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.
The design, courtesy of our friends at LEVENBETTS, is going to be the perfect setting for our coffee program and a great cafe menu.
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.
Introducing Angel Antonio:
We’ve got an exciting lineup of new coffees that we’ve started releasing just this month! If you think the first coffee we introduced from Capucas was good, then you’d better stay tuned for more details on what other coffees the town is producing!
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. All of them. These Capucas microlots will be roasted and offered exclusively by Irving Farm Coffee.
Right now, we’re offering the fifth place winning coffee 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.
If you’d like to taste the deliciousness for yourself, you can find this coffee at IrvingFarm.com and at our two cafes in lower Manhattan: 71 Irving Place and 56 Seventh Avenue. 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.
In the coming months, we’ll continue the countdown and offer the other winning microlots. So, stay tuned.
And, as always, let us know what you think of the coffee!
-Ugo
In other stats today, the best way to ensure fidelity: financial interdependence..?
A study by a Cornell sociologist shows that men who earn less than their partners are twice as likely to cheat than are women who earn less than their partners. The author concludes that relationships in which both partners have similar earnings are the least likely to suffer from the appeal of “Bonafied” lovers.
From the report, it seems the study focused on heterosexual relationships, but I’d like to see if the same tends to hold true in other relationships.
Also, most interestingly, the study concludes that attending the free Chromeo concert at the Williamsburg Waterfront Park on August 22nd has 0% likelihood of improving a couple’s relationship in the long run. ”But,” the author says, “a free Chromeo concert could give you that spark you need to get by for another week or so.”
JK about the last paragraph’s “conclusions”… but seriously, go to the concert. It’s Chromeo. It’s free.
How to Not Get Hit by a Car While Walking the Streets of New York — Daily Intel
Quick summary and stand out stats (from 7000 auto/pedestrian collisions between 2002 and 2006):
- In 80% of the collisions, the pedestrian was struck by a car with a male driver.
- Only 13% of the collisions involved taxis/cabs. A whopping 79% involved private passenger cars.
- Brooklyn is the deadliest borough for pedestrians (didn’t dig for the stats).
- NYC in general, is still safer than most American cities, but not quite as safe as some other global cities.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/08/safety_manual_on_how_not_to_ge.html
