slow food

THINK Coffee
248 Mercer St.

Tickets, $20 for Slow Food members, $25 for general public

Teresa von Fuchs of Dallis Coffee, and Anne Nylander of NYC coffee consultant, TampTamp Inc., delve into the social, political, and economic complexities of how coffee is grown, sourced, and processed in a Slow U seminar on the elixir we depend on to speed us up.  Learn how you can support small, traditional, sustainable coffee farms by electing the best caffeine of choice.  Coffee tasting to follow.

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In celebration of Henry Hudson's sail up his namesake river in 1609, Slow Food NYC, Slow Food Amsterdam, and Jimmy's No. 43 invite you to a feast of oysters on the half shell.  $4 buys a flat of shucked to order oysters (local beauties Peconic Pearls, from the Peconic Estuary of the East End of Long Island, and Mystics, from the Mystic River Estuary of Connecticut will be provided by Aeros Cultured Oyster Company and Shellfisher Preserve) paired with New York's Ommegang beer. Proceeds benefit the Peconic Land Trust, which works to help preserve the worked farms and waters of the East End of Long Island. Speakers will include Karen Rivara, of Aeros Cultured Oyster Company and Shellfisher Preserve, and Rowan Jacobson, author of A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur’s Guide to Oyster Eating in North America, and other special guests.

$5 donation encouraged

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