private founded 2000 founder kevin cuddeback headquarters ithaca new york number of locations 7 website gimmecoffee.com the gim me coffee bar on north cayuga street in ithaca new york opened in 2000 . gim me coffee is a coffee roaster based in new york with espresso bars in ithaca trumansburg brooklyn and manhattan . gim me coffee has a wholesale service that caters to coffee and espresso establishments . 1 contents 1 relationships 2 awards 3 home brew 4 cornell university 5 see also 6 references 7 additional reading 8 external links relationships edit a focus at gim me is to form relationships with farmers who grow coffee . as part of this bond between consumer and producer the farmer may receive a price premium which in turn can help them improve their operations . for example since 2009 gim me has worked with a farmer in colombia 2 helping the producer to attain organic certification and win awards . 3 the director of coffee at gim me is working with boyce thompson institute to map the arabica coffee genome 4 to improve taste and make arabica beans less susceptible to disease . awards edit in 2006 the new york times named gim me coffee among the best espresso bars in new york city . 5 gim me coffee received a good food award in the coffee category for 2011 6 and 2012 . 7 roast magazine chose gim me coffee as winner of their 2013 roaster of the year contest macro category . 8 home brew edit gim me offers guidance and advice on equipment and technique for the home coffee brewer . in 2013 gim me switched to biodegradable coffee bags which can be composted . 9 10 cornell university edit in august 2014 gim me opened an espresso bar in gates hall on cornell university main campus . see also edit list of coffeehouse chains coffee portal references edit inquire about wholesale . finca san luis and the new mill project . good food awards coffee 2011 . gene to bean to global scene . college of agriculture and life sciences international programs cornell university . 14 november 2013 . retrieved 15 july 2014 . peter meehan september 13 2006 . espresso s new wave hits town . the new york times . good food awards january 2011 good food awards january 2012 roast magazine november 2012 how to compost your gim me coffee bag . gim me coffee . package design . retrieved march 20 2015 . additional reading edit courtyard caf is abuzz with a new brew by franklin crawford cornell chronicle march 2005 masters of the bean by brendan vaughan chow september 2005 new roastery eases growing pains by katherine graham the ithaca journal august 16 2006 best u.s. coffee bars by nick pandolfi food & wine september 2008 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gim me coffee & oldid 743525760 categories coffee houses of the united statesrestaurants in new yorkcompanies based in new yorkrestaurants established in 2000third wave coffee roasters of the united states2000 establishments in new york navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 01 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view