Rockaffe Organic Fair Trade Guatemala

Flavour: Sweet, clean, toffee, vanilla, fruit, some nuttiness, mild chocolate.
Aftertaste: Lingering caramel.
Acidity: Medium-plus refreshing, red apple.
Body: Medium and smooth.

Coffee Name: Rockaffe Organic Fair Trade Guatemala
Country: Guatemala
Roaster: Rockaffe
Roast Date: Feb 5, 2020
Brew Date: Feb 15, 2020

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Rocky Hill's local coffee retailer, Vitaliy Shakirov, has shifted his business focus from retail to wholesale. The new venture is called Rockaffe.

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In an attempt to mitigate gender discrimination in the board room California passed a law that amounts to gender discrimination. Shareholders are suing.

California state legislative districts are so large that it dilutes the electoral power of political minorities. Libertarian activist is part of a group that's trying to get federal courts to force the state to add more seats to the state legislature.

According to Bloomberg, Apple is planning to bundle Apple Music, Apple News, and Apple TV+. I am not an Apple News subscriber, but I subscribe to Apple Music, and I am currently on a free one year trial of Apple TV+. While there are only a few shows I find interesting, the quality of the content on Apple TV+ is quite good. Assuming Apple does offer music, news, and streaming bundle at a decent price point, say $25/month, I would sign up.

Rockaffe Ethiopia Yirgacheffe

Coffee Name: Rockaffe [Ethiopia Yirgacheffe](https://www.rockaffe.com/product/ethiopian-yirgacheffe/
Country: Ethiopia
Roaster: Rockaffe
Roast Date: Aug 5, 2019
Brew Date: Aug 6, 2019

Vitaliy Shakirov, the family-owned and operated a coffee shop owner, Buy the Cup, in Rocky Hill, has expanded his business operations by launching an online coffee store that offers his speciality roasts to the wholesale and retail coffee marketplace. My family and his family have known each other since he opened his shop doors over ten years ago. Buy the Cup is my favourite place for fresh-brewed African coffee and roasted beans, and a pork roll sandwich. It's a place to sit outside on a Saturday morning and politely chat about local politics with the regulars. The store is unassuming, but I'll sometimes see Lexus' and Mercedes-Benzs parked on the street along with Honda Civics and Toyota Camrys, while customers get their fresh roasted beans and pork roll.

Our story begins ten years ago when we opened our family-owned and operated coffee shop Buy the Cup in the quaint town of Rocky Hill, New Jersey. During our humble beginnings, we offered a small variety of beans and served a mere fifty cups per day. A very loyal following developed from our neighbours in Rocky Hill and the surrounding towns, and we quickly expanded to serve many more coffee varieties and different flavour options. Seven years later we grew into a full service “grab and go” cafe serving coffee from many countries around the world, a multitude of different flavours, light and dark blends, and a full espresso line. Over the years, we have crafted numerous blends and roasting profiles, which have become very popular with our loyal customer base. We continue to fine-tune our roasting skills to further our product development, all the while keeping our standards for our products and service very high.

I am excited for Vitaliy, and I expect he'll do well.

On Monday, Vitaliy contacted me about a new Ethiopia Yirgacheffe light roast for pour-overs that he had created. He wanted my feedback on the coffee using my brewing methods. I brew pour-overs every day using a Chemex with either an able Kone filter, Chemex paper filters, or Ebb cloth filter. For this batch of Ethiopia Yirgacheffe, the day after Vitality roasted the coffee, I brewed freshly ground beans in my Chemex with all three types of filters. I think the Ebb filter produced the best pour-over cup with this coffee.

With Ethiopian coffees, pronounced floral notes are expected, notes that most Americans will bury under a blanket of creamer and sugar. I drink my coffee black. This Ethiopia Yirgacheffe coffee had a fresh aromatic wood note suggesting fresh-cut grass with an earthy nut-toned chocolaty taste which I enjoyed. My taste buds kept yelling, “cocoa.” I enjoyed this coffee, and I hope to drink this regularly.