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Adding a little orange (marmalade) to breakfast

By on 20 January, 2013 in Greenway (DWY), Harvard Square, Location, Menu, MIT

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We juice fresh oranges for orange juice at the restaurants. That means we create a lot of orange rinds. 3 years ago, Jeremiah (early manager) started playing around with marmalades. It went well, but got put on the back burner for a while.

Last week Rolando and I started making orange marmalade again. We washed the rinds, chopped them, boiled them with sugar, orange juice, and water. It has that nice mix of sweet and bitter that I am a big fan of. It lets us create something beautiful using something that would have gotten thrown away otherwise.

We’re launching this tomorrow at MIT, DWY, and HSQ, so if you’re coming for breakfast, try it on your Popover or Muffin. If folks are liking it, we might consider selling big containers, and working in other preserves and jams.

Orange Marmalade Launches
Tomorrow at breakfast: CloverMIT, CloverDWY, CloverHSQ
$1 for 2oz, while it lasts

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Cinnamon Switchel

By on 9 January, 2013 in Menu

It’s time to welcome another switchel.  The cinnamon switchel was an idea Rolando had been mulling over for a while. We had decided to try it out and see if it tasted as good as it sounded.

We ran into an issue where the syrup was creating a gel right as we were making it. I was doing some research on cinnamon. Did you know it is made from the tree bark that comes from a type of evergreen tree called Cinnamomum? Since plants contain a cellulose the cinnamon tends to gel up when mixed with the water and vinegar. Pretty crazy, right? So we had to blend the switchel and strain it to help make it smooth.

If you’re liking the spiced drinks we’ve been running, you might like this. We’ll roll it out at all locations starting today.

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Switch-what?

By on 12 December, 2012 in Menu

I had never heard of switchel before Rolando told me we’d be working on this one. It’s an old New England vinegar drink, farmers would drink it out in the fields.

While cranberries are still in season, we thought it would be a cool idea to make up a batch of cranberry switchel. Cranberries and vinegar aren’t normally two things you’d put together when you think “enjoyable beverage.” But Rolando convinced me to try it, I thought it was awesome. Sweet and tart, and you can see the color for yourself.

We’ll be running this in the afternoons this week. Starting tomorrow you can have it with a brand new 3pm special too. Let us know what you think.

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Beer battered apple rings

By on 5 December, 2012 in Development (DEV), Greenway (DWY), Harvard Square, HUB, Location, Longwood Medical (LMA), Menu, MIT

Joe here. I’m Rolando’s new assistant. Don’t worry, Rachel didn’t go anywhere, she just got promoted to Assistant Manager at HSQ.

I’ve lived in New England (CT) my whole life and grew up eating apple pie this time of year. So I was really excited that I got to work on the roll-out of the apple rings in the 3pm special slot. Here’s the step where we dredge the apple rings in cinnamon and sugar.

I’m helping Rolando create easier setups for training and menu rollouts. We are putting together photo sets and training videos to help our different locations produce awesome 3pms. You can test us. Try these and let us know how we’re doing.

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