www.MyGLCC.com                             Newsletter # 7 - July 2010

  Purveyors of fine chocolates and hand-roasters of specialty grade coffees from around the world.

  

            In this Issue:        

                       What's New                     

                       Coffee of the Month

                       Coffee Terms

                       Chocolate Cherries

                       Make Something w/ Chocolate & Coffee

                       Trivia                                                               

                                                                                                      Frozen Mocha


 What's New

Hope everyone had a safe and fun-filled Independence Day celebration.

 

Congratulations to Jared in Lansing, he and his wife had a baby girl (Jane) at the beginning of June.

 

Many of you in Lansing have met his oldest boy Jadon who is working diligently to replace him someday. Jane is their first girl but 5th child! We think he is into nation building ... if you're in Lansing soon be sure to congratulate Jared and wish him luck.

 

Of course we want to continue recommending any of our ice cold frozen drinks to help keep you cool this hot summer.

 

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 Coffee of the Month                                      

Black & Tan 

 

This month we are featuring Black & Tan, one of our most requested coffees.

 

Our blend of Indonesian and South/Central American coffees is tasty enough all by itself, then we take the time to roast a partial house roast and a partial dark roast. A balanced combination of dark and light roasts gives the tasty intensity of a dark roast and the complexity of flavor found in our house roast.

 

Try a bag today and you'll be singing its praises too, Enjoy!


$1 Off

Black & Tan Coffee

Offer valid until Friday, July 9 or while supplies last.

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Coffee Terms 

Blend: A mixture of one or more varieties or species of coffee beans. The beans may be blended before or after roasting.

Balanced: A characteristic that indicates a complexity of flavors and aromas although one quality does not stand out above another.

 

Chocolate Cherries

 

 

Try something from Michigan! Here at Great Lakes we have committed to only the best of everything we offer. This includes our delicious MICHIGAN chocolate covered cherries.

They make a terrific gift or a treat for you! The perfect balance of cherry and red velvet chocolate - tart & sweet.

 

Stop by one of our locations and get your Michigan chocolate covered cherries today!


$1 Off

Chocolate Michigan Cherries

Offer valid until Friday, July 16 or while supplies last.

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Make Something w/ Chocolate & Coffee

Triple Chocolate Espresso Bean Cookies

 

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
2 tablespoons freshly ground
Great Lakes espresso
3/4 teaspoon aluminum-free baking soda
3/4 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
3/4 teaspoon finely ground sea salt
1/2 cup natural cocoa or cacao powder not dutched

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (soft to the touch)
2 cups fine-grain natural granulated sugar (evaporated cane sugar) - OR do 1 1/2 cups sugar + 1/2 cup dark brown sugar

2 large eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
8 ounces
Great Lakes Dark chocolate covered espresso beans

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

Assemble dry ingredients: In a medium bowl whisk together the whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cacao powder. Set aside.

Assemble the wet ingredients: In a big bowl or with an electric mixer beat the butter until it is fluffy and lightens a bit in color. Now beat in the sugar - it should have a thick frosting-like consistency. Mix in the eggs one at a time, making sure the first egg gets incorporated before adding the next. You will need to scrape down the sides of the bowl once or twice as well. Add the vanilla and mix until it is incorporated.

Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients: Add the dry ingredients to the wet mix in about four waves. Stir a bit between each addition until the flour is just incorporated. You could add all the flour at once, but it tends to explode up and out of the mixing bowl and all over me every time I do that. At this point you should have a moist, brown dough that is uniform in color. Stir in the espresso beans and chocolate chips by hand and mix only until they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
Drop the cookies onto baking sheets: I like to make these cookies medium in size (they are rich!) - and use roughly one heaping tablespoons of dough for each one. I leave the dough balls rough and raggy looking - I never roll them into perfect balls or anything like that - this way each cookie will have a bit of unique personality.

Place the cookies in the oven: Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes on the middle rack. You don't want to over bake these cookies at all or they will really dry out. If anything, under bake them just a bit. When they are done, pull them out to cool.

Tip: If you don't want to bake all the cookies at one once you can freeze some of the dough for quick cookies later. Instead of placing the cookies in the oven put the cookie dough balls into a freezer-quality plastic bag and toss them in the freezer. You can bake straight from the freezer at a later date, up the baking time by a couple minutes to compensate for the frozen dough.

Big Batch: 2-3 dozen chunky, medium cookies.

Trivia

1. On what day was the Declaration of Independence originally drafted?

 

2. Who authored the Declaration of Independence?

Answers: 1. July 2, it was then tweaked by Thomas Jefferson and presented in the Congress on July 4th, 1776.

           2. Thomas Jefferson

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