coffee is the seed of a cherry that grows on a tree

we freshly grind over 100 beans for each serving of our delicious coffee

Coffee is the most popular drink worldwide with almost 2 billion cups consumed every day.

The USA is the world’s largest consumer of coffee, importing 16 to 20 million bags annually (2.5 million pounds), representing 1/3 of all coffee exported. More than half of the United States population consumes coffee typically drinking 3.4 cups of coffee a day. View ...

COFFEE AS A HEALTHY DRINK?
ARE YOU SURE?

Yes this is a brazen plug for our ethical addictions fair trade organic coffees.
Some people are unaware of the healthy nature of coffee.
Have you considered that coffee is a source of antioxidants – important in disease protection?

Many studies show no negative effects and even benefits to health when drinking a few cups of coffee per day – even as compared to no coffee intake… View ...

There are a number of differing stories as to the origin of coffee and how it was discovered. The most common is that of Kaldi the goat herder or shepherd who, in around 600-800 AD, was tending to his animals on the mountainside one night in Eastern Africa, most likely modern day Ethiopia, when he noticed that they were acting strangely. On investigating this he realised that they had been… View ...

DEGREE OF ROAST

The degree of roast is probably the single most important factor. It is a false assumption however, that a dark roasted coffee is stronger than a lighter roast. In fact mostly the reverse is true.

Historically roasting was only done in the light to medium range. This is still true of massed produced commercial grade and retail coffee. The lower quality (high production full sun plantation) and lower altitude… View ...

1) Educate yourself further. Good sources of information include:

• Global Exchange
• The Child Labor Coalition
• Anti-Slavery
• Unfair Trade
• Fair Trade
• Abolish: The Anti-Slavery Portal
• Is There Slavery In Your Chocolate?
• Kevin Bales’ book Disposable People (University of California Press, 2000) is a thoroughly researched expose of modern day slavery.

2) Write a letter to the editor or an article in your local newspaper.

3) Buy Fair Trade chocolate and/or coffee for gifts that show you care about fairness for everyone. Or… View ...