Upper Midwest Gourmet

Next time you make the trip to Grand Casino, Hinckley please stop in and visit our friends at the Velvet Bean Coffee Cafe.

They make the best coffee, espresso drinks, frappes, and smoothies in town!

They also have yummy gelato among with many other tasty treats like panini’s and pastry.

Here are some pictures of the beautiful cafe.

Please Contact Us if you would like any other information about Velvet Bean Coffee Cafe.

Comments are OPEN if you would like to ask questions or give a personal review of your experience at Velvet Bean.

Thank you.

Upper Midwest Gourmet was proud to be in the booth with the Technogel Equipment and the Fabbri 1905 ingredient companies at the National Restuarant Association trade show in Chicago May 17th-20th.

It was our pleasure to meet everyone that stopped by the booth to learn how to make gelato using the Technogel batch freezer, blast chiller, heater/mixer, and whipped cream machine and also to enjoy the awesome gelato samples made with all-natural Fabbri ingredients imported in from Italy. We apologize, but we were too busy to take any pictures for you to enjoy.

Please Contact Us if you were at the show and wanted more information about anything you saw and enjoyed.

Comments are OPEN if you would like to ask questions or make show and/or product reviews.

Thanks again to all that attended.

We had a great time at the Lake Geneva NATO trade show on May 14th & 15th!

Thanks to all that visited our booth and sampled our Flamenco & Quarry coffees, espresso, and gelato.

Please enjoy some pictures from the show.

Please Contact Us if you would like any more information or

would like to set up an account with us so you can serve our amazing coffees, espresso, and gelato.

Comments are OPEN if you would like to ask questions or give show and product reviews.

Thanks again!

Those of you who attended the SCAA were the first in the USA to be able to try Fabbri’s newest flavors for 2008. Blood Orange Sorbet was the hit of the show. Customers were driving to our warehouse from the show to pick up the product and we’ve already sold a quarter of the stock we brought in. I predict this will be the number one selling flavor for Fabbri this summer.

Along with Blood Orange we now have “Nata” delipaste. This is a Latin Cream…a cross between whipped cream and dulce d leche. Simply delicious.

Our newest base is Nevemax. Fabbris ultimate pile high base. Nevemax will hold it’s shape better than most when using the big 8 liter pans and piling product up on on busy summer days.

Mixybar lovers will love the new Pomegranate flavor. Add to you Italian sodas, granita, and martini menus for one of the best Pomegranate mixes available.

We have a new Fabbri Frozen Yogurt for Granita. If you like Pinkberry, you’ll love this.  Just add milk and you have a sour yogurt slush that’s as good as it gets…..until you grab some mixybar….say our new Pomegranite Mixybar or any of the other fantastic originals such as Strawberry or Watermelon. 50 flavors of yogurt everyday out of 1 barrel. A fabulous idea that’s long overdue.

Nuetral Sorbetto Simplé base is now available. Just empty the jar and add water, Fabbrisoff and delipaste before batching. That’s it. No more weighing out base, sugar, dextrose etc. You can add fresh fruit too! Easy sorbet making just in time for summer.

The next boat arrives the first week in June. Here’s a sneak peak at what’s on the way: Cranberry Simplé, Simplé Hazelnut, and Simplé Pistachio (all seen at the show this weekend), Blood Orange Mixybar, Yogofull Sour Yogurt Soft Serve, Dark Chocolate Delipaste and a few more surprises. Come on summer you can’t hide forever!!!

Cheers, David

All of us at UMG would like to thank everyone that vistited us at our booth this year at SCAA!

Please enjoy some pictures of our booth.

Feel free to Contact Us if you would like any information about any of the products we carry.