Upper Midwest Gourmet

Here comes warmer temperatures and hopefully a lot of snow melting!

We are really proud of our new training cafe, UP, along with many other improvements we have made to Upper Midwest Gourmet and Flamenco Organic Coffee Company in the past few months!

Please check out our newest Brewsletter – Volume 49 – Spring 2013

Also, please go to the Brewsletters Page on our website to download and read previous Brewsletters. They contain lots of useful information!

Enjoy and thanks again from all of us at UMG!

We have a few Blendtec Smoother 13 demo unit blenders for sale at an amazing price!

We are upgrading to this year’s models for our sales staff and have some great deals on our current demo units!

They have been slightly used, all under 1000 blends.

Please Contact Us for more information or to get the special pricing.

It is very, very, very important to have a well-trained staff running your cafe. The staff of your cafe are the people that your customers interact with most and are also responsible for the production of everything you offer. The quality and consistency of your drinks and food rely on having a group of individuals that know exactly what they are doing and more importantly why and how they are doing it. Another huge factor is that they are all making your products the same way to ensure that every customer has the same great experience every time they come back.

We feel that employee training is a necessary for any cafe or business for that matter. For example, we take part in the Specialty Coffee Association America classes all the time to learn about new industry standards in the area’s of Barista education, coffee brewing, coffee roasting, and a whole lot more.

There is always something that can be learned and implemented to improve your business and we want to help you gain that knowledge!

Our training cafe, UP Cafe, is now open and ready to schedule training sessions with your staff. If you use our Flamenco Organic Coffee we are more than happy to offer free training and recipe support. We can train in areas of espresso extracting, milk frothing, pour-over coffee brewing, Gold Cup drip coffee brewing, blender drink creation, gelato and sorbetto production, baking and pastry, and a whole lot more. The goal is to improve your business and have you producing the best available drinks in your area. We want to help you reach that goal!

Please Contact Us about setting up a time for training and would love to have you visit!

We now have access to some pretty great new pieces of equipment like:

Sauce Funnels, Single Induction Plate Cookers, Food Mills, Crepe Machines (Tibos),  Mandolines, Strainers, 20 Quart Food Mixers, Hamburger Presses, and of course, Panini Grills!

(For pricing or additional product information, please Contact Us. Thank you.)

We now carry these new products:

Slim Jim Garbage Cans, Garbage Bags, Wet Floor Signs, & Foam Soap and Towel Dispensers

Kernel Pops Perfect Yellow Popcorn & Coconut Oil Combo – 3 dozen 8 oz packets per case

(For pricing or additional product information, please Contact Us. Thank you.)

That’s right, Rosseto is running this awesome promotion until 12.28.2012.

Buy any 3 and get 1 FREE!

Click below for the current Rosseto catalog:

Click below for the current dispenser catalog:

(For pricing or additional product information, please Contact Us. Thank you.)

Here comes cooler temperatures and increased hot drink sales!

We have been really busy making some serious improvements around here with a focus to better serve you, and want to let you all know again how much we appreciate your business!

Please check out our newest Brewsletter – Volume 48 – Fall/Winter 2012

Also, please go to the Brewsletters Page on our website to download and read previous Brewsletters. They contain lots of useful information!

Enjoy and thanks again from all of us at UMG!

Looking for some new, creative recipes that you can make with your Vitamix blender? Well, here you go!

(For Vitamix pricing or additional product information, please Contact Us. Thank you.)

What a hot spring and summer we have had this year and we haven’t hit the really hot months yet! Let’s hope business continues to improve for everyone with these beautiful days!

The weather will be turning even warmer, though, which means cold drinks like iced espresso drinks, cold press coffee, smoothies, frappes, iced tea, and lemonade are going to continue to pick up. It also means that those of you that are making gelato will continue to see some serious sales increases.

We have been really busy making some serious improvements around here with a focus to better serve you, and want to let you all know again how much we appreciate your business!

Please check out our newest Brewsletter – Volume 47 – Spring/Summer 2012

Also, please go to the Brewsletters Page on our website to download and read previous Brewsletters. They contain lots of useful information!

Enjoy and thanks again from all of us at UMG!

These new LED signs are perfect for many types of businesses like cafes, coffee shops, gelatorias, and all types of restaurants.

A great way to let customers know that you are “Open”, serve “Gelato” or “Ice Cream”, serve “Coffee” or “Espresso”, or that you make and offer “Bubble Tea” and “Pho”!

Here are some of the options (just click on the sign to see it animate!):

· Multiple Animation Modes (Solid State, Chasing, Flashing)
· Viewing Distance Up to 100 Feet
· Genuine Shiny Acrylic Casing
· 8 Watt Power Consumption (Low Energy Cost)
· Operating Voltage: 110 VAC or 210 VAC
· 1 Year Warranty
· Lightweight And Easy To Install
· Safe To Touch And Operate
· For Indoor Use Only
· Accessories Included: 5 Foot UL Certified Power Cord, Hanging Chain

(For pricing or additional product information, please Contact Us. Thank you.)

We had a great time at Coffee Fest in Chicago this year! We had four booths in a row which finally gave us enough space to truly showcase our wide array of offerings. From gelato made with authentic Italian ingredients from Fabbri to our huge selection of cafe products to our own Flamenco coffee to one of our favorite customers, The Growling Rabbit, chatting in our booths and bringing some of their amazing baked offerings, also made with Fabbri, it was a total success!

We had a blast showcasing our Flamenco Organic Coffees on our new Chemex and Hario pour-over gear and were giddy to be able to pull our Matador espresso on a beautiful Synesso espresso machine.

Here are some pictures to enjoy:

Thanks again to everyone that made it to the show and visited us while attending. It was our pleasure to meet you!

(For pricing, Coffee Fest questions, or additional product information, please Contact Us. Thank you.)

We pride ourselves on being ahead of the curve when it comes to industry innovations and the new Elmeco Quickream soft serve ice machine is no exception!

This 110 volt, counter-top machine has a small footprint and an awesome price point. This is a great way to offer soft serve ice cream or even soft gelato using the Fabbri ingredients from Italy. We believe this will be great for smaller-sized cafes and restaurants that want to offer homemade ice cream/gelato on site without needing the space or money for a traditional gelato set-up (batch freezer, display case, etc…).

We will have this machine in our new training cafe, UP, and really think it will be a easy addition for any business looking to add ice cream to their offerings!

It works great with our new Dairy or Non-Dairy soft serve ice cream base from Pacific Natural Foods flavored with Fabbri delipastes from Italy and will be an exceptional machine for using the Fabbri Simple products (fully balanced mix of base powder, sugars, and all-natural flavors).

(For pricing or additional product information, please Contact Us. Thank you.)

We are very pleased to announce that we now offer the awesome Synesso Espresso Machines! That’s right, the The Cyncra™, The Hydra™ and The Hybrid™ are all available from Upper Midwest Gourmet.

We met a bunch of the great people from the Synesso company at SCAA, Portland and are really excited to be working with them. This opportunity to have what we consider to be the “best of the best” available to us is very cool and we even plan on showcasing one of these sweet machines in the new cafe, UP.

(For pricing or additional product information, please Contact Us. Thank you.)

Yes, it’s that time of year again when the trade shows begin. We are exhibiting in a couple of them that we would love to invite you to attend.

Our first show of the year is the Wisconsin Restaurant Expo being held in downtown Milwaukee on March 12-14th. That’s a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday show. We have been exhibiting at this show for over 10 years now and will have our usual spot on the floor with a 20 foot end booth. This year we will be highlighting our Flamenco Organic Coffees, Dr Smoothie 100% crushed fruit smoothie mixes, Mozo Chef shoes, Cappuccine, Big Train and a host of fine products from Amoretti including flavoring syrups, 100% fruit smoothie mixes, Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar and Martin mixes. We will have many other items on display as well including a 2 group espresso machine. We would love to see you there this year so stop by for an espresso, smoothie or martini (maybe all 3 mixed together!). We have a limited amount of FREE passes for Wednesday the 14th. Please contact us if that is a day you can make it.

Go to http://www.everythingfoodservice.org for more info on this fantastic show.

The second show of the year for us is Coffee Fest Chicago being held at the Navy Pier Convention Hall. This show is on June 8-10th (Friday-Sunday). We will have another 20 foot booth there highlighting many of our products including Flamenco Organic Coffee and are hoping to have a full display of Gelato on hand. For more info on this show and to register to attend, please visit http://www.coffeefest.com for more details.

Please stay tuned for more details on this show as we comprise them.

Hope to see you at one or both of these shows. We love to meet with our customers rather it may be the first time, or an annual routine. We truly appreciate your continued business and support and feel these show are a way for us to convey that to you.

Feel free to contact us for any further information on either of these shows.

What a winter we have had this year! It’s either been the worst or the best, depending on your perspective. We hope that the warmer than usual weather has helped business for everyone.

The weather will be turning even warmer, though, which means cold drinks like iced espresso drinks, cold press coffee, smoothies, frappes, iced tea, and lemonade are going to really start picking up. It also means that those of you that are making gelato will start to see some serious sales increases.

We have used this winter to make some serious improvements around here with a focus to better serve you, and want to let you all know again how much we appreciate your business!

Please check out our newest Brewsletter – Volume 46 – Winter 2011/12

Also, please go to the Brewsletters Page on our website to download and read previous Brewsletters. They contain lots of useful information!

Enjoy and thanks again from all of us at UMG!