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Bubbly Creek ARTISANAL BLEND by Bridgeport Coffee

12 oz for $13.00 ($0.0382/gram)

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Description from Bridgeport Coffee:

"Origin: Central America In the Cup: Heavy Body-Sweet-Berry We’ve blended coffees from the same farm that have been prepared by the farmer in a different style. They work very well together. Big body with a hint of sweet berry. There’s a story about Bubbly Creek. I don’t know if it’s true, but it seems plausible to me. In the early 20th century… Seems there was a dispute between the residents of Bridgeport and the meat packers over the lard that floated on Bubbly Creek. The people were skimming the lard from the top of the water (see picture below), using it for cooking. The meat packers said the lard belonged to them as it was the hides they threw in the water that created wetlands-logo20it. The alderman decided in favor of the meat packers and passed an ordinance from keeping the people away. There is also a famous photograph of a chicken walking on the water. We support the efforts of The Wetlands Initiative in their efforts to return our area wetlands and area waterways to a state that our native plants and animals can return. I became acquainted with this organization a number of years ago when they had a proposal to convert the south branch (Bubbly Creek) of the Chicago River to a wetland. Unfortunately, politics and finances got in the way, and that project is dead. The organization lives on and continues to do fantastic work."