Burgie's Coffe

Rotarian Liz Hertz introduced Steve and Andrew Burgason of Burgie’s Coffee as the program. Burgie’s opened in North Grand Mall 22 years ago. Burgie’s now has two retail locations. Burgie’s South is located in the Southgate Express in front of Lowes and the other is located in Mary Greely Medical Center.  Burgie’s also has a roasting lab and training facility in West Ames. Coffee is the number one beverage in the USA and world.  Coffee is currently one of the fastest growing industries.  In the early 1970’s coffee changed from the traditional style to stores such as Starbucks and Peet’s Coffee.  In the 80’s and 90’s new coffees and roasting styles were invented.  Specialty coffees and blends were part of the third wave of coffee in 1995.  Rotarians ended the program by sampling an Ethiopian blend of coffee.