Sky Larkin

  A blend of  Organic Nicaragua Dark, Organic Timor, and Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Medium  Cupping Notes: Sweet Lemon, Chocolate, Caramel This is an Organic S.H.G. (Strictly High Grown) Specialty Grade Coffee             One of the most extraordinary characters in my life was my friend Keith Larkin, the inventor of the lightweight headset. Keith was a young World War II Army Air Corps pilot who flew almost every fighter and bomber aircraft in the U.S. inventory during the war, and served as a MATS (Military Air Transport Service) pilot afterward, flying a weekly route from Paris through Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Keith flew B-24 bombers loaded with fuel over “The Hump” (the Himalayas) from India to Burma and China supplying General Joe Stillwell’s army fighting the Japanese. Later he participated in the Berlin Airlift, the largest air transport operation in history, delivering needed supplies to the blockaded city of Berlin in 1947-8. It was one of Keith’s pilot buddies