This week's video features a fun event that took place earlier this year in Bisbee:  The return of our beloved migrating turkey vultures.  As many of you know, Bisbee loves any excuse for a parade and a party.  We're looking forward to the day we can join together again and celebrate the fun and quirky side of life.  Until then, please stay safe and well.

So, let's talk about coffee, shall we?  Rwanda coffee, to be precise.  This is one of the best African coffees I've ever had the chance to buy.  It's a show-stopping coffee!  I love African coffee, and it can really be summed up in our current new offering from Rwanda!  This coffee from the Dukunde Kawa Cooperative is a great example of the great things happening in Rwanda. Their coffee production is spurring hope and development.  

There is no way to talk about Rwandan coffee without talking about the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Rwanda boasts one of the youngest populations on the planet -   by some estimates over 40% of the population has been born after the genocide. And since the end of that tragedy, Rwanda has enjoyed economic and political stability with exactly one executive in power  - Paul Kagame. What happens to a nation when it has no living history and one leader for over 20 years? Let's hope it brings a clean slate. 

I feel really good about offering this coffee from a cooperative launched in 2000 by 300 families, and they now have 1000 small family farms working together.  They are Fair Trade and Organic certified.  They mean business!

In the nose, I can smell the aroma of toasted marshmallows and sweet vanilla.  I the cup, it's silky, with a hint of coffee cherry and buttery, rich shortbread.  The finish continues in its richness with bourbon and muddled herbal notes.  This is an eye opening punch of flavors.