Free Coffee! Free Coffee! Free coffee!

FREE COFFEE (regular & decaf) all day Thursday, February 11 at all of our locations! Great Lakes' Kimberly, WI location is celebrating one year! To honor their accomplishment and thank our customers we will be giving away free coffee all day Thursday, February 11 - - make sure to mark your calendars and tell a friend who's never been in to stop by and have a free cup of coffee with no strings attached. We will also have some in-store specials that day.

 Valentines Day is February 14^th! It is coming up quickly. Make sure to stop by for beautiful gift baskets, assorted chocolate boxes and gift cards! Our friendly staff would be delighted to help you choose the perfect gift for your sweetheart.

 According to our fans the Great Lakes Mocha is quite possibly the world's best mocha. This ultimate indulgence is made with our REAL milk chocolate that we melt in each mocha. We add espresso and steamed milk, and top with whip cream to create a drink that far surpasses the average mocha. If you haven't tried one yet, don't delay. Chocolate & Coffee .... it's what we're famous for!

Try the Great Lakes Mocha

$1 off any Great Lakes Mocha

with this coupon, offer good until 2/5/2010

Featured Coffee: Ethiopian

Legend has it that coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia when a goatherd noticed his goats were getting frisky after foraging on coffee plants.

Ethiopia has been widely recognized for the tastiness of it's coffees. Most coffees are named after the country then region in which it was grown. Ethiopian Harrar coffee is grown on small farms in Eastern Ethiopia, Africa. A mostly dry-processed coffee, Harrars are labeled as longberry (large), shortberry (smaller), or Mocha (peaberry). Ethiopian Harrar coffee can have a strong dry edge, winey to fruit-like acidity, rich aroma, and a heavy body. Ethiopian Harrar coffee is often used in espresso blends to capture the fine aromatics.

Washed coffees of Ethiopia include Ghimbi and Yirgacheffe. Ghimbi coffee beans are grown in Western Ethiopia and are more balanced, heavier, and have a longer lasting body than the Harrars.

The Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee bean, is the most favored coffee grown in Southern Ethiopia. It is more mild, fruitlike, and aromatic. Ethiopian Sidamo also grown in the south is named after the district where it is produced.

Great Lakesuses all the various Ethiopian coffees throughout the year but you can almost always find a bag of freshly-roasted Ethiopian Yirgacheffe on our shelves ready for your home brewing pleasure.

Coffee Definitions :

Acidity- A pleasant tartness, snap, or twist is what coffee people call acidity.

Body-Body or mouth feel is the sense of heaviness, richness, and thickness at the back of the tongue when you swish the coffee around your mouth.

 Make Something With Coffee & Chocolate

Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies

1/4 c. margarine
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 egg
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. white cake mix (2 layer, not Jiffy)
1 (8 oz.) Great Lakes chocolate chips
1/4 c. ground nuts (your choice)

Whip margarine and cream cheese until light and fluffy.

Beat in egg and vanilla and half the cake mix until smooth.

Stir in remaining cake mix. Add chips and nuts.

Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

Enjoy!

Trivia:

In what year was Great Lakes Chocolate founded?

In the roasting process, how does our Great Lakes Master Roaster know when his beans are ready for cooling?

Answers can be found on our website www.Greatlakeschocolate.com and on the youtube video  - 7 mins in our roasting room -  in the coffee section of our website .

Great Lakes Chocolate & Coffee Co. ® is now offering franchises, for further information contact us at contactus@greatlakeschocolate.comor to contact us for general inquiriesclick here.