they serve is not of a high quality.” By buying fresh local coffee and roasting it on site, we hope to amend this problem.</p> <p>During the rest of his time here, Wiggles has focused on training the women at the shop. They have learned everything from the history of coffee, to the science behind roasting, to how to brew a simple cup. Irving Farm generously donated a high quality roaster that we have been roasting around 10oz a batch on. To brew the coffee we are using a single cup pour over system. This allows us to keep the coffee fresh and only grind beans directly before brewing it. The women are really excited to be starting this new coffee project, and soon we hope to offer a range of drinks and products around it.</p> </blockquote> <p>We wish Inzozi Nziza happy roasting and happy brewing! We’ll be staying tuned for more good news from Rwanda—we hope you will be, too!</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/6730737358http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/6730737358Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:27:41 -0400Rwandacoffeebrewingdripperbeehousefarm friendsphotosPour-OverWigglesBlue Marble<a href="http://1ounceofa.com/?p=46">1 oz of awesome: Coffee Common</a>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4962177990http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4962177990Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:16:21 -0400usbc2011: Thursday April 28 All times are approximate. Check the live-stream to see who’s on, then...http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4962139944http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4962139944Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:14:40 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk0ne3cOgm1qd4q1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>56 Staff - Dana</p> <p>Photo by Christopher Bonanos</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4812209001http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4812209001Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:58:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk0ndgCSBZ1qd4q1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>56 Staff - Calvin</p> <p>Photo by Christopher Bonanos</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4812200461http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4812200461Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:58:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk0nbiRUP81qd4q1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>56 Staff - Allison</p> <p>Photo by Christopher Bonanos</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4812174281http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4812174281Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:57:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk0ncj4L5n1qd4q1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>56 Staff - Aron</p> <p>Photo by Christopher Bonanos</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4812188398http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/4812188398Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:57:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li7vfe00HZ1qd4q1bo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Spring’s coming, and Liz has some good ideas for the wedding planners out there: coffee as a wedding favor!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://hvgreen.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-good-cup-o-joe.html" target="_blank">Hudson Valley Green</a>)</p>http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/3925343383http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/3925343383Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:51:19 -0400farm friendscoffee giftsideasel salvadorcerro las ranasbrazildaterrarainforest allianceorganicsustainabilityWhat happened to the ability to @google tracking numbers?! How will I ever cope w/having to access...http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/3182832147http://blog.irvingfarm.com/post/3182832147Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:20:37 -0500