Sips & Bites Free Tasting Event

Granny-O-La artisan granola and Bombshell Hot Sauce will be sampling at Grumpy Goat Coffee’s next Sips & Bites free tasting event, Wednesday, March 25, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.  The tasting event is in conjunction with Grumpy Goat’s weekly harvest market with Inyoni Organic Farm, whose produce stand offers daily-harvested, vine-ripened organic vegetables, leafy greens, herbs, fruit, and more. The Grumpy Goat roastery is located at 28280 Old 41 Rd., Unit 11, Bonita Springs.

The tasting event is open to the public. Attendees can meet their local master coffee roaster, organic farmer, and other artisan food and beverage experts and enjoy samples of their creations in a casual, happy hour-style setting.

Additional exhibitors include The Hoppy Homestead, Pansardo Fine Italian Specialties, Kristi’s Key Lime Cookies, Olde Naples Chocolate, and Liberty Cove Interiors, who will be providing free tastings including gourmet coffee, wine, cookies, sourdough baked goods, granola, honey, cheeses, chocolates, and artisanal Italian tapas. Bailey's Beer Biscuits dog treats will also be on site. For more details, visit grumpygoat.com.

Grumpy Goat Coffee makes fresh roasted, fully traceable, single-origin gourmet-grade coffee from most of the world's top growing regions and sells select packaged beer and wine.

• Tucked away down a dirt road in North Naples, Inyoni Organic Farm produces up to 50 different varieties of organically grown and harvested vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit. With the warm Florida weather, the farm enjoys a long growing season from October to June.
• Granny-O-La is a local artisan, small-batch granola brand created by Jennifer Deutsch, featuring handcrafted, premium ingredients. Focused on purpose-driven snacking, 50% of profits are donated to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
• Bombshell Hot Sauce offers a variety of flavors, each handcrafted with the freshest, top-quality, all-natural ingredients.
• The Hoppy Homestead offers a range of fresh-baked sourdough products, including breads, English muffins, cookies, brownies, and dog treats. Pansardo is an Italian deli and cafe that makes oven-fresh pizzas, sandwiches, and salads. They produce and import a variety of cheeses and artisanal food products from Sardinia.
• Kristi’s Key Lime Cookies creates handcrafted, baked fresh-to-order vanilla cookies smothered with a decadent key lime topping that contains no preservatives. 
• Olde Naples Chocolate specializes in making top-quality, gourmet custom chocolates hand-crafted daily from the finest natural ingredients. 

• Liberty Cove Interiors is a creative design firm specializing in kitchen and bath design, founded by Danielle Low, B.I.D, principal designer.

• Bailey’s Beer Biscuits in Bonita Springs makes small batch dog treats baked with spent brewing grains and made with only four ingredients.