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Pancakes, BGB, and a great cause to do good!

baldguy — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:04:31 +0000

This coming Saturday (12-12-09) between 7:30 to 11:30 am, the Watauga Education Foundation will be holding a pancake breakfast and raffle to provide classroom grants for creative initiatives that fall outside the state and local budgets, funds continuing education for teachers, funds Battle of the Books, produces Shooting Stars and is bringing Imagination Library—a program to get books into children’s hands even before they can read—for Watauga County Schools.

From the beginning we (Bald Guy and Mrs. Bald Guy) have always found a way to help young children. It isn’t like we are providing a ton of gourmet, organice coffee, but it is a START…kinda like the kid who was running up and down the beach tossing star fish back into the sea. One of his buddies yelled out “you can save them all”!. The young lad picked up one star fish and tossed it into the sea and yelled back: “but I can save this one”!

From our time working in urban areas both in Mexico, Rwanda, Peru, and Pittsburgh to rural areas like Boone, NC., we know that we can’t help everyone, but we like to think we can at least try. So, if you don’t have much to do, find $6.00 and go eat some pancakes and help raise some money that will go to a great cause!

Great Food deserves Great Coffee!

baldguy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:53:48 +0000

Two new coffees just arrived today that will complement your Thanksgiving meal or help ya get out of the bed to burn off those calories at the gym! Coffee orders for two or more pounds received by 7am on Friday, Saturday, and Monday will be roasted and shipped for free that same day.

Organic Mex from Oaxaca
One of the better crops for this year, this coffee is full bodied, buttery, with a bakers chocolate and a smooth finish. Think great morning cup of Joe!

Kenyan AA Monani Estate
An excellent end of the year micro lot that has a wonderful citrus note (think lemon and peach) with a great finish.

Bald Guy Brew is very bird friendly!

baldguy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:49:59 +0000

Did you know we love birds as much as we love coffee?

Just recently, GrandFather Mountain has been designated as an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society. In order to celebrate, the owners approached us to develop a gourmet coffee blend that is rugged like the mountain and friendly to eco-systems. The result: Grandfather Mountain Blend!

A three bean blend of organic and fair trade coffees doing great things…both locally and globally. Get ya some!

New Initiatives for 2009

baldguy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:34:36 +0000

On Wednesday of last week, BG hit the road on his new tricked out Giant “Transport” bicycle, with the help of Mike Boone, owner of Magic Cycles.

Every year at the BGB, we take time to reflect to see how we are doing when it comes to being an “eco-friendly” and “socially responsible” business.

So, what does that look like for 2009? Well, without spilling all the beans (get it?), by riding a bike to town for coffee deliveries, we can reduce our carbon footprint as well as raise money for coffee farmers in Rwanda.

A friend stopped me at Magic Cycles and asked how it all is going to work. My response: “It starts with a fat bald guy and 20 pounds of coffee on a cargo bike peddling over to Bare Essentials to make a delivery…it ain’t much, but it is a start!”

Stay tuned, more to come!