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5 Food Businesses Doing Things Differently

Katy McGuinness for The Gloss

a Dublin roastery which operates at the upper end of the market, roasting some of the very best beans in the world

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“I know we’re actually doing all the things we talk about”: Gary Grant of Imbibe Coffee interviewed

Zara Hedderman from The Journal

Coffee with a conscience: The Dublin-based coffee roastery with a community focus

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‘Businesses need to be run for people, not just for never-ending profit’

Ellie Donnelly from Business Post

Gary Grant operates his Dublin-based coffee import and roasting business according to principles of ‘conscious capitalism’ where a percentage of profits are donated to charities here and abroad

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Japanese Exporter interview with Imbibe

No Reason Needed to Offer Helping Hand: Making Small Change with Coffee

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Brewing up a fresh approach

Keeley Ryan from The Star Chic

Imbibe Coffee are leading the way when it comes to good business practices…

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Coffee for connoisseurs

Marie Claire Digby from The Irish Times

There’s something sweet about knowing that the cup of coffee you’re drinking is made by a company that has exemplary sustainability credentials, as well as looking out for its staff and others.

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A Roasting Conscious Powers Imbibe Coffee

From a piece by Caroline Egan in Food For Thought

The social stuff is great to do but the coffee needs to be front and centre, hence our concentration on only the very best single origins,” he said. “We want people to think ‘wow this is great coffee’ and then look at the other things we do as a bonus and reason to support us.

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Meet the ‘ecopreneurs’ placing sustainability at the heart of business

Catherine Cleary from The Irish Times

Imbibe wears its heart on its sleeve. Most of the beans are organic and sourced from Cafe Femenino, a project promoting gender equality for women coffee growers. In addition, 1 per cent of total sales goes to Women’s Aid. And its packaging-free idea for wholesale coffee deliveries has gone gangbusters.

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Coffee that sells for $75 a cup is on its way to Ireland

From Marie Claire Digby in The Irish Times on us being first roaster in Ireland to bring in the world’s most exclusive coffee, Panamanian Gesha.

“And if you still want to taste a coffee made with this variety of bean, you’ll be able to buy one in Ireland this summer. Gary Grant, of Imbibe Coffee Roasters in Dublin, is in the process of importing some – and plans to sell it through their Coffee Club for “not much more per cup than you’d pay for a flat white”.
“We genuinely want people to be able to taste this at a price that’s affordable. We aren’t buying this coffee with a profit in mind”

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How Imbibe Coffee Roastery is Doing Things Differently

Niamh Kennedy from Trinity College University Times

“In a city filled with roasters jostling against each other, Grant has clocked up stockists through the personal touch that permeates throughout his business. Armed with a distinct vision of what his business would look like, Grant set out to make industry busting changes from the get go.”

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How Sustainable is Your Cup of Coffee?

Jorday Mooney of Food and Wine Magazine:

Now, the majority of the coffee that Gary and his team roast is organic. He recently purchased an entire crop of coffee produced by an all-female co-op based in Peru, which is part of the Café Femenino programme which aims to empower female coffee growers.

Imbibe has even gone one step further to aid Dublin’s sustainability: Gary supplies retailers with tins of coffee that are collected once empty, brought back to the roastery and reused, eliminating the need for single use coffee containers. If only the rest of Dublin would follow suit!

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So it Goes… Ernie Whalley’s February Dose of Liquid Assets

Ernie Whalley of Food and Wine Magazine and food critic for The Sunday Times describing Kaleidoscope:

“So far I’ve brewed Imbibe’s Certified Organic Kaleidoscope in a French press (cafetière), a Clever Dripper pour-over, and as espresso and cappuccino, with equal satisfaction. One of the best all-rounders I’ve come across”

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