- A fleet of milk transport bikes.
- Shuttling dairy to our shop!
Stay tuned for more snapshots from Rwanda.
Keep up to date more thoroughly on our sister blog:
bluemarbledreams.wordpress.com
Greetings from Rwanda
January 25th, 2010You’re invited!
January 8th, 2010Come one, come all!
You and your favorite flavor…
January 5th, 2010
Call 718 858 1100 to sign up or email jane@bluemarbleicecream.com
Green Season
January 2nd, 2010Our award-winning holiday window display (1st Place, Atltantic Avenue Window Display Contest!) has been up for the past month. In case you missed it, here are some shots of it in all its “green” glory:
- The theme for this year’s contest was “green.” We recycled our decorations from years past and built toys out of our compostable serveware.
Tweet!
January 2nd, 2010Check us out on Twitter!
Carry-out
June 20th, 2009As you may or may not already be aware, we are more than happy to hand-pack a pint (or two or three) of any of our flavors for you to take home with you. While I fully support the time honored tradition of grabbing a spoon and sitting down in front of your TV and enjoying it straight from the container, Blue Marble take out is perfect for a party.
Float On
June 5th, 2009
There’s nothing like a root beer float. Next time you’re in Blue Marble you should try the classic concoction our way—Velvet Vanilla in Virgil’s Root Beer. But we have so many other flavors of ice cream to drop into any of the Reed’s sodas we stock that it’d be a shame to stop there.
Here it comes…
May 27th, 2009I’ve heard you’ve been sitting at your computers since January, pint of your favorite flavor in hand, hoping a new entry from The Scoop will pop up in your RSS feeds. That day has finally arrived, faithful Marblers.
Let me introduce myself: I’m Jane, new writer for the Scoop, here to keep you up to date on all the Blue Marble news. You may have met me at our Atlantic Avenue location— smiling at you from behind the counter despite being coated in grass-fed organic dairy up to my elbows.
Jennie and Alexis have brought me on as writer and I couldn’t be more excited. There will be much more for you to read on here in the coming weeks— stay tuned for flavor profiles, staff picks and recipes, the inside scoop on the Rwanda project and even more to whet your appetite for our delicious ice cream (as if you needed it).
farm buzz
January 7th, 2009
Blue Marble’s delicious coffee blends are roasted in upstate New York – where all good things are made. Situated in Millerton, New York, Irving Farm Coffee Company is a part of the historic Coleman Station neighborhood, of dairy fame in days of yore. In fact, Irving Farm is just a stone’s throw from where Blue Marble’s own unique ice cream is mixed up in small batches.
Coffee beans are actually the seeds of ripe, red cherries that grow on coffee trees. Estate grown beans are shipped to Irving Farm for a premium roasting process that involves a studied analysis for each bean, based on origin and growing environment. Coffee is hand blended and roasted fresh daily before it travels to our shops in Brooklyn for a likewise fresh and daily grinding.
If you’re not convinced that Irving is serious about his beans, check out their website’s fun timeline ‘How We Roast’.
…And you can still warm up without the buzz! Don’t miss our hot chocolate: blended with homemade fudge from Saratoga Springs – another upstate favorite! Sundae’s Best originated from a family recipe that was once distributed only to lucky friends and neighbors in the Saratoga hills. Blue Marble is proud to blend it with our own local, grass fed dairy for the perfect winter cure – topped with whipped cream.
FREE REFILLS
November 19th, 2008Blue Marble is going back to the tap! In a new effort to conserve our earth’s precious resources, and to prevent unnecessary waste, we are no longer selling bottled water in plastic containers. It turns out that the best drinking water in New York City is available straight from the faucet, with the help of a filter!
Did you know that up to 40% of bottled water is just reprocessed tap water? Bottled water is not tested by any government agency. Meanwhile, NYC’s drinking water is some of the cleanest, most heavily regulated in the country. Check out the free, annual water quality report published online.
The inspiration to be bottled-water-free came from the fabulous film ‘Flow’. Check out their website for theatre information, or put it at the top of your Netflix list. Other great resources for water enlightenment include Take Back the Tap and Food and Water Watch.
To make the change easier for all you thirsty folks, we offer cups of water for 25 cents – although we are promoting the fact that water is free, our biodegradable cups, unfortunately, are not! Save money by bringing in your own reusable cup or mug, and we’ll fill it up as many times as you like at no charge.
What did you say? You don’t have a reusable mug? Then it’s high time you saved yourself some money and took some plastic off the streets. We are proud to sell bottles from Klean Kanteen (in two fabulous Blue Marble colors): they are made of 100% recyclable, high quality, food grade stainless steel, and don’t need a special lining like some other metal bottles. They are completely BPA-free and won’t leach chemicals, toxins, or funky flavors into your water, coffee, or milkshake. Plus, they weigh only 8 oz. and are incredibly durable, so you can reuse yours for years!