Though Daniel “Skip” Bergbauer of the Red, White & Blue Fire Protection District died over the summer, his legacy lives on in one his passions: coffee. Breck Coffee Roasters has been selling three blends in honor of Bergbauer and raising money for his family from the proceeds.
The beans used in the roast come from Bergbauer himself. He left behind roughly 3,000 pounds of green, unroasted beans in his garage after he died. An aerospace engineer before becoming a firefighter, Bergbauer was known to apply his scientific mind and make his own special blends for the local fire stations.
“He started with his little air popper roaster in the bay at…